Winners 2026

Winners of the Classical Stars International Music Competition,
4 June 2026

Click the Photo to listen

Artist of the Season:

---

Artist of the Season:

---

Artist of the Season:

---

Artist of the Season:

---

Absolute Winner:

---

Absolute Winner:

---

Absolute Winner:

---

Absolute Winner:

---

Absolute Winner:

---

Absolute Winner:

---

All Prizewinners in alphabetical order:

NAME:	COUNTRY:	MAIN CAT.	ALL PRIZES:
Addi Corpus Ramírez	Mexico	Composition	Composer Absolute Winner, 20th and 21st Century Absolute Winner, Own Composition Absolute Winner
Alejandro Querales	Venezuela	Composition	Composer Gold Prize, Own Composition Gold Prize
CHENG-EN WU	Taiwan, Republic of China	Composition	Composer Gold Prize, 20th and 21st Century Gold Prize, Lyrical Piece Gold Prize, Own Composition Gold Prize
Diellza Shehdula	Albania	Violin	Violin Junior Artist Gold Prize, Bach Gold Prize
Emersyn Han	United States of America (USA)	Piano	Piano Young Maestro Gold Prize, 20th and 21st Century Gold Prize
Erika Barascu	Romania	Piano	Piano Junior Artist Absolute Winner, Classical Period Absolute Winner, Romantic Period Absolute Winner
Hamal Baroni	Malta	Composition	Composer Gold Prize
Jakub Prokop	Slovakia	Clarinet	Clarinet Maestro Absolute Winner, Romantic Period Gold Prize, Concerto Absolute Winner
Joanna Habich	Poland	Violin	Violin Senior Artist Absolute Winner
Kaitlyn Jeeyul Seo	United States of America (USA)	Cello	Cello Junior Artist Absolute Winner, Concerto Absolute Winner
Karolina Tomaszewska	Poland	Guitar	Guitar Senior Artist Gold Prize
Luye Tang	Poland	Piano	Piano Maestro Absolute Winner, Bach Absolute Winner
Macy Chang	United States of America (USA)	Clarinet	Clarinet Young Talent Absolute Winner, Romantic Period Absolute Winner, Concerto Absolute Winner
Naphitchaya Sae-Jew	Thailand	Harp	Harp Senior Artist Gold Prize, 20th and 21st Century Gold Prize
Paul Long	United States of America (USA)	Composition	Composer Gold Prize, Own Composition Gold Prize, Music Video Gold Prize
Rafael Adrian Sanchez	United States of America (USA)	Voice	Voice Junior Artist Gold Prize, Baroque Period Silver Prize
Sanja Stanković	Serbia	Piano	Piano Maestro Absolute Winner
Shao-Hsun Chang	Taiwan, Republic of China	Piano	Piano Maestro Absolute Winner
Smaritha Tadiboyina	United States of America (USA)	Piano	Piano Senior Artist Gold Prize, Baroque Period Silver Prize, Bach Silver Prize
Stefania Velentza and George Odatzidis	Greece	Chamber Ensemble	Chamber Ensemble Gold Prize
Viaan Ghorpade	United Arab Emirates	Piano	Piano Junior Artist Gold Prize, Beethoven Silver Prize
WEIHAN WILLIAM ZHOU	Singapore	Piano	Piano Young Talent Gold Prize
Wendi Zhang	United States of America (USA)	Piano	Piano Senior Artist Silver Prize, Classical Period Silver Prize, Sonata Gold Prize

CONGRATULATIONS!

You can download your diplomas here:

Winners of the Classical Stars International Music Competition,
5 March 2026

Click the Photo to listen

Artist of the Season:

---

Artist of the Season:

---

Absolute Winner:

---

Absolute Winner:

---

Absolute Winner:

Absolute Winner:

---

Absolute Winner:

---

All Prizewinners in alphabetical order:

NAME:	COUNTRY:	MAIN CAT.	ALL PRIZES:
Alex Yefremov	Canada	Piano	Piano Young Talent Gold Prize
Alishia Choi	Australia	Clarinet	Clarinet Young Talent Gold Prize, Classical Period Silver Prize
Anthony E. Kim	USA	Voice	Voice Junior Artist Gold Prize, Opera Gold Prize, Mozart Gold Prize
Boryana Stoyanova	Bulgaria	Piano	Piano Junior Artist Gold Prize
Catherine Tsz Yui Zhang	China	Composition	Composition Gold Prize, Own Composition Gold Prize
Christian Chow	USA	Piano	Piano Senior Artist Silver Prize, Sonata/Sonatina Silver Prize
Daniel Dai	USA	Piano	Piano Junior Artist Gold Prize, Romantic Period Gold Prize
Deniz Emre Hatip	Turkey	Piano	Piano Prodigy Gold Prize
Franciszek Kopytowski	Poland	Guitar	Guitar Junior Artist Gold Prize
Haoqing Zhuang	China	Piano	Piano Senior Artist Silver Prize
Irene Caldas Sánchez	Spain	Viola	Viola Senior Artist Absolute Winner, Virtuoso Piece Absolute Winner
Isaac Bullock and Roland Fan	USA	Chamber Ensemble	Chamber Ensemble Gold Prize, 20th and 21st Century Silver Prize, Virtuoso Piece Silver Prize
James Yi	USA	Piano	Piano Senior Artist Silver Prize, 20th and 21th Century Gold Prize
Jie Liang	New Zealand	Piano	Piano Young Maestro Absolute Winner
Landy Zhang	USA	Piano	Piano Young Talent Absolute Winner, Classical Period Absolute Winner
Leonardo Coral	Mexico	Composition	Composition Gold Prize
Lok Lai	Hong Kong	Voice	Voice Maestro Silver Prize
Mason Kaneto Ishida	USA	Composition	Composition Gold Prize, 20th and 21st Century Gold Prize, Own Composition Gold Prize
Mii Kyoichiro	Japan	Composition	Composition Absolute Winner, Own Composition Absolute Winner
Omar & Ivanna Gutiérrez	Mexico	Chamber Ensemble	Chamber Ensemble Silver Prize
Patryk Skuła	Poland	Euphonium Maestro	Euphonium Maestro Gold Prize, 20th and 21st Century Silver Prize
Piotr Chruślak	Poland	Trombone	Trombone Maestro Gold Prize
Romain Schmitt	France	Composition	Composition Absolute Winner
Stamat Kralev	Bulgaria	Piano	Piano Young Talent Gold Prize
Stephen Emmer	Netherlands	Composition	Composition Gold Prize, Own Composition Gold Prize
Steven Cohen	USA	Horn	Horn Maestro Gold Prize, 20th and 21st Century Silver Prize, Virtuoso Piece Bronze Prize
Zhangyize	China	Violin	Violin Senior Artist Gold Prize, Concerto Gold Prize

CONGRATULATIONS!

You can download your diplomas here:

---