2026 Young Musicians Competition Results for STRINGS

STRINGS CHAIR: Hyojin Lee

 

Third prize winners and honorable mention recipients are listed in alphabetical order according to their last names.

Division                 Award  Student/Teacher                                                                    

10-under                 1st        Isabelle Zhao, Violin, age 10, Yousun Kim
(Elementary)                 A. Vivaldi, Summer, from The Four Seasons, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315,
I. Allegro non molto

2nd      Charlotte Iff, Cello, age 6, Marnie Kaller
3rd       Isabella Tang, Violin, age 10, Tunde Gaal
3rd       Yaming Wang, Violin, age 10, Alexandra Neglia
HM       Deven Goel, Cello, age 9, Hyojin Lee
HM       Elodie Wu, Violin, age 7, Patricia Licetti

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11-14                        1st        Elizabeth Zhang, Viola, age 14, Yifang Huang
(Junior)              Rebecca Clarke, Sonata for Viola and Piano,
  I. Impetuoso – Allegro ma non troppo

2nd      Isabella Gopal, Violin, age 12, Katarzyna Powichrowska
3rd      Henry Toettcher, Cello, age 12, WanYi Pan         
3rd       Annabelle Zhao, Violin, age 13, Yousun Kim      
HM       Alice Qian, Violin, age 11, Tunde Gaal
HM       Charlotte Shen, age 12, Tunde Gaal

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15-17                       1st        Luke Liu, Cello, age 17, Hyojin Lee
(Senior)            D. Shostakovich, Cello Concerto no.1 in E flat major, Op. 107, I. Allegretto

2nd      Leilani Gopal, Violin, age 16, Katarzyna Powichrowska
3rd       Elie Kuan, Cello, age 17, Hyojin Lee
HM      Aarav Gupta, Cello, age 16, Hyojin Lee
HM       Andrew Li, Cello, age 16, Hyojin Lee

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Ensemble               2nd     Rayansh Phirke, Flute, age 15, Inessa Gleyzerova                                                        
Shreya Visvanathan, Violin, age 15
Annikka Visvanathan, Violin, age 12

JUDGES:

Elementary and Senior category and Ensemble: Amy Ward Butler and Naomi Youngstein
Junior category: Jeffrey Solow and Uli Speth

*Judge Coordinator: Mi-Young Kim

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