2026 PRIMA VOLTA INTERNATIONAL
MUSIC COMPETITION WINNERS
Cash Prize Winners
Grand Prize
Abhinav Sukla, Piano
Age category 3 to 12
Max Liu, Piano
Sophia Guo, Piano
Luke Wang, Piano
Isaiah Shin, Violin
Leah Haejoon Woo, Violin
Heather Oh, Cello
Noah Koo, Flute
Kyla Brady, Voice
Age category 13 to 19
Emma Pan, Piano
Yael Pinchuk, Piano
Vaibhav Sitaraman, Piano
Jeffrey Zhang, Piano
Gyuree Kim, Viola
Benjamin Mandigo, Cello
Clara Gerstein, Clarinet
Zephyr Flute Ensemble
Irene Bae; Yuna Lee; Chelsea Cha
best teachers
Sohyun Ahn, Barbara Allen, Jungjoo Bae, Hyeyoung Lois Bang, Karlo Begiev, Eileen Buck, Dashon Burton, Sun Young Chang, Tina Chang-Chien, Candace Chien, Julia Choi, Seungho Choi, Yoomi Choi, Noelle Dachis, Julia Danitz, Amelia DeMayo, Ellen De Pasquale, Aniela Eddy, Marion Feldman, Illya Filshtinskiy, Tunde Gaal, Susanna Giles, Marc Goldberg, Eliot Goldmund, Ahjung Han, Lee Harvey, Benjamin Hellman, Nanae Iwata, Josh Jandreau, Youngbin Jo, Hannah Johnson, Yeonji Rachel Jung, Hyeyoung Kang, Julia Kang, Mira Kang, Adrienne Kim, Clara Kim, Euntaek Kim, Gloria Kim, Hanna Kim, Heejung Kim, JiNa Kim, Jungmin Kim, Kyungha Ko, Mira Koo, Haeyoon Shin Krentz, Bobae Lee, Cecilia Lee, Jinah Lee, June Lee, Subin Lee, Yoonah Kim, Yu Jeong Lee, Yunie Kim, Takako Kuroiwa, Yadi Liang, Linda Lie, Zhiye Lin, Hanbo Liu, Beatrice Long, Caitlin Majewski, Yelena Mamonova, Gaby Menjivar, Gulnara Mitzanova, Eunmi Moon, Megumi Morishima, Yevgeny Morozov, Taeguk Mun, Elena Panova, Andy Park, Eunice Park, Jinyoung Park, Stella Park, Adela Pena, Ana Popa, Egil Rostad, Carmelo de los Santos, Grace Shim, Kate Shim, Jung Won Shin, Brittany Sklar, Cesil Song, Dawn Song, Hunju Song, Jo-Ann Sternberg, Delana Thomsen, Alex Valencia, Yinfei Wang, Seojin Yang, Yohan Yi, Eungyeong Yoo, Jungwon Yoon, Qi Zhang