Winners June 2026
Original publicationThe Jury of the 12th World’s Best Musicians Competition has chosen 4 Absolute Winners.
Absolute Winners:
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:
Sanja Stanković
Serbia
Piano J
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 |
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 |
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 |