2026 Competition Winners
Professional Grand Prize Winner
Xiaoru Chen
(Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China)
Non-Professional Grand Prize Winner
Michael Oliveira
(San Francisco, USA)
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Professional Group A (Age 10-12)
First Prize Winner:
Xin Yi Wei (Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China)
Second Prize Winner:
Not Awarded
Third Prize Winner:
Not Awarded
Excellent Interpretation Award:
Jeremy Tang (San Francisco, USA)
Professional Group B (Age 13-15)
First Prize Winner:
Zichu Lin (Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China)
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Second Prize Winner:
Lin Rui Gu (Nanjing University of the Arts, China)
Junyi Zhu (Nanjing University of the Arts, China)
James Post (Noble School of Music, USA)
Third Prize Winner:
Yu Ran Ge (Nanjing University of the Arts, China)
Yu Tong Liu (Sichuan Conservatory of Music, China)
ZhouMo Qiu (Xiamen Music School, China)
Jia Yi Jing (Sichuan Conservatory of Music, China)
Judge's Award:
Jinying Feng (Sichuan Conservatory of Music, China)
Honorary Award:
Dian Nuo Jiang (Nanjing University of the Arts, China)
Zi Yun Shi (Wuhan Conservatory of Music, China)
Professional Group C (Age 16-18)
First Prize Winner:
Yiwen Gao (Central Conservatory of Music, China)
Second Prize Winner:
Ruo Qi Zhou (Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China)
Third Prize Winner:
Xin Rui Li (Wuhan Conservatory of Music, China)
Professional Group D (Age 19+)
First Prize Winner:
Yijia Chen (Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China)
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Second Prize Winner:
Sina Kalkan (UCLA Herp Alberty School of Music, USA)
Shu Ning Li (Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China)
Third Prize Winner:
Jiayun Xu (Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China)
Wanjing Zhuang (Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China)
Zi Yi Zhang (Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China)
Honorary Award:
Xin Yi Zhang (Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, China)
Non-Professional Group A (Age 5-7)
First Prize Winner:
Kinsley Li (San Francisco, USA)
Second Prize Winner:
Lin Zixian (Wuxi, China)
Jarrett Wang (San Francisco, USA)
Third Prize Winner:
Emily Jin (San Francisco, USA)
Max Zhang (San Francisco, USA)
Jayden Luo (San Francisco, USA)
Chloe Wang (San Francisco, USA)
Shi Yi Deng (Wuxi, China)
Rising Artist Special Award:
Nora Wang (San Francisco, USA)
Honorary Award:
Ellie Li (San Francisco, USA)
Ayoun Jung (San Francisco, USA)
Isabella Xu (San Francisco, USA)
Non-Professional Group B (Age 8-10)
First Prize Winner:
Vivian Pei (San Francisco, USA)
Second Prize Winner:
Bo Yao Jiang (Shanghai, China)
Caroline Kim (San Francisco, USA)
Sophie Mao (Baltimore, USA)
Third Prize Winner:
Hannah Suyi Lou (San Francisco, USA)
Sixian Jiang (San Francisco, USA)
Cao Yujia (Taiyuan, China)
You You Wu (Shanghai, China)
Excellent Musicianship Award:
Sunny Zhao (San Francisco, USA)
Excellent Baroque Performance Award:
Alan Lu (San Francisco, USA)
Music Interpretation Special Award:
Claire Guo (Dallas, USA)
Outstanding Musical Performance Award:
Carolyn Xie (San Francisco, USA)
Judge's Award:
Chen Kai Ding (Wuxi, China)
Excellent Technique Special Award:
Qi Xia (Wuxi, China)
Excellent Character Speical Award:
Michael Xu (San Francisco, USA)
Honorary Award:
Xuan Han Xia (Suzhou, China)
Emma Mu (San Francisco, USA)
Lucas Shih Chung (San Francisco, USA)
Fabiana Betty Zheng Liang (San Francisco, USA)
Sarah Zhao (San Francisco, USA)
Emily Zhang (San Francisco, USA)
Hao Li Yuan (Dallas, USA)
Non-Professional Group C (Age 11-13)
First Prize Winner:
Felix Wang (San Francisco, USA)
Second Prize Winner:
Zi Lu Zhang (Wuhan, China)
Tony Wang (Dallas, USA)
Third Prize Winner:
Jacqueline Cao (San Francisco, USA)
Alice Sun (San Francisco, USA)
Luna Kung (San Francisco, USA)
Jefferson Wong (San Francisco, USA)
Yinxuan Chen (San Francisco, USA)
Excellent Technique Special Award:
Cao Xinran (Taiyuan, China)
Excellent Muicianship Special Award:
Ming Hao Liu (Wuxi, China)
Excellent Character Special Award:
Zi Xuan Wang (Taiyuan, China)
Excellent Muicianship Special Award:
Kevin Liu (Los Angeles, USA)
Judge's Award:
Helen Luo (Baltimore, USA)
Excellent Technique Special Award:
Zixiong Yue (San Francisco, USA)
Excellent Contemporary Performance Award:
Yupeng Ji (Baltimore, USA)
Excellent Interpretation Performance Award:
Hannah Yu (San Francisco, USA)
Excellent Baroque Performance Award:
Xuan Jiang (Wuxi, China)
Judge's Award:
Tingxuan Li (Taiyuan, China)
Honorary Award:
Rebecca Xiong (San Francisco, USA)
Non-Professional Group D (Age 14-18)
First Prize Winner:
Jing Xia (Shanghai, China)
First Prize Winner:
Rui Di Zhao (Shanghai, China)
Second Prize Winner:
David Zheng Liang (San Francisco, USA)
Matthew Lin (San Francisco, USA)
Maggie Cai (San Francisco, USA)
Evan Lu (San Francisco, USA)
Third Prize Winner:
Tianyu Yuan (Shanghai, China)
Alli Tseng (Orlando, USA)
Nathan Sun (San Francisco, USA)
En Han Zhang (Shanghai, China)
Mingyan Han (Taiyuan, China)
Judge's Award:
Si Yao Cai (Xiamen, China)
Excellent Technique Special Award:
Hao Yu Sun (Shanghai, China)
Excellent Musicianship Special Award:
Zedric Wong (San Francisco, USA)
Judge's Award:
Sylvia Y. Johnson (Baltimore, USA)
Excellent Character Special Award:
Jing Han Liu (Taiyuan, China)
Outstanding Musical Performance Award:
Eric Tao (San Francisco, USA)
Excellent Musicianship Special Award:
Cindy Long (San Francisco, USA)
Honorary Award:
Mu Yao Shang (Shanghai, China)
Kaiyu Yang (Taiyuan, China)
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Non-Professional Group E (Age 19+)
First Prize Winner:
Not Awarded
Second Prize Winner:
Zhu Yiwen (Yancheng, China)