The 2025 Arizona International Music Competition

Results

Congratulations to all the winners!

Awards and comments will be distributed between January 8 and January 15, 2026

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Grand Prize Winners

$300 per Best Performance Award

Best Piano Solo Performance Award

EunYoung Lee (South Korea)

Student of Dror Biran

Mariya Akhadjanova (Republic of Uzbekistan)

Student of Ksenia Nosikova

Best Violin Solo Performance Award

Joshua Lee (USA)

Student of Jooyeon Han

Best Violin Concerto Performance Award

Nathan Fairhair-Phillips (USA)

Student of Donna Fairbanks

Best Cello Concerto Performance Award

Justin Kang (USA)

Student of Jamie Kellogg

Abraham Kim (USA)

Student of Felix Wang

Best Vocal Solo Performance Award

Nitika Menon (USA)

Student of Patrice Djerejian

Best Vocal Group Performance Award

Ines & Nadia (USA)

Students of Erin McComber

(Ines Bensoussan, Nadia Moehler)

Solo Competition Results

  • Piano | Category B (7-8)

    1st Prize: Evelyn Hua

    2nd Prize: Mira Hao

    Merit: Maxen Hao

  • Piano | Category C (9-10)

    1st Prize: Evan Yan

    2nd Prize: Natalie Sun

  • Piano | Category D (11-12)

    Merit: Emily Xinyi Zhu

  • Piano | Category E (13-14)

    Merit: Christopher Bechert

  • Piano | Category F (15-16)

    No winners selected

  • Piano | Category G (17-18)

    No winners selected

  • Piano | Category H (19-25)

    1st Prize: Joyanne Bills Hill

  • Piano | Category I (26 and older)

    1st Prize: EunYoung Lee

    2nd Prize: Mariya Akhadjanova

  • Violin | Category A (6 and under)

    2nd Prize: Lilia Liu

  • Violin | Category B (7-8)

    1st Prize: Andy Chen

    2nd Prize: Isabella Zhang

    3rd Prize: Aubrey Cai

  • Violin | Category D (11-12)

    2nd Prize: Rapha Lash

    3rd Prize: Miana Liu

  • Violin | Category E (13-14)

    2nd Prize: Jingwen Zhang

  • Violin | Category F (15-16)

    1st Prize: Joshua Lee

    2nd Prize: Aimi L Siejak

    3rd Prize: Natalie Zhu

  • Violin | Category G (17-18)

    No winners selected

  • Cello | Category E (13-14)

    1st Prize: Madison Kim

    2nd Prize: Anderson Cheng

  • Cello | Category F (15-16)

    1st Prize: Israel Kim

  • Viola | Category F (15-16)

    1st Prize: Amatra Jagannathan

  • Viola | Category G (17-18)

    1st Prize: Florence Qiang

  • Saxophone | Category I (26 +)

    3rd Prize: Adam J. Johnson

Concerto Competition Results

  • Piano Concerto | Young Artist Category (12 and under)

    1st Prize: Evelyn Cheng

  • Piano Concerto | Junior Category (13-15)

    1st Prize: Charie Chang

  • Violin Concerto | Young Artist Category (12 and under)

    Merit: Rapha Lash

  • Violin Concerto | Junior Category (13-15)

    1st Prize: Ethan Li

    2nd Prize: Shashank Krishnan

    3rd Prize: Jingwen Zhang

  • Violin Concerto | Senior Category (16-18)

    1st Prize: Nathan Fairhair-Phillips

  • Cello Concerto | Junior Category (13-15)

    1st Prize: Roman Hu

    2nd Prize: Kevin Lew

  • Cello Concerto | Senior Category (16-18)

    1st Prize: Justin Kang, Abraham Kim (tie)

Vocal Competition Results

  • Vocal Solo (Classical) | Junior Category (13-15)

    1st Prize: Aadya Shivan Kumar

  • Vocal Solo (Classical) | Senior Category (16-18)

    1st Prize: Madaleine Chen

    2nd Prize: Hannah Lee

    Merit: Nathan Ahn, Avryana A. Clark

  • Vocal Solo (Classical) | Adult Category (19 and above)

    Merit: Lisa Egert-Smih

  • Vocal Solo (Musical Theatre) | Young Artist Category (10-12)

    Merit: Saanvi Kethineni

  • Vocal Solo (Musical Theatre) | Junior Category (13-15)

    1st Prize: Nitika Menon

  • Vocal Solo (Musical Theatre) | Senior Category (16-18)

    1st Prize: Isabella Redwitz

    Merit: Avryana Clark

  • Vocal Solo (Popular) | Junior Category (13-15)

    1st Prize: Allison Joy Fletcher

  • Vocal Solo (Popular) | Adult Category (19 and above)

    Merit: Reese Marshall, Michael Nabeel Wilson

  • Vocal Group (Musical Theatre) | Senior Category (16-18)

    Merit: Cameron Martinez & Isabella Redwitz

  • Vocal Group (Musical Theatre) | Junior Category (13-15)

    1st Prize: Ines Bensoussan & Nadia Moehler