​2026 Piano Competition ​Winners

Thank you to all participants for making this an exciting competition. Congratulations to the award recipients!

2025 Winners	Division I (Grades 1-4)	Division II (Grades 5-7)​	Division III (Grades 8-9)	Division IV ​(Grades 10-12)
First Place	Skyler Ng	Edward Xiong	Hiroshi Corro	Sora Corro
Second Place	Shawn Guo​	Irene Seok	Samuel Chiu	Ryan Lu
Third Place	Ellie Pan	Amelia Kahwaty	Zhaohan Gong	Kentaro Schirmer
PTG ​Special Prize*	Clarisse Chong	Adele Lu	Aiden He-Gottschalk	None
Honorable Mention	Nicholas Fan ​Aishe Jao	Elliott Bi Tony Chen Cailey Chong Amber Deng Claire Lin Aiden Liu Adele Lu Cynthia Lu ​Allison Tung	May Chang Lewis Hu Ruby Mouat Wilson Tian Sophia Tobler Nathan Wang ​Anna Wu	Alexandr Anisimov ​Jasmine Khalifa
PTG Special Prize* Honorable Mention	Alvin Zang ​Ziyan Liang	Summer Liu Irene Seok ​Allison Tung	Mai Casebeer	None

* This year's San Francisco Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) Special Prize is for a Chopin Miniature - waltz, mazurka, prelude, impromptu, or nocturne 

Winners Concert info: Sunday May 10, 2026, 2 pm, Berkeley Piano Club

2026 Judges
Division II and Division III:  Nadia Koliha, Lino Rivera, Mark Steiner
Division I and Division IV:  Natsuki Fukasawa, Mark Steiner, Kirsten West