Results: Best Liszt Performance (5th Edition, 2021)

  

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 5th edition of the international competition for instrumentalists Best Liszt Performance.

Congratulations to all winners!

Best Liszt Performance is a member of Best Performance Competition Series. All of the competitions in this series are designed in such a way that the award winners will be announced annually on the composers' birthdays. Today is October 22, 2021 - Ferencz Liszt's 210th anniversary. Happy Birthday!

We encourage all of the participants who didn't make it to the final round. Don't lose hope, keep trying.

RESULTS

 
Age Group I
 
FIRST PRIZE
 
Johnny Zhao
New Zealand, piano
 

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Age Group III
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Peter Parra
USA, piano
 
Yuqiao Chen
Thailand/China, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Andrea Wong
USA, piano
 
Bohan Pan
USA, piano
 
Jolie Lu
USA, piano
 

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Age Group IV
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Mihilo Kato
USA, piano
 
Nicholas Khong
Australia/Singapore, piano
 
Yixiu Yang
China, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Daniel Zhou
USA, piano
 
Emily Chen
China/USA, piano
 
Jeffrey Luo
USA, piano
 
Mehana Ellis
USA, piano
 
Wilson Gao
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Hannah Kusumo
USA, piano
 
Junsang Lee
South Korea/USA, piano
 
Kalvin Yuwen
USA, piano
 
Trevor Hyun
Hawaii/USA, piano
 

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Age Group V
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
David Sun
USA, piano
 
Grace Wang
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Michael Karshis
USA, piano
 
Shanghao Chen
China, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Mingqian Xu
New Zealand/China, piano
 
Vikraanth Sinha
USA, piano
 

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Age Group VI
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Hongbo Cai
China/USA, piano
 
Jake Cheong
South Korea/Australia, piano
 
Mina Sun
China, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Cristian Dirkhising
USA, piano
 
Cristiana Achim
Romania/United Kingdom, piano
 
Jessica Chi
New Zealand, piano