Results: Artist of the Year (9th Edition, 2025)

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 9th edition of the international competition for young performers Artist of the Year.

Congratulations to all winners!

This edition was exclusively open for prize winners who have won an award from our competitions in the period: June 16, 2024 - June 15, 2025.

RESULTS

INSTRUMENTALISTS & SINGERS
 
Age Group I
 
FIRST PRIZE
 
Maxwell Li
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group II
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                               
Ellen Cappiello
USA, violin
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Angelina Lee
USA, french horn
 
April Lin
China/USA, piano
 
Connor Jeng
USA, violin
 
Gabriel Lora
USA, piano
 
Georgette Tramontin
USA, harp
 
Harper Dylan Chen
USA, piano
 
Lisa Oki
USA, violin
 
Lucas Yan
USA, violin
 
Mir Gurumurthy
USA, piano
 
Oliver Zhou
United Kingdom, piano
 
Rae Lim
USA, piano
 
Ryan Li
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Ava Goodis
USA, piano
 
Christian Pang
USA, piano
 
Emily Ann Vuong-Park
USA, piano
 
Luca Barone
USA, piano
 
Riley Reed
USA, harp
 
 
Age Group III
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                               
Emily Fang
USA, piano
 
Leo Icikovics
France/USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Carla Oliva Soulard
Spain, piano
 
Elise Hoang
USA, voice
 
Erya Chai             
USA, piano
 
Jeremy Bird       
USA, piano
 
Jules Amyot
USA, cello
 
Zoe Grace Cooper
USA, harp
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Emma Jeng
USA, violin
 
Emma Tambascia            
USA, violin
 
Junyu Piao
South Korea/USA, piano
 
Ryan Miller
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group IV
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                               
Sophie Kou
USA, cello
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Alice Clementine Cramer
USA, harp
 
Alliana Lili Yang
USA, voice
 
Andrew Zhang
USA, piano
 
Caelan Costello
USA, piano
 
Daniel Meng
USA, clarinet
 
Hanae Grunwald
USA, violin
 
Olivia Oh
USA, violin
 
Stephen Ye
USA, violin
 
Tiffany Wong
Australia, clarinet
 
Tyler Li
Australia, piano
 
Wong Yat Tung
Hong Kong/China, voice
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Alexi Lim             
USA, piano
 
Bella Huang
USA, piano
 
Christopher Nakamura
USA, piano
 
Ethan Chen
USA, cello
 
Luke Charchaflian
USA, piano
 
Penelope Schweizer
USA, harp
 
Santiago Isaac Ramirez 
USA, piano
 
Skylar Bredlau  
USA, piano
 
Yuriy Rogachev
Russia/USA, piano
 
 
Age Group V
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                               
Davanee Li         
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Della Gardner   
USA, violin
 
Nathan Wong
USA, piano
 
Sarah Nguyen
USA, voice
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Caroline Bundy
USA, harp
 
Eric Zhang
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group VI
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                               
Nicolette Sullivan-Cozza               
USA, viola
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Caitlin Towell
USA, voice
 
 
Age Group VII
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                               
Nicholas Ford
USA, classical guitar
 
 
ENSEMBLES
 
Age Group IV
 
FIRST PRIZE
 
Orion Quartet
Shruti Jayakumar, soprano saxophone
Gideon Etufugh, alto saxophone
Ayden Garcia, tenor saxophone
Samuel Warner, bari saxophone
USA