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PRIZEWINNERS 2026

FIRST PLACE (Tie)

Brahms Piano Trio, op. 8, I. Allegro con brio:
Chloe Chen, violin
Gavin Chen, cello
Griffin Dean, piano

and

Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, op. 15, I. Moderato assai-Più animato:
Elliot Levine, violin
Madeline Margulis-Ohnuma, cello
Ariana Thomas, piano

SECOND PLACE:

Shostakovich Piano Trio, op. 67, IV. Allegretto-Adagio
Savion Roven, violin
Ava Karaganis, cello
Annabelle Cho, piano

THIRD PLACE:

Schubert Piano Trio, op. 99, II. Andante un poco mosso
Christopher Harach, violin
Oscar Francis, cello
Uri Lubetzky, piano

HONORABLE MENTION:

Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, IV. Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto
Stephen Shen, violin
Cara Hsu, viola
Elie Kuan, cello
Maximus Wu, piano

PAST PRIZEWINNERS

FIRST PLACE:

Quartet con Fuoco
Nagyeong (Anna) Lee violin
Heeyoon (Helen) Chang, viola
Hamin Kim, cello
Kai Kobori-Huang, piano

 

SECOND PLACE:

 

Not Awarded

 

THIRD PLACE:

 

Beatrice Feldman, violin  
Miles Wu, cello
Nikolas Thein, piano
 
First Place:
 

Astor Piano Quintet: Schumann Piano Quintet, Op. 44:
I. Allegro brilliante

Hana Tsai, violin
Chloe Cho, violin
Edward Lee, viola
Giana Kim, cello
Bradley Cao, piano
 
 
AND
 

Turina Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 67:
III. Andante – Allegretto – Allegro molto – Lento

Jonah Kwon, violin
Ennya Liang, viola
Sophie Tsao, cello
Hudson Ragins, piano
 
Second Place:
 

Mendelssohn Piano Trio in C minor, op. 66:
I. Allegro energico e con fuoco

Chloe Joo, violin
Ria Mueller, cello
Elizabeth Bloethe, piano
 
Third Place:
 
Not Awarded
 
Honorable Mention:
 
Not Awarded
First Place:
 
Hot Pot Piano Quartet -Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60: I. Allegro non troppo
Jessica Jeon, violin
Ennya Liang, viola
Sophie Tsao, cello
Hudson Ragins, piano
 
 
Second Place:
 
Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, op. 1, no. 3: I. Allegro con brio
Nola Gitterman, violin
Emilia Prini, cello
Teddy Liu, piano
 
Third Place:
 
Not Awarded
 
Honorable Mention:
 
Reinecke Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 159, no. 2: I. Allegro molto
William Fry, violin
Oscar Francis, cello
Rosemarie LoBasso, piano
First Place:
Jessica Wu, violin
Callia Liang, viola 
Noah Chung-Igelman, cello 
Maximo Kim, piano 
 
Second Place:
Jessica Jeon, violin 
Ennya Liang, viola 
Sophie Tsao, cello 
Hudson Ragins, piano 
 
Third Place:
Rachel Horn, flute
Madeleine Margulis-Ohnuma, cello
Arian Thomas, piano 

First Place:  Riverside Trio: Natasha Wipfler-Kim, violin, Safia Singer-Pomerantz, cello, and Emma Huang, piano

Second Place: Trio M: Sojung Kim, flute, Matthew Kim, clarinet, and Eugene Hong, piano

Third Place: Caterina Stoica, piano, and Michael Stoica, flute

Honorable Mention: Vivo Trio: Kebin Lee, clarinet, Faith Youn, violin, and Daniel Nam, piano

First Place: The Amsterdam Trio: Elizabeth Chun, Gabriel Sipe, Andreas Welch

Second Place: The Solastra Trio: Ana Isabella España, Shaw Edwards, Maximo Kim

Third Place (TIE): The Ramirez-Lamb-Rawlins Trio: Jacqueline Ramirez, Casey Lamb, Liam Rawlins and The Midnight Trio: Lois Herring, Miles Levine, Ailynn O’Neill

Honorable Mention: Sena and Eliz Kucukarslan

First Place: Syzygy Piano Quartet: Claire Shang, piano, Chelsea Xia, violin, Callia Liang, viola, Matthew Kendall, cello