2025 Chicago International Music Competition
Grand Prize Winners
Professional Category
First Prize: $5,000
Diploma
Eligible to enter the Società Umanitaria International Musical Competition Semifinal
ARTEM KUZNETSOV
Second Prize: $3,000
Diploma
Eligible to enter the Società Umanitaria International Musical Competition Semifinal
NOT AWARDED
Third Prize: $2,000
Diploma
Eligible to enter the Società Umanitaria International Musical Competition Semifinal
VICTORIA BI tied with ZARIN MEHTA
Rising Star Category
First Prize: $3,000
Diploma
Eligible to enter the Società Umanitaria International Musical Competition Semifinal
EMILY CHEN
Second Prize: $2,000
Diploma
Eligible to enter the Società Umanitaria International Musical Competition Semifinal
LUCY WU tied with MAURICE NEUMAN
Third Prize: $1,000
Diploma
Eligible to enter the Società Umanitaria International Musical Competition Semifinal
KIM SQUARED (SOPHIA KIM and HELENA KIM)
Special Prizes Winners
Special Jury Prize, In Memory of Nodar Gabunia
SARAH FERNANDES
Best performance of a virtuoso etude
YURIY ROGACHEV
Best performance of a Classical Sonata
DEREK HARMAN
Best performance of a work by J.S. Bach
AMELIA BAUEMSCHMITT
Best performance of a Romantic work
KANYAPAT DANKUL
Best performance of a Contemporary work
TONG-BAI DENG. ARIUNKHUR NARANBAT
Best performance of a work by Liszt
JOONHYOUNG (BEN) KIM
Best performance of a work by a Russian composer
DEREK HARMAN, MINJAE KIM
Best Piano Duo (2-piano or Four-Hands)
KIM-SQUARED (SOPHIA KIM & HELENA KIM- PIANO DUO)
Prize Winners of Each Age Group
Professional Category
Young Musician II
First Prize
Katherine Xia (Piano)
Young Musician III
First Prize
Evelyn Shengxi Yang (Piano)
Second Prize
Sarah Fernandes (Piano)
Third Prize
Raymond Jiang(Piano)
Tied With
Anthony Wu (Piano)
Young Artist I
First Prize
NOT AWARDED
Second Prize
Peter Parra (Piano)
Third Prize
Andre Peck (Piano)
Young Artist II
First Prize
Tong-Bai Deng (Piano)
Second Prize
Chayapon Chanporn (Piano)
Third Prize
NOT AWARDED
Concert Artist
First Prize
Derek Hartman (Piano)
Second Prize
Nathan Cheung (Piano)
Tied With
Nayeon Gu (Piano)
Third Prize
Nathaniel Holman (Marimba)
Rising Star Category
Young Musician I
First Prize
Nora Xia (Piano)
Young Musician II
First Prize
Solara Kim (Piano)
Second Prize
Nontaphat Bavonratanavech (Piano)
Third Prize
Bernard Marissa (Vocal)
Young Musician III
First Prize
Summer Liu (Cello)
Second Prize
Nathaniel Kim (Cello)
Third Prize
Shawn Song (Piano)
Young Artist I
First Prize
Ariunkhur Naranbat (Harp)
Second Prize
Kanyapat Dankul (Piano)
Third Prize
Emily Hu (Piano)
Tied with
Luca Sugawara (Piano)
Honorable Mention
James Yan
Young Artist II
First Prize
Minjae Kim (Piano)
Second Prize
Yuriy Rogachev (Piano)
Third Prize
Jin Han (Cello)
Concert Artist
First Prize
Joonhyoung (Ben) Kim (Piano)
Second Prize
Seoyeon Park (Piano)
Third Prize
Akane Kimura (Piano)
Contact Us
- Phone: 1-785-764-3527
- Email: cimc2018@gmail.com
- Website: cimcusa.org
- Organizer:International Institute of Piano Artistry
- Address:750 Commerce Plaza II Building 7400 West 110th Street, Overland Park KS 66210-2362 USA