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

 

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

Congratulations to all winners!

Best Beethoven 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 December 17, 2025 - Ludwig van Beethoven's 255th 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

Ethan Luo

USA, piano

 

Age Group II

THIRD PRIZE                                                    

Riley Reed

USA, harp

 

Tycho Mihalus-Lin

USA, classical guitar

 

 

Age Group III

 

FIRST PRIZE

                                                           

Jackson He

USA, piano

 

 

SECOND PRIZE 

Clarissa Guadalupe Fussy

USA, piano

 

Elva Jiang

Australia, piano

 

Justin Li

Australia, piano

 

Nathan Liu

USA, piano

 

 

THIRD PRIZE

Andrei Babarin

Russia/USA, piano

 

Cassia Watson

USA, piano

 

Evan Olson

USA, piano

 

Hana Fang

USA, piano

 

Jodie Zhao

Australia, piano

 

Marina Herran

USA , piano

 

 

Age Group IV

 

FIRST PRIZE

                                                               

Sophie Gang

USA, piano

 

 

SECOND PRIZE

 

Isabella Presti

Germany/USA, piano

 

Karen Du

USA, piano

 

 

THIRD PRIZE

                                                               

Isabella Leonie Presti

Germany/USA, violin

 

Nolan Chen

USA, piano

 

Steven Svihovec

USA, piano

 

 

Age Group V

 

SECOND PRIZE

                                                               

Kenzo Mesa

USA, piano

 

 

THIRD PRIZE

 

Aditya Subramanian

USA, piano

 

Martin Taishi Yau

USA, violin