6th Apex International Music Competition Audition Results
- Apex
- Apr 5
- 6 min read
Updated: 1 day ago
The awards below are determined by the Apex Judge Committee based on the contestants' audition scores with the consideration of their age groups. If there are two judges at your audition location, the higher score of the two will be used to determine the rankings. All award rankings are final and cannot be changed.
Grand Award, 1st place plus, 1st place, and 2nd place winners are eligible to perform in our winners' concerts.
Selected Grand Award and 1st place plus winners may receive cash prizes that will be distributed in the winners' concerts.
Certificates and other awards will also be distributed in the winners' concerts.
3rd place winners are eligible to perform in a smaller scale recital held in Opera America, NYC.
* If two or more contestants share the same name, their ages are displayed after the names. If one contestant has more than one entry, each instrument is displayed after the name.
Congratulations to Our Top Winners of Each Age Group (Order Not Ranked)
Top Winners for Piano & Other Instruments
Group Y (Age 5-7)
Elaine Gao (Piano)
Hayne Hong (Piano)
Jayden Xu (Piano)
Sophia Tian (Piano)
Group J (Age 8-11)
Freya Chen (Violin)
Grace He (Piano)
Jayden Li (Piano)
Qianyu Wang (Piano)
Group I (Age 12-14)
Branden Wang (Piano)
Emily Wu (Piano)
Ian Zhao (Piano)
Vince Wang (Piano)
Group T (Age 15-17)
Abigail Tuan (Flute)
Alexia Fang (Piano)
Jiarui Li (Piano)
Kyson Zhou (Violin)
Olivia Hua (Piano)
Ziqiao Qiu (Piano)
Group P (18+)
Shaoyong Wang (Piano)
Wenlong Song (Composition)
Top Winner for Voice
Group J (Age 8-11)
Xiao Qi Chloe Yu
Group I (Age 12-14)
Alice Jiang
Benjamin Zhang
Group T (Age 15-17)
Farrah Fang
Group P (18+)
Xiaoyi Zha
Grand Award Winners
(Eligible to perform in Zankel Hall on 6/8/25 and Weill Recital Hall on 5/31/25 & 6/29/25)
Abigail Tuan
Adelaide Li
Aixi Li
Alexia Fang
Benjamin Zhang
Branden Wang
Chao Liu
Danyi Ma
Dieer Hu
Elias Kusnadi
Ellie He
Emily Wu
Eric Feng
Evelyn Wu
Freya Chen
Grace He
Hayne Hong
Ian Hua
Ian Zhao
Irene Gao
Jamie Bai
Jasmine Dong
Jayden Li
Jeffrey Hu
Jiarui Li
Katharine Luo
Kayla Yee
Kyson Zhou
Le Sillage
Lian Qiao
Max Liu (8 Yrs)
Miana Liu
Mylee Cheung
Olivia Hua
Olivia Yu
Paulina Valencia
Qianyu Wang
Ruoxi Liu
Ryan Hsieh
Sarah Chen
Shaant Sachdeva
Shaoyong Wang
Shiyi Zhu
Sophia Mu
Sophia Tian
Sophie Dong
Sophie Gang
Sunny Liu
Teresa Chen and Sarah Chen
Tong Xia
Tyler Reed
Vince Wang
Wenlong Song
Xiaoyi Zha
Xingyi Huang
Yiran Liu
Yitong Huang
Yitong Wang
Ziqiao Qiu
!st Place Plus Winner
(Eligible to perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on 5/31/25 & 6/29/25)
Alex Wang
Alexander Wan
Alice Jiang
Alice Zheng
Alivia Liu
Angela Butz
Anh Dang Vu
Annie Wang
Arthur Zheng
Audrey Qian
Augustina He
Bowen Liang
Charlotte Gao
Charlotte Xu (9 yrs)
Charlotte Yang
Deen Ahmad
Derick Lee
Elaine Gao
Emily Hua
Emily Xu
Eric Song
Ethan Liu
Farrah Fang
Ge Shi
Grace Hwang
Etienne Haitian Zhou
Jaden Liu
Jay Fang
Jayden Xu
Jiale Zeng
Joon-Young Johanna Kang
Joy Guan
Karen Du
Lauren Jiang
Li Xin Yuen
Lilian Wang
Lily Hwang
Lily Zheng
Melina Zhang
Michaela Tang
Mika Zhu
Olivia Kang
Peyton Li
Qianmo Lin
Ray Chen
Shaurya Srivastava
Stephanie Zhang
Tiffany Chen
Valerie Chu
Veer Shah
Vivian He
Wyatt Wang
Xiao Qi Chloe Yu (Voice)
Xuanning Zhu
Yilan Wu
Yiwen Cheng
Yulan Chi
Ziwei Lin
1st Place Winners
(Eligible to perform in Merkin Concert Hall on 5/24/25 or Neidorff - Karpati Hall at Manhattan School of Music on 6/7/25)
Abigail Langley
Abigail Tu
Afriel Ann Fernandez
Akshitha Minupala
Alicia Yang
Alisa Chen
Alston Zheng
Amanda Jiang
Amiya Harish
Amy Li
Andrew Liao
Andy Cheng
Angela Du
Angelina Lee
Aniket Ghan
Anna Gu
Arielle Chen
Arya Chung
Audrey Liao
Avelyn Xiang
Aviva Lin
Bowen Zhang
Brandon Lu
Brinley Liu
Brody Chong
Carl Vincent
Carolyn Li
Catherine Shen
Charlotte Xu (7 yrs)
Chenhao Luo (Voice)
Chloe Chi
Chloe Hu
Colin Chen
Daniel Wang
Daolin Jiang
Edward Lee
Elena Weng
Elizabeth Eckert
Emma Feng
Emma Tong
Emma Yin
Ethan Wong
Evelyn Zheng
Fay Tan (Voice)
Fiona Xiao
Genevieve Wung
Giselle Chen
Giselle He
Grace Lin
Grace Liu
Hailey Guo
Hajun Kin
Hana Fang
Hang Xue
Hannah Wang
Helen Wang
Hollis Tan
Ian Warme
Imani Khandker
Isabella Taormina
James Li
James Yang
Jason Lin
Jasper Lu
Jayden Lin
Jesslyn Lu
Jiawei LI
Jinwei Zhang
Jinxin Chen
Jody Jiang
Joshua Ma
Julia Jin
Julia Li
Julian Jozwiak
Julian Yee
Julie Lan
Katherine Huang
Kevin Chen
Kevin Zhang
Leona Ding
Logan Kong
Lucas Tang
Lucas Wong
Lucy Gao
Marianne Huang
Max Liu (10 yrs)
Mia Chen
Miesha Gao
Mila Liu
Mildred Sanford
Mina Guo
Mrinalini Prasad
Nathan Liu
Nathan Sambur
Nora Zhang
Olivia Chen
Olivia Liu (Piano)
Olivia Liu (Voice)
Olivia Qin
Olivia Zhao
Ophion Lee
Phebe Cheung
Phoenix Lam
Rachel Wu
Raiden Zhou
Raymond Chen and Sarah Chen
Rheia Cheng
Rosaleen Yao
Rosemary Wang
Serena Zhao
Shengming Zhou
Sofia Miluzzo
Sophia Xiao
Sophia Zhang
Sophia Wei
Sophie Wang
Sophie Yin
Stella Wang
Steven Pan
Vivian Xia
Vivian Zhong
Wanrong Lin
Wing Chee Wong
Xiao Qi Chloe Yu (Piano)
Xinzhen ni Li
Xuanyan Liu
Xuelian Wu
Yalong Zhang
Yumi Bao
Zara Zeng
Zihua Zhang
Zixin Siu
Zoe Tang
Zoey Wu
2nd Place Winners
(Eligible to perform in Merkin Concert Hall on 5/24/25 or Neidorff - Karpati Hall at Manhattan School of Music on 6/7/25)
Aaron Song, Ozzy Chen, Ashley Jiang and Chloe Yang
Aaron Yee
Alessia Chen
Alex Jiang
Alex Ou
Alexander Wang
Alfred Tang
Alina Chen
Alina Lin
Allen Jiang
Alyssa Liao
Amelia Schenk
Amy Shao
Andrae Zu
Andrew Chai
Andy Wang
Angie Dong
Aniketh Ayyagari
Anna Tieh
Annabelle Xin
Annabelle Zhao
Annie Dong
Annie Zhou
Annika Wang
Anushka Koshy
April Yuan
Ariel Zheng
Arika Koshy
Arya Fu
Ashley Lin
Audrey Cai
Audrey Zhang
Avery Yan
Baihan Chen
Bernice Cheong
Bonnie Li
Brianne Cahyadi
Bruce He
Camilla Tang
Catherine Yao
Chelsea Sun
Chenhao Luo (Piano)
Cheryl Abraham
Chunyin Song
Connie Ye
Damian Zhao
Demi Zhu
Dorena Wu
Elaine Xu
Eli Paglia
Elizabeth Lan
Elizabeth Liu
Ellie Yan
Eric Tieh
Erica Shen
Erich Dong
Erik Zhou
Ethan An
Ethan Chen
Ethan Chen and Kayci Chen
Ethan Dai
Ethan Lee
Ethan Lin
Ethan Yang
Evan Mei
Evelyn Fan
Evelyn Jiang
Evelyn Kim
Fangqi Liu
Farrah Fang and Iha Rao
Fay Tan (Violin)
Fionna Hong
George Yu
Gia Cannaught
Gia Lin
Haley Feng
Hannah Wong
Hannah Zhang
Harper Lin
Harrison Lu
Hengyu Zhang
Ian Chan
Iha Rao
Isabelle Gironella
Iva Chan
Ivy Zhang
Jack Li
James Mendonca
Jason Zhou
Jaxen Jacob
Jayden Xiong
Jaydon Ye
Jennifer Jiang
Jocelyn Li
Jocelyn Yang
Joey Chen
Jolie Wu
Joyce Lian
Julian He
Katherine Chen
Katherine Jin Chen
Kevin Shao
Kevin Vincent
Kiera Fan
Larissa Huang
Layla Chen
Leona Yip
Lindsey Xie
Lucas Wu
Lucas Xu
Luke An
Mason Chen
Max Jiang
Megan Wong
Natalie Shen
Nikil Sanjay
Olex Li
Olivia Lin Zhang
Oliver Sun
Preston Liu
Queenas Chen
Rayna Pang
Rebecca Wu
Rena Chang
Rishithesh Manne
Rohan Anand
Roshelle Chen
Roy Zheng
Ruby Zhao
Runze-Ryan Tan
Ryan Lee
Ryley Chen
Samuel Chen
Sarah Yan
Sayanika Mitra
Scarlett Gao
Sean Song
Selina Fong
Selina Qiu
Sharon Zou
Sheleen Huang
Shinjini Chandra
Sicheng Dong
Sicily Zhang
Surya Mani
Sydney S Liang
Tan-ru Wang
Tessidy Chung
Tiana Lin
Tianchen Zheng
Tiffany Li
Tiffany Zeng
Valerie Zhen
Vedant Rout
Vienna Xiao
Vincent He
Vincent Ye
Vishnu Prabu
Vivian Chan
Wendy Zheng
Wilber Wang
William Liu
William Sun
Wilson Liu
Winston Liu
Oscar Huang
Xianhao Ni
Xin Weng
Yaakov Li
Ying Xu
YiQian Du
Yubin Zhang
Yunlan Xu
Zi Hui Liang
Zoe Guo
Michael Leung
Jacob Adamson
3rd Place
(Eligible to perform in Recital at Marc A. Scorca Hall in Opera America on 5/17/25)
Aaden Sun
Aaron Lewis
Aaron Song
Aarush Mandala
Aiden Pang
Aishi Lin
Albert Yu
Alexander Mora
Alice Hanson
Andrea Shu
Angela Zhang
Angela Zheng
Angelina Ferhati
Angelina Xu
Annie Shi
Anthony Yang
Ayzula Wu
Ben Ward
Benjamin Shang
Benjamin Zhan
Chloe Cai
Chloe Chen
Christina Qi
Christine Song
Daniel Lee
Daniel Sun
Dante Chen
David Fang
David Wan
Devin Yekai He
Edward Kim
Eli Chen
Elizabeth Cheng
Elizabeth Shu
Ella Hu
Ellis Liu
Erich Song
Eshan M Singh
Ethan Ni
Ethan Sun
Ethan Tamayo
Ethan Tan
Ezra Hu
Fang Wang
Fei Chen
Fred Drago
Gerry Aniks
Gwenyn Chen
Haitlyn Chen
Harper Lu
Harper Wang
Ian Han
Irina Wang
Isabella Peng
Ishaan Veerasamy
Ivan Zhang
Jacquelyn Lin
James Fang
Jasmine Lu
Jasmine Zhao
Jason Hang
Jayden Liu
Jessica Li
Jessica Shang
Jialing Yang
Jiayan Lopez
Jimmy Yang
Jonathan Cheng
Joseph Chen
Joseph Huang
Kacheung Wang
Karina Yuan
Ken Johnson
Kenny Zhang
Kevin Pan
Kevin W. Cheng
Leo Wang
Luis Serrano
Mengqi Qu
Mia Nie
Miki Naomi
Mila Darvwala
Nancy Ouyang
Nicole Smusz
Nicole Sun
Nina Portington
Ningxin Liu
Nolan Dong
Olivia Si
Priscilla Luo
Qian Yang
Qiaoli Wang
Queena Wu
Saarah Tan
Sarah Qin
Selina Bai
Selina lu
Shiting Zhou
Steven He
Sue Xin Chen
Sylvia Lin
Sylvia Zheng
Thea Luo
Tiantong Bai
Veronica Zeng
Victoria Butz
Vihaan Patel
Vivian Li
Vivian Shen
Wei Liu
Wenhua Wang
Xiaoqian Yang
Xiaoyi Lin
Xingjian Hou
Yan Yan Ren
Yuewei Liang
Yufei Wang
Yung Liao
Yunxing Chen
Zheng Chen
Ziliang Song