Vienna Classical Music Competition
international classical music competition for musicians
Results of the 3rd WIENER KLASSIK International Soloists Competition
"It was a great pleasure to meet so many wonderful musicians! We wish you every success and inspiration in your musical careers."
The Award Ceremony and Concert will be held on February 19, 2026, at the Wiener Konzerthaus.
(For prize winners who cannot attend the ceremony, certificates will be sent by email beginning February 20, 2026.)
VOICE /women
1st Prize Valeria Komarova
1st Prize Julia Debowska
2nd Prize XiaoMin Wang
3rd Prize Marija Gebrauchskaite
HONOURABLE MENTION
Paula Dória
Helene Böhme
Yagmur Yıldırım
VOICE /men
1st Prize Yao Liu
1st Prize Alexander Fray
2nd Prize Benedikt Siewert
3rd Prize Andrej-Marek Kaňa
PIANO & ACCORDION
1st Prize not awarded
2nd Prize Suryeon Noh
3rd Prize Mariela Nizamova
3rd Prize James He
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Sven Brajković
HONORABLE MENTION
Giovanna Basile
Gabriel Cassagnes
Pelin Okay
Rüzgar Özgülsün
Nikol Tuka
YOUNG TALENT PRIZE
Evan Miliani
Michelle Jiang
Lukas Maierhofer
Ádám Sarusi
Mihajlo Stojanović
Artur Saran
PIANO 4HANDS
1st Prize not awarded
2nd Prize not awarded
3rd Prize Luminara Duo
STRINGS
1st Prize not awarded
2nd Prize Nagisa Tanaka
3rd Prize Nikita Koller
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Almila Küçükşahin
Imamura Tomoki
HONORABLE MENTION
Natalia Brzezicka
Miriam K. Smith
Şimal Şimşekyılmaz
Petra Miljković
Simon Lehmann
WINDS
1st Luis María González Jiménez
2nd Prize Tomas Milerius
3rd Prize Jiaao Shi
3rd Prize Raquel Lechner
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Igor Chyrc
HONORABLE MENTION
Jinyu Cao
Ruofei Yao
Gyeongmin Baek
Marika Takeuchi
Tai Tan-Ang
CONDUCTING
1st Prize Ziyu Wang
2nd Prize Shinji Ishihara
3rd Mickey Margaret Hansen
HONORABLE MENTION
Alexandra Kazanskaya
Xianyi Ji
CHAMBER MUSIC
1st Prize not awarded
2nd Prize not awarded
3rd Prize Helix Piano Trio - Elena Pirisi, Giulia Durante, Lorenzo Salmi
This year, the Grand Prix was not awarded, as no participant received full marks from the jury.