Winners June 2026

The Jury of the 12th World’s Best Musicians Competition has chosen 4 Absolute Winners.

Absolute Winners:

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In recognition of the high quality of artistic presentations, the jury decided to award 4 Outstanding Laureate Titles (This is the First Prize with honors).

Outstanding Laureates:

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1st Prizes:

NAME	COUNTRY	CATEGORY	a.g.
Matthew Geer	United Kingdom	Composition
Hannah Shinholster	USA	Piano	I
Irina Yankovskaya	Russia	Clarinet	E
Cheng-En Wu	Taiwan	Composition
Paul Long	USA	Composition
Emilio Tosi	Italy	Composition
Laura Vitez	Hungary	Composition
Sohrab Shahidi	Iran	Composition
Rebecca Drimmel	USA	Composition
Nikita Yankovskiy	Russia	Conducting
Márk Tatár	Hungary	Flute	B
Viktória Bikádi-Rácz	Hungary	Flute	B
Christopher Yeung	USA	Piano	D
Theo Chandru	India	Violin	A
Leonor Cirne	Portugal	Violin	E
Anna Nadiryan	Denmark	Organ	J
Piao Hanzhi	South Korea	Violin	F
Yiru Liu	China	Voice	I

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2nd Prizes:

NAME	COUNTRY	CATEGORY	a.g.
Cassidy Dawn David Palenzuela	Philippines	Piano	D
Ana Paula Sarduy Perez	Argentina	Violin	E
Jacqueline Presley Caldarella	USA	Voice	B
Victoria Isaac	India	Electric Violin	A
Isabelle Wyen-Lam, Yong	Malaysia	Organ (Electone)	D
Amy Cheng	USA	Voice	J

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3rd Prizes:

NAME	COUNTRY	CATEGORY	a.g.
Tiffany Tan	Australia	Piano	G
Alejandro José Querales Marcano	Venezuela	Composition
Adiya Nurmukhambetova	Kazakhstan	Piano	D
Klaus Lu	USA	Piano	B
Sunny Deng	USA	Voice	D

You are AMAZING, TALENTED MUSICIANS!!!
Thank you for being part of the World’s Best Musicians Competition.