Results
Results of the BACH International Music Competition
9th August, 2026:
Absolute Winner:
Marcus Wong
USA
Category: VIOLIN
Age Group: E
Winning Video:
Absolute Winner:
Sijing Xiong
China
Category: COMPOSITION
Age Group: H
Winning Video:
Absolute Winner:
Mark Andrist
USA
Category: COMPOSITION
Age Group: I
Winning Video:
First Prize with Special Mention:
Kwong Chung Chi Michelle
Hong Kong
Category: VOICE
Age group: D
César Efraín Díaz Sánchez
Cuba
Category: VIOLIN
Age group: F
David Radicevski
North Macedonia
Category: VOICE (RAP)
Age group: I
Hanna Milosákovics
Hungary
Category: FLUTE
Age group: H
Kwong Chung Chi Michelle
Hong Kong
Category: COMPOSITION
Age group: D
Asimina Katerini
Greece
Category: COMPOSITION
Age group: I
Richard Lawrence Altenbach
USA
Category: COMPOSITION
Age group: I
Joel Sohn
USA
Category: CELLO
Age group: E
First Prizes:
| Name and Surname | Country | Category | Age gr. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline Caldarella | USA | Voice | B |
| Elżbieta Surmacz | Poland | Voice | I |
| Thalia Charalambous | Cyprus | Violin | F |
| Alyssa Tang | USA | Piano | F |
| Arturo Mendoza Escobedo | Mexico | Piano | G |
| Xiaoyi Zhong | China | Piano | I |
| Jimmy Kwong | Hong Kong | Conducting | I |
| Natalia Lidia Mazurek | Poland | Composition | D |
| James Hoveland | USA | Composition | F |
| José Francisco Hernández Toledo | Spain | Composition | I |
| Amanda Yu | China | Cello | D |
| Alice Li | USA | Composition | F |
Second Prizes:
| Name and Surname | Country | Category | Age gr. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yiling Han | China | Voice | H |
| Alice Li | USA | Violin | F |
| Tiffany Luk | Canada | Piano | D |
| Defne Zeynep Yalcin | Turkey | Piano | F |
| Kendall Rose Lesz | USA | Piano | F |
| Alicia Andrea Rodríguez Camarillo | Mexico | Piano | G |
| Minjian Cheng | Poland | Piano | H |
| Duo Wei | China | Piano | I |
| Sangmo Kang | South Korea | Conducting | I |
| Nicole Lyu | China | Composition | E |
| Viktor Gennadievich Shiroglazov | Russia | Composition | I |
| Alejandro José Querales Marcano | Venezuela | Composition | I |
| Özlem Akkaynak | Turkey | Composition | I |
| Yu Chi Chen | Taiwan | Piano | A |
Third Prizes:
| Name and Surname | Country | Category | Age gr. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Saunders | USA | Composition | I |
| William S Baek | USA | Voice | I |
| Arianna Desai | USA | Violin | F |
| Jacopo Sebastiano Angel Fiedler Vascotti | Germany/Italy | Composition | I |
| Emilio Albuquerque Fernandes | Brazil | Composition | I |
| Makoto Toida | Japan | Composition | I |