National Young Maestro Competition
Presenting Our 2026 Medalists!
Winners Concert, Carnegie Hall
3.20.26
Early Intermediate Category
Gold Medal:
Avani Sharma
Silver Medal:
Chloe Ho
Aadhya Sharma
Bronze Medal:
Harry Song
Youngjun Song
Gold Medal:
Kento Jee
Silver Medal:
Matthew Deng
Bronze Medal:
Raphaelle Valaoritis
Ellie He
Honorable Mention Medal:
Nicholas Zhang
Nevan Sengupta
Late Intermediate Category
Advanced Category
Gold Medal:
Kyle Lu
Silver Medal:
Kai Glassman
Alexander Wang
Bronze Medal:
Athelia LeSuer
Evan Hsu
Honorable Mention Medal:
Taelyn Evelyn Um
Young Artist Category
Gold Medal:
Kai Honda
Chloe Chen
Silver Medal:
Andrei Mitchell
Brendan Tan
Bronze Medal:
Jacob Bobrov
Alexander Diefenbach
Honorable Mention Medal:
Maya Chou
Winners Concert,
Carnegie Hall
3.28.26
Early Intermediate Category
Gold Medal:
Samyar Abbasimesrabdri
Silver Medal:
Sebastian Jiachi Hou
Bronze Medal:
Jayna Gao
Late Intermediate Category
Gold Medal:
Jingwei Yang
Silver Medal:
Bofan Shang
Carolyn Lin
Bronze Medal:
Ryan Li
Aeyden Farah
Honorable Mention Medal:
Sheila Cacer
Aron Cukalla
Advanced Category
Gold Medal:
Amber Zhou
Silver Medal:
Aiden Lu
Bronze Medal:
Jeremy Ziqing Yin
Cassia Watson
Honorable Mention Medal:
Connor Lin
Young Artist Category
Gold Medal:
Yutoku Ito
Silver Medal:
Oscar Zwirin
Bronze Medal:
Sofia Volosatova
Honorable Mention Medal:
Elena Sofia Photiadis
Winners Concert,
Merkin Hall
3.28.26
Early Intermediate Category
Gold Medal:
Connor Lee
Silver Medal:
Joanna Wan
Bronze Medal:
Theodore Isaiah Hertzberg
Late Intermediate Category
Gold Medal:
August Bennett Thumm
Silver Medal:
Ananda Kesselman
Bronze Medal:
Gabrielle Zerouali
Alexander Lin
Honorable Mention Medal:
Vihaan Sharma
Advanced Category
Gold Medal:
Jasel Kayla Yango
Silver Medal:
Riddhi Thanawala
Bronze Medal:
Victoria Thumm
Honorable Mention Medal:
Brady Ash
Young Artist Category
Gold Medal:
Garrett Yu
Silver Medal:
Joseph Oziel
Bronze Medal:
Andy Yang
Honorable Mention Medal:
Rocco Wu
Winners Concert,
Carnegie Hall
4.24.26
Early Intermediate Category
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Young Artist Category
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Winners Concert,
Merkin Hall
4.25.26
Early Intermediate Category
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Late Intermediate Category
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Young Artist Category
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Winners Concert, Virtual Division
4.21.26
Early Intermediate Category
Gold Medal:
Aron Chen
Silver Medal:
Ivy Chen
Bronze Medal:
Olivia Li
Honorable Mention Medal:
Xin Yi (Anya) He
Aria Wanzhen Zhu
Outstanding Vocalist
Late Intermediate Category
Gold Medal:
Eling Tai
Qixun Clement Guo
Silver Medal:
Jiaxuan Zhang
Bronze Medal:
Carina Lin
Honorable Mention Medal:
Elena Song
Advanced Category
Gold Medal:
Charles Liu
Mijo Changf
Silver Medal:
Bohan Chen
Daisy Tang
Bronze Medal:
Leo Ma
Honorable Mention Medal:
Mia Lee
Lucas Song
Grand Prix Medalist:
Kate Brinton
Young Artist Category
Composition Category
Gold Medal:
Ian McCarthy
Silver Medal:
Ada Zhang
Junyu (Nicholas) Zhuo
Bronze Medal:
Haruto Toba
Honorable Mention Medal:
Emma Zhou
Gold Medal:
Minsoo Chae
Alicia Kim
Jessica Li and Nicole Zhang
Silver Medal:
Yihang Lu
Adrian Bowman
Bronze Medal:
Derek Cheng
Christopher Hartanto
Andre Lenox
Honorable Mention Medal:
Bode Romney
Hyojo Chang