2026 Chicago International Music Competition - Winners

Grand Prize Winners

Professional Category

First Prize Winner

Aidan Ramiez

Second Prize Winner

Frederick Chen tied with Julian Pujols Quall

Third Prize Winner

Joseph Vaz tied with Simon Yao

 

Rising Star Category

First Prize Winner

HaEun Kim tied with Mee Ji Kim

Second Prize Winner

Ye-Eun Hyun tied with Erik Jacoby

Third Prize Winner

Meagan Lee

 

Prizes in Each Age Group

Professional Category

Young Musician II

First Prize Winner - Natha-Jin Sun
Second Prize Winner - Lydia Xu

Young Musician III

First Prize Winner - Belinda Zhu
Second Prize Winner - Natalie Sun
Third Prize Winner - Hana Dormer tied with Dylan Zhang

Young Artist I

First Prize Winner - Tomoki Imamura

Young Artist II

First Prize Winner - Theodora Koski
Second Prize Winner - Eric Wang

Concert Artist

First Prize Winner - Vitalii Khairutdinov
Second Prize Winner - Kathryn Riopel
Third Prize Winner - Weiyu Zhang

Special Awards

Best Duo

Yuxin Sun & Yiling Sun

 

Rising Star Category

Young Musician II

First Prize Winner - Lydia Xu
Second Prize Winner - Yuxin Sun
Third Prize Winner - Loren Pei

Young Musician III

First Prize Winner - Olivia Zheng
Second Prize Winner - Miyako Berman
Third Prize Winner - Milo Tanaka

Young Artist I

First Prize Winner - Sophia Zhan
Second Prize Winner - Dylan Zheng
Third Prize Winner - Mihajlo Stojanovic

Young Artist II

First Prize Winner - Ella Wimbiscus
Second Prize Winner - Adrian Gonzalaz
Third Prize Winner - Harold Fang

Concert Artist

First Prize Winner - HaEun Kim
Second Prize Winner - Ye-Eun Hyun
Third Prize Winner - Meagan Lee

Special Awards

Best Original Composition

Emily Wagner

Best Performance of a Folksong

Linh Dan Nguyen

Best Performance of a Bach Work

Karson Garnett

Best Sonata Performance

Dabin Ha


Ensemble Division

First Prize Winner

Aisha Beydoun and Miyako Berman

Second Prize Winner

Aisha Beydoun and Farah Beydoun

 

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