Stella Unica 2026 Competition Results
Piano Solo
Grand Prix
Ngai Ting Ho – Hong Kong
Junior Division (Ages 5–8)
1st Prize
Audrey Zheng – USA, Massachusetts
2nd Prize
Alex Dyatlov – USA, Massachusetts
Leonardo Yeung – USA, California
3rd Prize
Connor Liu – USA, Massachusetts
Cyrus Lu – USA, Alabama
Naomi Tseng – USA, Massachusetts
Sonya Lyubinskyy – USA, New York
Youngest Artist Award
Victoria Laskon – Israel
Honorable Mentions
Elianna Gaidukova – USA, Massachusetts
Elliot Huang – USA, New Jersey
Jane Parker – USA, New Hampshire
Leora Yasamin Eftekhar-Daigle – USA, Massachusetts
Mylan Kennedy – Singapore
Stella Tao – USA, Massachusetts
Pre-Intermediate Division (Ages 9–11)
1st Prize
Brooke Zhang – USA, Massachusetts
Ruslan Avdyugin – Ukraine
2nd Prize
Abhishek Varghese Jino – Ireland
3rd Prize
Anastasia Baidalo – USA, New Hampshire
Emily Pease – USA, Massachusetts
Evan Wu – USA, West Virginia
Quentin Philippe – USA, Massachusetts
Honorable Mentions
Catie Ye – USA, Massachusetts
Mia Gao – USA, Massachusetts
Varvara Bolshakova – Russia
Mark Gaidukov – USA, Massachusetts
Sasha Halun – USA, Massachusetts
Benjamin Tatashin – USA, New Hampshire
Olivia Glik – USA, Massachusetts
Intermediate Division (Ages 12–14)
1st Prize
Leo Yang – New Zealand
Anna Smerdova – Czech Republic
Matthew Popescu – USA, Massachusetts
2nd Prize
Joshua Huang – USA, California
Nico Mei – USA, Massachusetts
3rd Prize
Ming Chun Ng – USA, California
Avitel Gaidukova – USA, Massachusetts
Evelyn Seohyun Hwang – South Korea
Julian Fischer – USA, Massachusetts
Honorable Mentions
Kristina Pan – USA, Massachusetts
Victoria Pan – USA, Massachusetts
Yael Shumakher – USA, Tennessee
William Zhang – USA, Massachusetts
Senior Division (Ages 15–18)
1st Prize
Sophia Popescu – USA, Massachusetts
Sofiia Stepanets – Ukraine
2nd Prize
Sebastian H Morales – USA, Kentucky
Zide Chen – USA, Texas
3rd Prize
Audrey Xi – USA, NY
Honorable Mentions
Lillian Bai – USA, Minnesota
Joanne Soo-ah Choi – USA, Florida
Jonathan Chow – USA, Massachusetts
Piano Duet Category
Winner
Liv Xue & Serena Huang – USA, Maryland
2nd Prize
Erin Liu & Erica Yichen Li – USA, Maryland
PIANO CONCERTO
1st Prize
Angelina Wang – USA, New Hampshire
Sofiia Stepanets – Ukraine
2nd Prize
Joanne Soo-ah Choi – USA, Florida
3rd Prize
Bohdana Turbovska – Ukraine
Honorable Mentions
Anastasia Baidalo – USA, New Hampshire
Alice Wang – USA, New Hampshire
Evan Wang – USA, Massachusetts
Young Artist Division (Ages 19-21)
President’s Special Recognition Award
Coco Connor – USA, Rochester
COMPOSERS
Grand Prix
Jeremy Lee – USA, California
Junior Division (Ages 5–8)
1st Prize
Armelle Yang – USA, Massachusetts
2nd Prize
David Hanzelka – Czech Republic
Caleb Chan – Australia
3rd Prize
Emma Chen – Canada
Pre-Intermediate Division (Ages 9–11)
1st Prize
Claire Yang – USA, Massachusetts
2nd Prize
Evan Wu – USA, West Virginia
3rd Prize
Aneta Porizkova – Czech Republic
George Zabrotski – Republic of Belarus
Intermediate Division (Ages 12–14)
1st Prize
Emily Oswald – USA, Arizona
2nd Prize
Ava Tsang – USA, North Caroline
Zoey Feng – USA, Washington
3rd Prize
Ryan Wang – USA, California
Honorable Mentions
Andy Zhang – Canada
Darren Liu – USA, Idaho
Ming Chun Ng – California
Senior Division (Ages 15–18)
1st Prize
Jeremy Lee – USA, California
2nd Prize
František Konečný – Czech Republic
Catherine Tsz Yui Zhang – USA, Massachusetts
3rd Prize
Jesse Sawaya – USA, California
Honorable Mentions
Jasper Luan – Canada
Nina Iorik – USA, Washington
Anieke Sierksma – The Netherlands
Ruban Iyer – USA, Massachusetts
Young Artist Division (Ages 19-21)
President’s Special Recognition Award
Giorgi Arabidze – Spain
Neeharika Shyju – Australia
SPECIAL AWARDS
Armenian Composer Prize
Keira Bedretdinov
Scarlett Slatter
Jewish Composers Prize
Alexandra Akopdzhanov
Zachary Chiu
Ukrainian Composers Prize
Ted Berberi
Kyle Chiu
Sofiia Stepanets
American Composers Prize
Joanne Choi
Joshua Schult
Russian Composers Prize
Victoria Pan
Special Romantic Composers Awards
Andrew Tran
Lily Gao
Maximilian Hoefer
Raymon Liu
RehKa Z Shen
William Huang
Yinghao An
Young Promising Star Award
Emma Zhang
Roger Yaoen Gu
Special Composer Awards for Pianists
Catherine Rollin Special Awards
Composer Commendation
Connor Liu
Honorable Mention
Evan Wang
Melody Bober Special Awards
Special Composer Recognition
Anastasia Baidalo
Anita Liu
Timothy Brown Special Awards
Special Composer Recognition
Scarlett Slatter
Ali Ospina Guvenc
Special Recognition for Outstanding Performance
For distinguised artistic interpretation of works by Aleksander Peskanov
Thomas Sammy Saxton
Leah Carolyn Nelson
Eric Sun
Teacher: Carol Stone
Outstanding Piano Duet Performance
Erin Liu
Erica Yichen Li
Teacher: Olga Kuperstein
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