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ArsClassica

INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION
 

SOLOISTS 2026

STRINGS | PIANO | CLARINET

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FINALISTS

SEMIFINALISTS

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Jinjoo Baek | South Korea

PIANO

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Wooyoung Cho | South Korea

PIANO

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Duccio Dalpiaz | Italy

CELLO

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Weronika Dziadek | Poland

VIOLA

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Gerard Flotats Boix | Spain

CELLO

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Yun Ho | Taiwan

CELLO

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Hyojin Jun | South Korea

VIOLIN

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Masha Lakisova | USA

VIOLIN

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Arieta Liatsi | Greece

VIOLIN

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Yeji Lim | South Korea

VIOLIN

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Yun Janice Lu | Taiwan

PIANO

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Jonathan Mak | Canada

PIANO

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Anna Massi | Italy

PIANO

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Suryeon Noh | South Korea

PIANO

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Sieun Park | South Korea

CELLO

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Aoi Saito | Japan

VIOLIN

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Sara Schlumberger-Ruiz | Germany/Spain

VIOLIN

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Jakob Stepp | Germany

CELLO

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Alix Vaillot-Szwarc | France

VIOLIN

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Julia-Xiaozhuo Wang | China

VIOLIN

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İlayda Yılmaz | Turkey

CLARINET

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Xunyue Zhang | China

VIOLIN

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Francisco Couto | Portugal

PIANO

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Bade Dastan | Turkey

VIOLIN

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Marley Erickson | USA

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Guillem Gràcia | Spain

CELLO

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Bella Hyeonseo Jeong | South Korea

VIOLIN

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Kai Kang | China

CLARINET

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Jae Eun Kim | South Korea

CELLO

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Miles Levine | USA

CELLO

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Thomas Lim | USA

CELLO

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Anne Liu | USA

PIANO

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Jiyeon Maeng | South Korea

CELLO

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Milena Marena | Switzerland

CELLO

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Maria Matshkalyan | Armenia

VIOLIN

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Hanna Park | South Korea

VIOLIN

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Hikari Sahara | Japan

PIANO

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Andres Sanchez | USA

CELLO

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Jake Shim | South Korea

VIOLIN

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Yenah Sung | South Korea

CELLO

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Alessandro Villalva | Italy

PIANO

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Alexander Wu | USA

CELLO

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Ho Chun Yuen | Hong Kong

VIOLIN

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Yinan Zhao | China

VIOLIN

STAGE ONE

We present the 105 participants of the Fourth Edition of the ArsClassica International Competition
representing 27 different countries such as
Armenia, Australia, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA

Miyu Arai CLARINET (Japan) | Jinjoo Baek PIANO (South Korea) | Valerio Capilli VIOLIN (Italy)

Taewoong Chae CELLO (South Korea) | Peiyuan Chen VIOLIN (China) | Sungmin Cho VIOLIN (South Korea)

Wooyoung Cho PIANO (South Korea) | Juhui Choi VIOLIN (South Korea) | Francisco Couto PIANO (Portugal)

Nathan Cox CELLO (USA) | Duccio Dalpiaz CELLO (Italy) | Julia Danitz VIOLIN (USA) | Bade Dastan VIOLIN (Turkey)

Hanna Daub CELLO (Germany) | Weronika Dziadek VIOLA (Poland) | Marley Erickson VIOLIN (USA)

Grigory Filipchenko CELLO (Russia) | Gerard Flotats Boix CELLO (Spain) | Anastasija Gichevska PIANO (Macedonia)

Benjamin Vincent Gillis CLARINET (Italy/Sweden) | Guillem Gràcia CELLO (Spain) | José María Herrera Rodríguez CLARINET (Spain)

Samuel Jang VIOLIN (South Korea) | Bella Hyeonseo Jeong VIOLIN (South Korea) | Ho Youn Jo | CELLO (South Korea)

Evan Johanson | VIOLIN (USA) | Hyojin Jun VIOLIN (South Korea) | Seyeon Jung CELLO (South Korea) | Kai Kang CLARINET (China)

Wenqi Ke VIOLIN (China) | Jae Eun Kim CELLO (South Korea) | Jae Seo Kim PIANO (South Korea) | Jaehyun Kim CELLO (South Korea)

Minseo Kim PIANO (South Korea) | Jeremy Klein VIOLA (USA) Kana Komori VIOLA (Japan) | Katrina Kroja PIANO (Latvia)

Yana Kucherova VIOLA (Russia) | Masha Lakisova VIOLIN (USA) | Hyunji Lee PIANO (South Korea) | Youngseo Lee CELLO (South Korea)

Yuchan Lee CELLO (South Korea) | Miles Levine CELLO (USA) | Arieta Liatsi VIOLIN (Greece) | Thomas Lim CELLO (USA)

Yeji Lim VIOLIN (South Korea) | Angelina Litwinienko CELLO (Poland) | Anne Liu PIANO (USA) | Yun Janice Lu PIANO (Taiwan)

Jiyeon Maeng CELLO (South Korea) | Jonathan Mak PIANO (Canada) | Milena Marena CELLO (Switzerland) Anna Massi PIANO (Italy) 

Maria Matshkalyan VIOLIN (Armenia) | Sei Yeon Min CELLO (South Korea) | Charles Monnier CELLO (France)

Martin Morales PIANO (Chile) | Yujeong Nam VIOLIN (South Korea) | Eric Neumann PIANO (Australia)

Cedar Newman VIOLIN (USA) | Rino Nishida PIANO (Japan) | Suryeon Noh PIANO (South Korea)

Hanna Park VIOLIN (South Korea) | Siah Park VIOLA (South Korea) | Sieun Park CELLO (South Korea)

Kelsey Payne VIOLIN (USA) | Heddi Raz Shahar CELLO (Israel)  | Emrik Revermann VIOLIN (Canada)

Hikari Sahara PIANO (Japan) | Aoi Saito VIOLIN (Japan) | Andrew Samarasekara VIOLIN (UK) | Andres Sanchez CELLO (USA)

Sara Schlumberger-Ruiz VIOLIN (Germany) | Ștefan Șimonca-Oprița VIOLIN (Romania) | Canon Shibata CELLO (Japan)

Jake Dongyoung Shim VIOLIN (South Korea) |Joshua Song VIOLIN (USA) | Jakob Stepp CELLO (Germany)

Dominic Stokes VIOLA (United Kingdom) | Hayk Sukiasyan CELLO (Armenia) | Yenah Sung CELLO (South Korea)

Rang Tae VIOLA (South Korea) | Noelle Midori Takebe Naito VIOLIN (USA) | Hinata Takuchi PIANO (Japan)

Cassandra Teissedre VIOLA (France) | Alex Tuan CELLO (USA) | Alix Vaillot-Szwarc VIOLIN (France)

Lauren Vandervelden VIOLIN (USA) | Pierre-Hadrien Verpeaux PIANO (France) | Alessandro Villalva PIANO (Italy)

Anna Vovchenko PIANO (Ukraine) | Julia-Xiaozhuo Wang VIOLIN (China) | Runqi Weng VIOLIN (China) 

Chin Kei Wong VIOLIN (Hong Kong) | Antoni Wrona CELLO (Poland) | Alexander Wu CELLO (USA) | Yu-Chen Yang VIOLA (Taiwan)

İlayda Yılmaz CLARINET (Turkey) | Ho Chun Yuen VIOLIN (Hong Kong) | Ho Yun CELLO (Taiwan) | Yumiko Yumiba VIOLIN (Japan)

Wenbo Xin VIOLA (China) | Xunyue Zhang VIOLIN (China) | Yinan Zhao VIOLIN (China) | Peng Zhou PIANO (China)

PAST EDITIONS' WINNERS

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1st Prize 2025

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1st Prize 2024

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1st Prize 2023

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1st Prize 2023

ABOUT

ABOUT THE COMPETITION

ArsClassica International Competition 2026 is aimed at young soloists
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VIOLIN | VIOLA | CELLO | PIANO | CLARINET -
of any nationality from 
18 to 35 years of age.
The goal of the competition is to discover and bring out young talented musicians with a pronounced artistic personality.
We evaluate not only technical aspects of the performance but also musical charisma and stage presence.


The competition is composed of a first online part and a second live part.
The candidates are selected and judged by the ArsClassica team and members composed of both experienced professionals in classical music recordings and broadcasting and internationally renowned artists.

The GRAND FINAL will take place in Rome: the selected candidates will perform in the GRAND FINAL concert in Rome and will compete for the First Prize.
 

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