Results: Best Chopin Performance (9th Edition, 2025)

  

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 9th edition of the international competition for instrumentalists Best Chopin Performance.

Congratulations to all winners!

Best Chopin 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 March 1, 2025 - 
Frédéric François Chopin's 215th 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 II
 
FIRST PRIZE
 
Alexa Brinton
USA, piano
 
Camille Li
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Allie Rui
USA, piano
 
Grace Zhou
USA, piano
 
Hanna Koba
Poland, piano
 
Ryan Li
USA, piano
 
Yixiao Li
China/USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Allison Tang
USA, piano
 
Vacheron Li
USA, piano
 
Wisley Hsu
Australia, piano
 
 
Age Group III
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                           
Aiden Shim
USA, piano
 
Léo Icikovics
France/USA, piano
 
Rick Wang
China/USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Adelyn Park
USA, piano
 
Alexander Jiang
China/USA, piano
 
Benjamin Breaux
USA, piano
 
Eason Wang
USA, piano
 
Erya Chai
USA, piano
 
Tony Michael Chen
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Alex Liu
USA, piano
 
Connor Hsu
USA, piano
 
Edward Han
USA, piano
 
Yu He Jacob Lim
Singapore, piano
 
 
Age Group IV
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                           
Antonina Maria Waliszewska
Poland, piano
 
Bill Wang
USA, piano
 
Eileen Zhuge
USA, piano
 
Ethan Li
USA, piano
 
Olivia Zeng
USA, piano
 
Yifan Evan Ding
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Aden Lee
USA, piano
 
Allison Prakalapakorn
USA, piano
 
Alton Zhong
USA, piano
 
Anastasia Grunina
USA, piano
 
Averie Wu
USA, piano
 
Bella Huang
USA, piano
 
Emily Zhou
USA, piano
 
Jackson Brinton
USA, piano
 
Joshua Hall
USA, cello
 
Olivia Rush
Vietnam/Philippines, piano
 
Ruiwen Ge
USA, piano
 
William Matthew Lim
Philippines , piano
 
Yuriy Rogachev
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group V
 
THIRD PRIZE
                                           
Emma Wang
USA, piano
 
Eric Zhang
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group VI
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                           
Nicole Papenfuss
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Ty Hartman
USA, piano