2026 Chicago International Music Competition - Winners
Grand Prize Winners
Professional Category
First Prize Winner
Aidan RamiezSecond Prize Winner
Frederick Chen tied with Julian Pujols QuallThird Prize Winner
Joseph Vaz tied with Simon Yao
Rising Star Category
First Prize Winner
HaEun Kim tied with Mee Ji KimSecond Prize Winner
Ye-Eun Hyun tied with Erik JacobyThird Prize Winner
Meagan Lee
Prizes in Each Age Group
Professional Category
Young Musician II
First Prize Winner - Natha-Jin SunSecond Prize Winner - Lydia Xu
Young Musician III
First Prize Winner - Belinda ZhuSecond Prize Winner - Natalie Sun
Third Prize Winner - Hana Dormer tied with Dylan Zhang
Young Artist I
First Prize Winner - Tomoki ImamuraYoung Artist II
First Prize Winner - Theodora KoskiSecond Prize Winner - Eric Wang
Concert Artist
First Prize Winner - Vitalii KhairutdinovSecond 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 XuSecond Prize Winner - Yuxin Sun
Third Prize Winner - Loren Pei
Young Musician III
First Prize Winner - Olivia ZhengSecond Prize Winner - Miyako Berman
Third Prize Winner - Milo Tanaka
Young Artist I
First Prize Winner - Sophia ZhanSecond Prize Winner - Dylan Zheng
Third Prize Winner - Mihajlo Stojanovic
Young Artist II
First Prize Winner - Ella WimbiscusSecond Prize Winner - Adrian Gonzalaz
Third Prize Winner - Harold Fang
Concert Artist
First Prize Winner - HaEun KimSecond Prize Winner - Ye-Eun Hyun
Third Prize Winner - Meagan Lee
Special Awards
Best Original Composition
Emily WagnerBest Performance of a Folksong
Linh Dan NguyenBest Performance of a Bach Work
Karson GarnettBest Sonata Performance
Dabin HaEnsemble Division
First Prize Winner
Aisha Beydoun and Miyako BermanSecond Prize Winner
Aisha Beydoun and Farah Beydoun
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