Congratulations to all winners!
Best Bach 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 21, 2026 -
Johann Sebastian Bach's 341st anniversary. Happy Birthday!
We encourage all of the participants who didn't make it to the final round. Don't lose hope, keep trying.
Age Group I
FIRST PRIZE
Grace Guo
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
William Pritchett
USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Conan Tran
USA, piano
Age Group II
FIRST PRIZE
Ellen Cappiello
USA, violin
John Albin
USA, violin
SECOND PRIZE
Madison Lee
USA, violin
Roy Lee
USA, cello
Age Group III
FIRST PRIZE
Hiroki Shinohara
Japan/USA, cello
Jeremy Bird
USA, piano
Joshua Stanchev
UK, violin
SECOND PRIZE
Agastya Hazarey
USA, violin
Minghan Guo
USA, piano
Simon Sauk
USA, piano
Warren Park
USA, cello
Zoe Grace Cooper
USA, harp
THIRD PRIZE
Abigail Moon
USA, cello
Josias Chan
USA, piano
Zachary Ma
USA, violin
Age Group IV
FIRST PRIZE
Abigail Kwon
USA, violin
Haruki Murata
USA, violin
Kara Yen
USA, piano
Lindsay Nian
USA, piano
Madeleine Ho
USA, flute
Minghao Guo
USA, piano
Penelope Schweizer
USA, harp
SECOND PRIZE
Alexander Frey
USA, cello
Alexi Lim
USA, piano
Alice Clementine Cramer
USA, harp
Anna Lee
USA, piano
Julia Ma
USA, cello
Mia Holmgren
USA, cello
Patrick Liang
USA, piano
Sarah Lee
USA, cello
THIRD PRIZE
Dillon Cirigliano
USA, piano
Katie Moon
USA, violin
Matisse Wittman-McChesney
USA, piano
Serah Lee
USA, cello
Age Group V
FIRST PRIZE
Cosima Maria Heilmaier
Germany, piano
Julio Alberto Flores Bermejo
Spain, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Graham Lemos
USA, piano
Maya Liu
USA, violin
Yuriy Rogachev
Russia/USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Benjamin Kwon
USA, cello
Age Group VI
FIRST PRIZE
Iklim Ozenli
Turkey/UK, viola
Age Group VII
FIRST PRIZE
Anna Slizova
Slovakia, voice
Seulki Kim
South Korea/USA, piano
