COMPETITION 2026 | chopincompetition

XVII Chopin International Piano Competition Hartford, CT

March 11-15, 2026

Laureates:

Category “Young Talents” (up to 10 years old)

Grand Prix
Maya Liu, Canada
Erika Xing, USA (NY)

I Prize
Olivia Zheng, USA (NY)
Caden Chan, USA (CA)
Elon Du-Chang, USA (MA)

II Prize
Olivia Li, USA (NJ)
Celine Liu, Canada
Chelsea Solis, USA (NY)
Lawrence Wong, USA (NJ)
Brooke Zhang, USA (MA)
Xinyan Zhou, Canada
Owen Zhuang, USA (CA)
Clara Chen, USA (MA)

III Prize
Selah Kang, USA (NJ)
Roy Li, USA (NY)
Julian Park, USA (NJ)
Viara Stolarov, USA (MA)
Carol Wu, USA (NY)
Jasper Yuan, USA (MA)
Yuhan Zhang, USA (CA)
Christopher Zhou, Canada

Honorable Mention
Xiyuan (Emma) Feng, USA (CT)
Sophia Guo, USA (NY)
Man-Mi (Ida) Li, USA (NJ)
Avril Lin, USA (NY)
Leo Lu, USA (NJ)
Bella Luo, USA (NJ)
Noah Nan, Canada
Faith Eugenia Scott, Spain/USA
Zhengze Shentu, USA (CT)
Claire Zhou, USA (NY)
Liam Cheng, USA (CT)

Category “Junior” (up to 13 years old)

Grand Prix

Olivia Zheng, USA (NY)

I Prize

Max Lu, USA (NJ)

Tiffany Shen, USA (MA)

II Prize

Layla Guan, USA (CA)

Kano Higuchi, USA/Japan

Annie Lee, Canada

Elizabeth Levine, USA (NY)

Liam Pang, USA (NY)

Nathan Zhang, USA (CA)

Sophia Zhong, USA (NJ)

Eunice Choi, USA (NJ)

III Prize

Noya Li, USA (NY)

Marianne Rose Scott, Spain/USA

Sean Wu, USA (NJ)

Shengyan Wu, China

Elena Zhang, USA (MA)

Andrew Cheng, USA (CT)

Anderson Chaiworawitkul, USA (NY)

Yuhon Chung, USA (NY)

Honorable Mention

Sarah Fu, USA (MA)

Yichen Ge, USA (CT)

Eric He, USA (PA)

Ian Kim, USA (CT)

Hoichi Cadence Ma, USA (MA)

Eleanor Ng, USA (NY)

Huaizhu Peng, China

Bradley Uy, USA (CT)

Elizaveta Pokislyuk, USA (NJ)

Kyle Tan, USA (NY)

Timothy Wang, USA (NY)

Nathan Zhang, USA (MA)

Liam Gao, USA (MA)

Jocelyn Hu, USA (MA)

Audrey Xiong, USA (MA)

Tyler Zhou, USA (NY)

Meimei Zhang, USA (MA)

Category “Young Artist” (up to 17 years old)

I Prize:

Dylan Zhang, USA (IL)

II Prize:

Olivia Li, USA (NY)

Agnus Cai, USA (MA)

III Prize:

Nico LeCompte USA (GA)

Tiffany Shen, USA (MA)

Elena Wang, USA (NJ)

Honorable Mention:

Lina Elwood, USA (CT)

Eric Feng, USA (NJ)

Avigail Kohl, USA (CT)

Sharon Xue, USA (NJ)

Olivia Yu, USA (MA)

Category “Professional” ( no age limit )

I Prize

Xiaolin Zhang, China

II Prize

Vitalii Khairutdinov, Russia

III Prize

Shixuan Du, China

Terri Ji, USA (NY)

Honorable Mention

Duy Vu, Vietnam

Ares Economides, USA