2026 VIVO (Spring) International Music Competition Official Winners:
(Monetary award winners from 1st Prize Winners’ Concert)
Group A
Gold: Sophia Guo, piano
Silver: Ryan Lau, piano
Bronze: Sooji Jin Lee, violin
Group B
Gold: Anshuo Ping, piano
Silver: Romy Kim, violin
Bronze: Lia Hong, violin
Bronze: Isabella Xu, piano
Special Presentation Award: Macy Chang, clarinet
Group C
Gold: Joanne Sia Yoon, clarinet
Silver: Lucas Wu, viola
Silver: MeWa Liano, violin
Bronze: Nicholas Camarinos, violin
Group D
Gold: Simon J. Bae, violin
Silver: Sophia Fulton, piano
Bronze: Elliot Han, violin
Special Presentation Award: Olivia Fang, piano
Special Presentation Award: Lauren Sera Chung, violin
We proudly present the first prize winners of VIVO(Spring)International Music Competition 2025:
Group A: Gina Shen, piano - Christopher Ha, piano - Ryan Lau, piano - Sophia Guo, piano - Charlotte Li, violin -
Arinne Yang, violin - Audrey Xia, violin - Ziyang Lin, violin - Sooji Jin Lee, violin - Lynelle Yeung, piano
Group B: Edwin Cheng, piano - Macy Chang, piano - Kaylie Yeung, piano - Connor Vo Kromer, piano - Andrew Sun, piano - Xinyue Wang, piano - Gabriella Weingard, piano - Anshuo Ping, piano - Julianne Wang, piano - Isabella Xu, piano - Natalie Kang, viola - Romy Kim, violin - Lia Hong, violin - Macy Chang, clarinet - Stella Song, violin - Hannah Kim, violin - Jane Lee, violin - Eli song, cello - Serena Chay, cello - Jonathan Wang, cello - Parker Renshaw, violin -
Group C: Doyeon Kim, cello - Yijun Wang, piano - Anh Vi Dao, piano - Alexander S. Kim, piano - Stanley Hyun, piano - Liam Kojuharov, piano - Brendan Kungyu Park, viola - Lucas Wu, viola - Lena Nagashima, violin - Nicholas Camarinos, violin - Samantha Friedman, violin - Ian Kim, violin - MeWa Liano, violin - Joanne Sia Yoon, clarinet -
OffBeat Trio: Amelia Kim, clarinet; August Han, cello; Gavin Chen, cello - Deborah Qiutong Li, piano - Hugo Lin, violin - Sophia Kong, violin - Juho Paek, violin - Erin Lang, violin - Madison Um, viola - Clara Esther Gerstein, clarinet
Group D: Elias Kusnadi, piano - Edouard Ferragu, piano - Olivia Fang, piano - Sophia Fulton, piano - Issac Ishida Mausner, flute - Elliot Han, violin - Simon J. Bae, violin - Sunny Liu, violin - Benjamin Mandigo, cello - Hana Nagashima, piano - Brendan Tan, piano - Derek Derui Zhang, piano - Kate Takemoto, violin - Ye Eun Lee, violin - Abigail Soyoon Lee, violin - Jackson Bai, cello - Hawon Song, cello - Maxx Lee, cello - Charlotte Xing-er Ji Dressel, cello - Eunice Lee, viola
Jacaranda Trio: Dean Griffin, piano; Chloe Chen, violin; Gavin Chen, cello