International Concerto Competition 2025
International Concerto Competition is open to all instruments, including strings, piano, voice and winds.
Participants are required to submit video recording materials for the audition.
Musicians from 6 countries applied for this year’s Concerto Competition. They hailed from different parts of the U.S., Canada, China, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
Eligibility
We invite school students and adults to participate in the Competition. There is no age limit for the adult participants.
Multiple winners will be chosen in each of the following age groups:
| School Students: | Adults (19 and older): |
| 12 and under | Amateur without professional degree |
| 13 – 18 | College students and professional musicians |
Awards
Since the situation with Global Health Crisis is still uncertain, winners will be offered to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on the dates to be announced, or to receive a Winner’s Package by mail.
$300 Scholarship and other Special Awards may be granted based on the judges’ recommendations.
Judges
International panel of qualified judges will evaluate audition materials. All judges are independent, and their students are not allowed to apply this season. The concert pianist and teacher Ms. Irina Kaufman-Brookes (U.K./Russia) was invited as a Chairwoman of the Concerto Competition 2025. A graduate from the Gnessin Academy of Music, classes of Prof. E. Lieberman and Prof. L. Naumov, Ms. Kaufman-Brookes won a number of the International Competitions and performed as a solo and chamber ensemble pianist with the Bolshoi Theater, Stanislavskiy and Nemirovich – Danchenko Opera Theatre, and many orchestras across the Europe and USA.
American Protégé
International Concerto Competition 2025 Results
Judges Distinction Award (Plaque Trophies) Winner
Charles Sunie, 13, is a Calgary-based musician in the Advanced Performance Program at Mount Royal University Conservatory. He began piano at five and discovered his passion for cello at ten, making remarkable progress. In 2024, he debuted with the Mount Royal Conservatory Sinfonia Orchestra as a Concerto Competition winner and attended Meadowmount School of Music. He was also admitted to the Heifetz International Music Institute and trained at Orford Musique Academy. Charles has earned top accolades, including Absolute Winner at the Fenix Award International Music Competition, First Prize at the Bach International Music Competition, the World Exceptional Musicians Competition, and the Erik Satie International Music Competition (2024) and second place at the 2025 Camerata Artists International Competition in both Concerto and Solo categories (2025). A dedicated composer, he won first prize in the 2022 ARMTA Student Composer Competition, with works published in Creatures (2022).
Winners by Age Category
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| Age Group 12 and under: | ||
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Yiyi Zhou, piano | 5 | West Covina, CA |
| Student of Lixuan Wang | ||
| Haydn, Piano Concerto In F Hob Xviii, F2, I Mvt. | ||
| Katia Stahovic, cello | 9 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Student of Anne Martindale Williams | ||
| Vivaldi, Cello Concerto In E Minor | ||
| Yunchi Chiang, cello | 10 | Moreland Hills, OH |
| Student of Hsin-Kang Huang | ||
| Goltermann, Cello Concerto No. 4 In G Major, Op.65, II and III Mvt. | ||
| Preston Tsai, cello | 11 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Mr. Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No. 1 In A Minor Op. 33, I Mvt. | ||
| Ryan Noda, violin | 11 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Yuki Mori and Min Jung Park | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 26 Iii Mvt. | ||
| Sophia Kong, violin | 11 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 I Brayden Shing Chin Sung, pianon G Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Brayden Shing Chin Sung, piano | 12 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Dr Yuching Lily Hsu | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto K 414 In A Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Chloe Jeon, violin | 12 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of Juyi Peng | ||
| Wieniawski, Scherzo Tarantelle | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Teng Ho Hsu, piano | 7 | Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| Student of Ming Yu Chiu | ||
| Haydn, Piano Concerto In F Major Hob Xviii, F1 | ||
| Po Cheng Hsu, piano | 9 | Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| Student of Ming Yu Chiu | ||
| Haydn, Piano Concerto In D Major Hob Xviii, 11 | ||
| Pierce Liu, violin | 11 | Phoenix, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Lalo, Syphonie Espagnole | ||
| Emel Cubukcu, violin | 12 | La Jolla, CA |
| Student of Michael Tseitlin and Irina Tseitlin | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto In E Minor | ||
| Jacob Han, flute | 12 | Brea, CA |
| Student of Yong Mi Choi | ||
| Mozart, Flute Concerto In G Major | ||
| Jayden Shing Chak Sung, piano | 12 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Dr Yuching Lily Hsu | ||
| Kabalevsky, Piano Concerto No. 3, I Mvt. | ||
| Kevin Liu, violin | 12 | Cypress, CA |
| Student of Korinne L. Hamblin | ||
| Bach, Violin Concerto In A Minor Bwv 1041, I Mvt. | ||
| Kyle Lu, oboe | 12 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Yousun Chung | ||
| Cimarosa, Oboe Concerto, I and II Mvt. | ||
| Rene Takahashi, vocal | 12 | Peachtree City, GA |
| Student of Mariko Kadowaki | ||
| Handel, Lascia Ch’Io Pianga | ||
| Ron Huang, piano | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Beethoven, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2, I Mvt. | ||
| Quanxi Wang, piano | 12 | Xi’An City, China |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 54, III Mvt. | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Abigail T. Lin, piano | 8 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Hayden, Divertimento Piano Concerto In F Major, Hob: Xiv:9: III Mvt. | ||
| Jackson Li, violin | 9 | Redmond, WA |
| Student of Cristian Neacsu | ||
| Ruegger, Concertante To Dexter Gilbert | ||
| Yi-Yun Hsu, piano | 9 | Taiepi, Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Haydn, Piano Concerto In C Major Hobxiv: 4, I Mvt. | ||
| Aivy Frazier, cello | 12 | Fountain Valley, CA |
| Student of Dr. Carter Dewberry | ||
| Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No. 1 In A Minor, Op. 33, I Mvt. | ||
| Alaina Lin, piano | 12 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Student of Mary Ko | ||
| Haydn, Piano Concerto In C Major Hobxiv: 4, I Mvt. | ||
| Genoa Sinno, piano | 11 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Jeff Panko | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor, K. 466, Ii Mvt. | ||
| Kevin Zhu, violin | 11 | Medina, WA |
| Student of Cristian Neacsu | ||
| Vivaldi, Concerto In A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6, 3Rd Mvt. | ||
| Lynette Huang, violin | 12 | Pacifica, CA |
| Student of Hsiao Pei Hsu | ||
| Huber, Concertino In G Major, Op. 8, No. 4 | ||
| Age Group 13 to 18: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| FIRST PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Charles Sunie, cello | 13 | Calgary, Canada |
| Student of Johanne Perron | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto In E Minor – Ii. Lento Allegro Molto | ||
| Eric Chan, cello | 13 | Bellevue, WA |
| Student of Olga Ruvinov | ||
| Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 In Eb Major, Op.107, I Mvt. | ||
| Adam Kim, cello | 14 | Hillsborough, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85 | ||
| Audrey Lam Kei Sung, piano | 14 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Dr Yuching Lily Hsu | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3, I Mvt. | ||
| Hamin Seo, cello | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Jennifer Park | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 In C Major, I Mvt. | ||
| and Kabalevsky, Cello Concerto In G Minor, 1St Mvt. | ||
| Hayoung Lee, violin | 14 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of James Choi | ||
| Bruch, Concerto G Minor | ||
| Jinwoo Lee, clarinet | 14 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Hyemin Yun | ||
| Stamitz, Clarinet Concerto In B-Flat Major, I Mvt. | ||
| Joseph Paik, cello | 14 | Frisco, TX |
| Student of Jinsun Choi | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85, Iv Mvt. | ||
| Sophia Fulton, piano | 14 | Manhasset, NY |
| Student of Golda Vainberg-Tatz | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 17, Kv 453, I Mvt. | ||
| Cara Wang, cello | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Amos Yang and Alan Yang | ||
| Schumann, Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op 129, I Mvt. | ||
| Eubyn Jin, cello | 15 | Incheon, South Korea |
| Student of Eungyeong Yu | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85, I Mvt. | ||
| Maria Herm, piano | 15 | Mount Laurel, NJ |
| Student of Vyacheslav Gryaznov and Lenka Lazorikova | ||
| Grieg, Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16, Iii Mvt. | ||
| Minsoo Chae, violin | 15 | Northborough, MA |
| Student of Elizabeth Faidley | ||
| Vieuxtemps, Violin Concerto No. 4 In D Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Rebekah Kim, violin | 15 | Vernon Hills, IL |
| Student of Desiree Ruhstart | ||
| Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No.1 Op.99, Iv Mvt. | ||
| Ruei-Shin Yeh, viola | 15 | Gilbert, AZ |
| Student of Susanne Rothaar | ||
| Walton, Concerto For Viola And Orchestra | ||
| Amy Yu, flute | 16 | Collierville, TN |
| Student of Myung Kim | ||
| Ibert, Flute Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Andrew Son, clarinet | 16 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Hye Min Yun | ||
| Weber, Clarinet Concerto No.1 In F Minor, Op. 73, I Mvt. | ||
| Caleb Han, cello | 16 | Mclean, VA |
| Student of Eunice In Hwa Lee | ||
| Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 | ||
| Clark Fan, cello | 16 | Charlotte, NC |
| Student of Alan Black | ||
| Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 In C Major | ||
| Emmaneul Luzginov, violin | 16 | North Port, FL |
| Student of Mr. Mendoza | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 | ||
| Isabella Liu, piano | 16 | Honolulu, HI |
| Student of Dr. Thomas Yee | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No 1 In D Flat, Op 10 | ||
| Kalyaa Pradeep, flute | 16 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Annie Wu and N/A | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 1 In G Major | ||
| Louis Ossi, violin | 16 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Student of Melissa Barrett | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto In E Minor Op.64, I Mvt. | ||
| Mason Lee, viola | 16 | Tarrytown, NY |
| Student of Sheila Browne and Karen Ritscher | ||
| Walton, Viola Concerto I. Andante Comodo | ||
| Nicholas Chao, cello | 16 | Roslyn Heights, NY |
| Student of John C. Lee | ||
| Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No.1, Op. 33, Iii Mvt. | ||
| Olivia Jiang, piano | 16 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Ning Lu and Jie Lu | ||
| Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11, I Mvt. | ||
| Stephen Ye, violin | 16 | Miller Place, NY |
| Student of Christina Khimm Rosand and Christine Desiderio | ||
| Wieniawski, Polonaise De Concerto No.1 In D Major Opus 4 | ||
| Yoonjin Kim, violin | 16 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Daphny Chen | ||
| Mozart, Concerto No. 5 In A Major, I Mvt. | ||
| and Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto In D Major, II. Canzonetta | ||
| Yuriy Rogachev, piano | 16 | Oak Park, IL |
| Student of Sueanne Metz | ||
| Prokofiev, Piano Concerto Op. 26 No 3, I Mvt. | ||
| Allison Sheih, cello | 17 | Roslyn Heights, NY |
| Davidoff, Allegro De Concert, Op. 11 | ||
| Derek Lee, piano | 17 | Greenwich, CT |
| Student of Donna Weng Friedman | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 1, Vivace – Moderato | ||
| and Bach, Italian Concerto, I Mvt. | ||
| Evan Wang, cello | 17 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Patrick Sohn | ||
| Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No. 1 In A Minor Opus 33, Iii Mvt. | ||
| Victor Xu, saxophone | 17 | Plano, TX |
| Student of Wenbo Feng | ||
| Ibert, Concertina Da Camera, I. Allegro Con Moto | ||
| SECOND PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Adriana Ossi, violin | 14 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Student of Melissa Barrett | ||
| Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, I Mvt. | ||
| Kalina Bruckerhoff, violin | 14 | Whitefish, MT |
| Student of Emily Rolka | ||
| Vivaldi, Concerto No. 1 In E Major, Op. 8, Rv 269, “Spring”, Allegro | ||
| and Accolay, Concerto No. 1 In A Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Abigail Mau, violin | 15 | Dallas, TX |
| Student of Lucas Aleman and Jina Lee | ||
| Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto In E Minor | ||
| Aiden Jiang, violin | 15 | San Ramon, CA |
| Student of James Choi | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 26, I Mvt. | ||
| Cyrus Joo-Schwaber, french horn | 15 | Niskayuna, NY |
| Student of Victor Sungarian | ||
| Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 2 In Eflat Major | ||
| Ethan Chen, cello | 15 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Alan Yang | ||
| Elgar, Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85, I Mvt. | ||
| Joanne Chen, viola | 15 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Sorah Myung | ||
| Carl Stamitz, Viola Concerto No. 1 In D Major | ||
| Raphael Sutiono, piano | 15 | Mamaroneck, NY |
| Student of Elena Belli | ||
| Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 19 In F Major, Kv 459, I Mvt. | ||
| Benjamin Waner, cello | 16 | New York, NY |
| Student of Patrick Sohn | ||
| Saint-Saens, Concerto No. 1 | ||
| Geneva Huang, cello | 16 | Manhattan Beach, CA |
| Student of Hyunji Yi | ||
| Haydn, Concerto No.1 In C Major, Hob. Viib:1 | ||
| Gianna Affatato, violin | 16 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Laura Broverman and Stephanie Merten | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5, I Mvt. | ||
| and Mendelssohn, Violin Concert In E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Jane Kim, flute | 16 | Placentia, CA |
| Student of Yongmi Choi | ||
| Reinecke, Flute Concerto D Major, Op. 283 | ||
| Seunghun Shin, cello | 16 | Winnetka, IL |
| Student of Avi Friedlander | ||
| Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto In A Minor | ||
| Jiaxi Sun, piano | 17 | Hudson, OH |
| Student of Naifan Shen and Shuwen Shen | ||
| Chopin, Chopin’S Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Kate Sato, violin | 17 | San Mateo, CA |
| Student of James Choi | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 | ||
| Sehyun Lee, violin | 17 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Christina Khimm Rosand | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No.1 In G Minor Op.26 | ||
| Viola Huang, piano | 17 | Singapore, |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1, Iii Mvt. | ||
| THIRD PLACE WINNERS | ||
| Gavin Chiam, piano | 14 | Chicago, IL |
| Student of Jeffrey Panko | ||
| Mozart, Concerto In A Major K. 414 | ||
| Genevieve Chang, violin | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student of Asheley Watabe | ||
| Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 26, Vorspiel: Allegro Moderato | ||
| Cheng Min Sun, violin | 15 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Student of Yun Hee Han | ||
| Saint-Saens, Introduction & Rondo Capriciosso Op.28 | ||
| Crystal Huang, piano | 15 | Singapore |
| Student of Helen Lin | ||
| Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1, Ii Mvt. | ||
| Viola He, piano | 15 | Eldersburg, MD |
| Student of Rachel Franklin | ||
| Kabalevsky, Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 50, Mov. 1 | ||
| Allison Yun, violin | 16 | Orange, CA |
| Student of Kwangjae Woo | ||
| Sibelius, Concerto In D Minor, Op.. 47 | ||
| Sophie Hu, violin | 16 | Jericho, NY |
| Student of Kg Zhang | ||
| Beriot, Violin Concerto No. 9 In A Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| Steven Zhang, violin | 17 | Watertown, CT |
| Student of Lisa Laquidara | ||
| Mozart, Violin Concerto No.3 In G Major, K.216 | ||
| Elizabeth Xiao, piano | 17 | Weston, FL |
| Student of Roxanne Stevenson | ||
| Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, I Mvt. | ||
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| Jared Chang, piano | 17 | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Student of Yelena Sonyants and Hubert Chang | ||
| Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, I Mvt. | ||
| College students and professional musicians | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Fangming Shen, violin | 27 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Herbert Greenberg | ||
| Elgar, Violin Concerto In B Minor, Op. 61, I Mvt. | ||
| Amateur Category: | ||
| NAME | AGE | CITY, STATE/COUNTRY |
| SECOND PLACE WINNER | ||
| Akiko Koide Gomez, violin | Rockville, MD | |
| Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto In In D Major, III Mvt. | ||
Other applicants received Diploma of Participation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!