2025 Chicago International Music Competition and Festival Finalists

Rising Star Category

Young Musician I

Olivia Li
Evelyn Hua
Haru Lee

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Young Musician II

Leo Zhang
Gavin Drew
Olivia Li
Thomas Brinton
Sequoia Jain-Hong
Nikolle Baskara Lim
Pham Gia Bao
Doan Ngoc Tue An
Nguyen Lee Hieu

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Young Musician III

Sophia Kong
Evelina Vivcharyk
Derek Chen
Avaline Wang
Abigail Sun
Alex Dou
Harry Zhang
Nicholas Lin
Mia Han
Athena Wang
Leanna Tsz Shun Li
Emma Chau
Claire Li
Alexa Brinton
Dylan Zhang
Nalika Keng
Nawin Keng
Nguyen Ha Uyen
Le Kim Suri
Tran Minh Thien Kim
Nguyen Quang Hai

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Young Artist I

Abigail Huang
Tiffany Matsumoto
Matthew Zhu
Shaylyn Ng
Junyuan Liu
Dana Zhang
Louis Kwong Ching Li
Ella Xu
Xinyu Zhang
Lavie Huang
Aminaa Munkhbat
Naranbolor Zayajargal
Nguyen Tran Hai Dang
Pham Long
Ly Hai Long
Ly Hai Phong
Nguyen Ngo Minh Uyen
Le Duc Minh

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Young Artist II

Matthew Kim
Yoonjin Kim
Enkhtulga Munkhsukh
Neal Eisfeldt
Margad Khandmaa
Albert Dong
Aurelia Faidley-Solars
Rachel Jung
Tserennadmid Zunduigochoo
Matthew Huang
Lucas Pei
JiaYi Qin
Roy Hur
Lina Elwood
Chuqiao Wang
Indigo Della Badia
Reina Lee
Ma Tran Thanh Tuong Van

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Youth Artist (Ensemble)

Xinyu Zhang/Zichen Gu/Yeming Yuan
Victor Young/Forest Young

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Concert Artist

Louis Lu
Sangjae Lee
Junho Chung
Connor Roham
Sunwoo Shin
Antony Yan Tong Chen
Qi Geng
William Keller
Yijiao Wang
Joonhyoung Kim
Yeeun Choi
Sainbuyan Batzaya
Yibugele
Hu Ri
Le Thi Kieu Anh
Ong Duong An Hy

 

Professional Category

Young Musician I

Audrey Ma

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Young Musician II

Sequoia Jain-Hong
Owen Zhuang
Katherine Xia
Olivia Li

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Young Musician III

Kai Zavislak
Brian Wu
Claire Li
Belinda Zhu

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Young Artist (Ensemble)

Clavia Duo, Claire Li and Olivia Li (Young Artist I)

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Young Artist I

Gaia Daniel
Louis Kwong Ching Li
Jessi Lin

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Young Artist II

Shalom Chantal Roos
Tong-Bai Deng

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Concert Artist

Calvin Kotrba
Nguyen Thai Hoa
Enguun Otgonbat
Nomin-Erdene Uranbat
Nikita Korzukhin
Daria Oleinik
Manou Magdalena Chakravorty
Jason Nam
Cristian Makhuli
Siyuan Zhang
Nathan Cheung
Juchan Lee
Jiwon Chun
Xinyu Jiang
Sanjana Dhanasekaran
Youjin Kim
Hitomi Iwao
Xiaoxiao Ouyang
Kevin Zhu
Rebecca Luttio
Narantsetseg Ren

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Ensemble

David Arutyunyan (piano), Daria Oleinik (violin),
Nikita Korzukhin (cello) (Concert Artist)