XVI Chopin International Piano Competition
Hartford, CT
presented by Connecticut Chopin Foundation, Inc.
March 12-16, 2025
XV Chopin International Piano Competition Hartford, CT
March 6-10, 2024
Laureates:
Category “Young Talents” (up to 10 years old)
Grand Prize
Claire Li, USA
Austin Chan, USA (NY)
I Prize
Ziyou Yan, USA (CA)
Sylvie Chiu, USA (NJ)
Leo Jiang, USA (MA)
II Prize
Max Lu, USA (NJ)
Chelsea Solis, USA (NY)
Maxwell Ji, USA (UT)
Catherine Jin, USA (MA)
Emily Tianru Jin, USA (MA)
III Prize
Olivia Li, USA (NJ)
Natalie Ouyang, USA (CO)
Tiffany Shen, USA (MA)
Emma Xu, USA (NY)
Sophia Zhong, USA (NJ)
Xinyan Zhou, China
Honorable Mention
Lucas Xiatian Lao, Canada
Cadence Ma, USA (MA)
Marcus Nishijima, USA/Japan
Matthew Popescu, USA (MA)
Bianca Teran, USA (CA)
Emily Xi, USA (MA)
Claire Xie, USA (CT)
Thea Xu, USA (MA)
Fiona Yang, USA (NY)
Brooke Zhang, USA (MA)
Elena Zhang, USA (MA)
William Zhang, USA (MA)
Angie Zhu, USA (MD)
Nathan Zhu, USA (NJ)
Clara Brooks, USA (CT)
Cynthia Cai, USA (MA)
Ruimi Deng, USA (MA)
Layla Guan, USA (CA)
Lutao Guo, USA (MA)
Claire Huang, USA (MA)
Mark Li, USA (NY)
Claire Li, USA
Grand Prix
Category "Young Talents"
Austin Chan, USA (NY)
Grand Prix
Category "Young Talents"
Category “Junior” (up to 13 years old)
Grand Prize
Maggie Bai, USA (MA)
John Han, USA (NY)
I Prize
Ayla Moreno, USA (AZ)
Sencheng Zhang, China
II Prize
Elizabeth Levine, USA (NY)
Sarah Nazari, Japan/USA
Sophia Popescu, USA (MA)
Eric Yang, USA (NY)
Linn Kobayashi, Japan
Milo Gu, USA
III Prize
Ethan Li, USA (MA)
Aavi Sircar, USA (PA)
Ethan Wei, USA (MA)
Jancis Xu, USA (NY)
Scarlett Yi, USA (MA)
Olivia Yu, USA (MA)
Liam Chou, USA (MA)
William Hsieh, USA (MD)
Honorable Mention
Yueqi Lao, USA (MA)
Cai Ng, USA (MA)
Karen Paik, USA (MA)
Jiaying Zhang, China
Amanda Huang, USA (CT)
Kayla Fang, USA (MA)
Karthik Gollakota, USA (MA)
Maggie Bai, USA (MA)
Grand Prix
Category "Junior"
John Han, USA (NY)
Grand Prix
Category "Junior"
Category “Young Artist” (up to 17 years old)
I Prize
Not Awarded
II Prize
Polina Strela, USA (NY)
Victoria Zeng, Canada
III Prize
Duy Le, Vietnam
Hanna Suzuki, USA
Honorary Mention
Xinyan Li, Canada
Yifan Ding, USA
Sarah Kisin, USA (MA)
Polina Strela, USA (NY)
II Prize
Category "Young Artist"
Victoria Zeng, Canada
II Prize
Category "Young Artist"
Category “Professional” ( no age limit )
I Prize
Hanwen Shi, China
II Prize
Che Li, China
III Prize
Boris Krivoshein, Russia/USA
Honorable Mention
Adrien Ramos, USA (CA)
Robert Yan, USA
Hanwen Shi, China
I Prize
Category "Professional"
Judges
Krystian Tkaczewski, Poland/USA , President
Melvin Chen, USA
Dorian Leljak, Serbia
Pavel Nersessian, USA
Toshiki Usui, Japan
Adolfo Vidal, Venezuela
Yang Wu, Singapore