Winners of the Preliminary Competitions of the 2026 Concerto Competition

Winners of the Preliminary Competitions of the 2026 Concerto Competition

The winners of the three Preliminary Competitions have been selected. These are the students who went on to participate in the 2026 Concerto Competition, which took place on Saturday, 7 February 2025.

Strings 
Caden Jiang (28’)                   Violin              Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 
Gabriel Tsai (27’)                    Violin               Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35            
Ethan Cobb (Grad)                 Cello               Antonín Dvořák - Cello Concerto in B Minor 
Maya Benyas (Grad)              Cello               Sergei Prokofiev - Sinfonia Concertante in E minor, Op. 125

Winds/ Brass 
Aaron Omon (26’)                 Clarinet            Carl Maria von Weber - Clarinet Concerto No.2 in Eb Major 
Erica Wang (27’)                    Flute                Fraçois Borne - Fantaisie brillante sur ‘Carmen’
Zachary Lin (26’)                   Alto Sax           Joel Love - A Lyric Concerto, Solace

Piano 
Alex Tordjman (Grad)            Piano                Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor
Katie Liu (Grad)                      Piano               Frédéric Chopin - Concerto No. 1 
Malvyn Lai (27’)                      Piano               Ludwig Van Beethoven -  Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor
Spencer Cha (26’)                  Piano               Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1

The students in each category above are listed alphabetically by first name.

Many thanks to all 21 participants in the competition, to the members of the Performance Faculty who organized the Preliminary Competitions, and to the distinguished judges in each division.