Young Musicians Competition – Piano     

CHAIRPERSON: JU-FEN LU, HSIN-YI TSAI, & YULIEN CHEN (ymcpiano.njmta@gmail.com)



2026 WINNERS

Age GroupAwardStudent nameTeacher
5HONORABLE MENTIONChloe ZhouWenyan Han
HONORABLE MENTIONRina Kang*
6FIRST PLACELeo Lu*
Song of the Calvary, Op.27 by D. Kabalevsky
SECOND PLACEIcelyn Lum-Yuan*
THIRD PLACECarol LiangSimeng Wu
HONORABLE MENTIONRachel Yu*
7FIRST PLACEDavid FangYevgeny Morozov
Sonata Hob. XVI 35 Finale: Allegro by F. J. Haydn
SECOND PLACEAudrey MaYang Liu
THIRD PLACEElaine WuStella Xu
HONORABLE MENTIONHana Rhee*
8FIRST PLACEKatheryn Xu*
Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1 by F. Chopin
SECOND PLACEChonghe LiMichael Brailovsky
THIRD PLACESelah Kang*
HONORABLE MENTIONMan-Mi (Ida) Li*
HONORABLE MENTIONHayne HongGrace J. Yang
9FIRST PLACELawrence WongSherry Kim
Sonata in F major, Hob XVI:23, 1st mvt by F. J. Haydn
SECOND PLACEAllen GaoXiyu Deng
THIRD PLACEAlexander Yulin ZhangIngrid Clarfield
HONORABLE MENTIONBella LuoWenyan Han
10FIRST PLACEOlivia Li*
Concert Etude S.144 No.3 “Un Sospiro” by F. Liszt
SECOND PLACEAndrew ZhangChiu-Tze Lin
THIRD PLACEDaya WilliamsStella Xu
HONORABLE MENTIONManning XiaHwei-Lan Luo
HONORABLE MENTIONJoseph Zhang*
11FIRST PLACESylvie ChiuQi Zhang
Piano Sonata NO.15 K533/494 I allegro by W. A. Mozart
SECOND PLACEAnshuo PingStella Xu
THIRD PLACEElena XieAziza Khasanova-Madaski
THIRD PLACEJayden LiTomoko Harada
HONORABLE MENTIONTai WangSuet-Nie Ang
12FIRST PLACEBryan WuVitalii Khairutdinov / Veda Zuponcic
Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 by P. I. Tchaikovsky / M. Pletnev
SECOND PLACENolan WangAziza Khasanova-Madaski
THIRD PLACEIsabella XuStella Xu
THIRD PLACERoy KimStella Xu / Veda Zuponcic
THIRD PLACEHarris DongStella Xu
HONORABLE MENTIONClaire Li*
13FIRST PLACEElla WangStella Xu
Rondo Brillante , Op.62 by C. M. Weber
SECOND PLACEAiden KimYu Xi Wang / Veda Zuponcic
THIRD PLACEGrace HwangStella Xu / Veda Zuponcic
THIRD PLACEJeremy BirdIngrid Clarfield
HONORABLE MENTIONTatyana AtanasovaYevgeny Morozov
HONORABLE MENTIONLucia HuStella Xu
HONORABLE MENTIONEmma LiChiu-Tze Lin
14FIRST PLACEKyle ZhuJulia Lam
Sonata No. 21 in C major, Opus 53 "Waldstein", III. Rondo: Allegretto-Prestissimo by L. v. Beethoven
SECOND PLACELuke YeonStella Xu
THIRD PLACEKyle JiangYevgeny Morozov
HONORABLE MENTIONLuen-Yo Lawrence GuoAziza Khasanova-Madaski
15FIRST PLACEJaden LiuGrace J. Yang
Sonata No.1 Mvt I by C. Vine
SECOND PLACEBowen LiangStella Xu
THIRD PLACEConan YangYu Xi Wang / Veda Zuponcic
THIRD PLACESharon XueStella Xu
16FIRST PLACEEmily WuGrace J. Yang
Five Bagatelles by C. Vine
SECOND PLACEEric FengGloria Chu
THIRD PLACEMaximus WuTomoko Harada
HONORABLE MENTIONAndrew LiStella Xu
HONORABLE MENTIONOlivia HuaQi Zhang
17FIRST PLACEAngela ZhangChiu-Tze Lin
Variations on a Theme from Carmen Fantasy by Bizet arr. Horowitz
SECOND PLACETyler ReedJulia Lam
THIRD PLACECherie XuGrace J. Yang
HONORABLE MENTIONHannah ZouIngrid Clarfield
CollegiateFIRST PLACEAlice Siqi WanStella Xu
Der Rosenkavalier: Ramble on the last love duet by Strauss-Grainger

DATES:

Registration Deadline: Monday, September 14, 2026

Competition: Saturday, October 31, 2026

Performance: Sunday, November 15, 2026, during the State Conference.

REGISTRATION FEE: $80 per student. Fees are non-refundable.

Only credit card payments are accepted at this time.

REPERTOIRE:  Selection of the repertoire is at the discretion of the teacher, with the following requirements: Two compositions from standard repertoire from memory:

  1. Either Baroque or Classical

  2. Either Romantic or Modern

*  Please use MTNA Composer Classification List for your reference.

·      Variations must be performed in their entirety.

·      Sonata: Students are not permitted to perform more than one movement of sonata/sonatina, except attacca movements. Only college students are permitted to play two separate movements from the same opus number.

·       Both Prelude & Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach must be performed to count as one piece.

·      Repeats will not be played unless the piece is very short or the repeats affect the integrity of the piece.

·       No arrangements or simplified editions of works originally written for piano will be accepted.

·      Published transcription of the other instruments or ensemble (such as Bach/Busoni’s Chaconne, Chinese tradition folk songs) will be acceptable as long as they are original by thecomposers.

·       A group of short pieces of the same opus number such as Chopin Preludes can be considered as one piece if they do not exceed the maximum time allowed in their age group

MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE TIME:

Through age 10                  10 minutes
Ages 11 – 14                        15 minutes
Ages 15 – 17                       17 minutes
Ages 18 – Collegiate       20 minutes

* Students whose performance extend over the time limit will be stopped by judges during the competition.

For Piano Duet, click here.



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