2025 Chicago International Music Competition - Winners

Grand Prize Winners

Professional Category

First Prize Winners (Shared)

Brian Wu (USA) - Nodar Gabunia Foundation Prize
Shaloom Chantal Roos (Indonesia)
Nomin-Erdene Uranbat (Mongolia)
Nikita Korzukhin (Russia)
Piano Trio (Russia)
  • David Arutyunyan - piano
  • Daria Oleinik - violin
  • Nikita Korzukhin - cello

Second Prize Winners (Shared)

Hitomi Iwao (Japan)
Aurelia Faidley-Solars (USA)
 

Rising Star Category

First Prize Winners (Shared)

Olivia Li (USA)
Sangjae Lee (Republic of Korea)

Special Prizes

Dylan Zhang (USA) - Jury Discretionary Prize (Prokofiev)
Enkhtulga Munkhsukh (Mongolia) - Jury Discretionary Prize
 

Prizes in Each Age Group

Professional Category

Young Musician I

1st - Audrey Ma (USA)

Young Musician II

1st - Olivia Yuxin Li (USA) - 1st place shared with:
1st - Sequoia Jain-Hong (USA)
2nd - Owen Zhuang (USA)

Young Musician III

1st - Belinda Zhu (USA)
2nd - Claire Li (USA)
3rd - Kai Zavislak (USA)

Young Artist I

1st - Jessi Lin (Korea)
2nd - Gaia Daniel (USA/Italy)

Young Artist II

1st - Tong-Bai Deng (China/USA)

Concert Artist

1st - Enguun Otgonbat (Mongolia) - 1st place shared with:
1st - Nathan Cheung (USA)
2nd - Kevin Zhu (China)
3rd - Cristian Makhuli (USA)

Best Duet

Claire Yutong Li (USA) & Olivia Yuxin Li (USA)

 

Rising Star Category

Young Musician II

1st - Thomas Brinton (USA)

Young Musician III

1st - Dylan Zhang (USA)
2nd - Avaline Wang (USA)
3rd - Nicholas Lin (USA)

Young Artist I

1st - Junyuan Jeremy Liu (China)
2nd - Louis Kwong Ching Li (Canada)

Young Artist II

1st - Indigo Della Badia (USA)
2nd - Enkhtulga Munkhsukh (Mongolia)
3rd - Lina Elwood (USA)

Concert Artist

1st - Antony Yan Tong Chen (New Zealand)
2nd - Yijiao Wang (China)

 

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