Results
Results of the BACH International Music Competition
9th November, 2025:
Absolute Winner:
Caitlin Wang
United States
Category: VIOLIN
Age Group: E
Winning Video:
Absolute Winner:
Mashiko Megumi
Japan
Category: PIANO
Age Group: E
Winning Video:
Absolute Winner:
Noah Kim
United States
Category: PIANO
Age Group: F
Winning Video:
Absolute Winner:
Jie Liang
New Zealand
Category: PIANO
Age Group: G
Winning Video:
Absolute Winner:
Narek Hekekyan
Armenia
Category: CELLO
Age Group: H
Winning Video:
Absolute Winner:
David Rafael Cardoso Nôro
Portugal
Category: TRUMPET
Age Group: H
Winning Video:
Absolute Winner:
Shinya Murakami
Japan
Category: PIANO
Age Group: I
Winning Video:
Absolute Winner:
Uicheol Uhm
South Korea
Category: PIANO
Age Group: I
Winning Video:
First Prize with Special Mention:
Leonardo Coral
Mexico
COMPOSITION
Corbin Warden
Thailand
Category: PIANO
Age group: A
Nathan-Jin Sun
United Kingdom
Category: PIANO
Age group: B
Erin Suh
United States
Category: CELLO
Age group: E
Joseph J. Lee
United States
Category: PIANO
Age group: E
Aya Okimoto
United States
Category: PIANO
Age group: F
Lugosi Eszter
Hungary
Cat. CLARINET
Age group: G
Erin Lee
United States
Category: PIANO
Age group: H
Peng Zhou
United States
Category: PIANO
Age group: I
Tien-Chia Yeh
Taiwan
Category: FLUTE
Age group: I
First Prizes:
| Name and Surname | Country | Category | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hana Srakar | Slovenia | COMPOSITION | |
| Saman Ghaderi | USA | COMPOSITION | |
| Yanqing Liu and Xiaoxuan Zhao | China | CHAMBER MUSIC | |
| Yves Stilmant | Belgium | COMPOSITION | |
| Eylem Atalay | Turkey | COMPOSITION | |
| Kiki Porter | USA | CONDUCTING | |
| Seoyoon Lee | South Korea | CELLO | A |
| Emilia Ener Liu | Australia | TRUMPET | B |
| Evelyn Ma | USA | PIANO | B |
| Chiam Yi Qian, Steffi | Singapore | VOICE (POP MUSIC) | C |
| Jiabao Wu | Poland | PIANO | C |
| Konstantina Nikolaou | Greece | PIANO | C |
| Jan Wasij | Poland | CLARINET | D |
| Anaya Bhartia | India | VOICE | E |
| Alvin Wang | USA | VIOLA | F |
| Ngoc Quynh Chi, Nguyen | Canada | FLUTE | F |
| Kana Komori | Japan | VIOLA | I |
| Sanja Stanković | Serbia | PIANO | I |
Second Prizes:
| Name and Surname | Country | Category | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Özlem Akkaynak | Turkey | COMPOSITION | |
| Baicheng Charlie Wang | Australia | CLARINET | B |
| Amy Yufei Liu | Australia | CLARINET | C |
| Laura Huang | USA | PIANO | D |
| Li Chi Ting | Hong Kong | HARP | D |
| Zhen Ren | China | PIANO | D |
| Masaharu Seno | USA | VIOLIN | E |
| Neil Iyer | USA | PIANO | E |
| Xuelin Hu | China | PIANO | E |
| Kevin Lee | USA | ORGAN | H |
| María Hernández Galván | Spain | CELLO | I |
Third Prizes:
| Name and Surname | Country | Category | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tadahito Boyle | United Kingdom | COMPOSITION | |
| Annette Belén Ponce Fernández | Chile | COMPOSITION | |
| Demir Ayberk Aybek | Turkey | PIANO | B |
| Kemal Yılmaz | Turkey | PIANO | B |
| Rowan Lim | USA | CELLO | C |
| Simal Okumus | Turkey | PIANO | C |
| Haoyu Zhou | USA | PIANO | D |
| Rita Xiaoran Tang | USA | VIOLIN | E |
| Esin Nisa Akgunay | Turkey | PIANO | H |
| Jeno Sallai | Hungary | VIOLIN | I |
Honorable Mentions:
| Name and Surname | Country | Category | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucía Navarro | Chile | CELLO | E |
| Victor Hernández | Spain | CLARINET | F |
| Diego Figueroa | Mexico | COMPOSITION | |
| Arman Ghazaryan | Armenia | COMPOSITION | |
| Kaito Fujimoto | Japan | COMPOSITION | |
| Julián Restrepo | Colombia | DOUBLE BASS | H |
| Andrej Petrovic | Serbia | FLUTE | F |
| Nour El-Sayed | Egypt | GUITAR | B |
| Olivia Kraus | Germany | OBOE | F |
| Samuel O’Connell | Ireland | PERCUSSION | F |
| Léa Montauban | France | PIANO | B |
| Hyejin Park | South Korea | PIANO | D |
| Evelina Jankauskaitė | Lithuania | PIANO | E |
| Chen Yuxuan | China | TRUMPET | E |
| Jasper van Leeuwen | Netherlands | TRUMPET | H |
| Camille Renaud | France | VIOLA | G |
| Anastasia Volkova | Russia | VIOLIN | F |
| Tobias Nielsen | Denmark | VIOLIN | B |
| Aya Ben-David | Israel | VOICE | I |
| Stella Rossi | Italy | VOICE | H |