2025 Chicago International Music Competition - Winners
Grand Prize Winners
Professional Category
First Prize Winners (Shared)
Brian Wu (USA) - Nodar Gabunia Foundation PrizeShaloom 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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