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, 2026 -
Frédéric François Chopin's 216th 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 II
FIRST PRIZE
Nancy Pritchett
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Camille Li
USA, piano
Age Group III
FIRST PRIZE
Alex Shih
USA, piano
Apolonia Baraś
Poland, piano
Caroline Li
USA, piano
Elliot Chernis
USA, piano
Jeremy Bird
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Andrew Yang
USA, piano
Edward Lawrence Chen
USA, piano
Ethan Zhou
USA, piano
Linnea Wang
USA, piano
Peter Hayek
USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Eleanor Willcoxon
USA, piano
Olivia Bao
USA, piano
Yerin Cho
USA, piano
Age Group IV
FIRST PRIZE
Anastasia Fitenko
USA, piano
Olivia Zeng
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
David Glushkov
USA, piano
Faith Park
USA, piano
Leland Fan
USA, piano
Zixuan Yang
USA/China, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Nicole Lee
USA, piano
Sarah Leng
USA, piano
Sean Yusin
USA, piano
Age Group V
FIRST PRIZE
Mengtong Xiang
USA, piano
Ziling Wang
USA/China, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Pinzhang Chen
USA/China, piano
