The Charleston International Music Competition, a prestigious global platform for emerging musical talents, is thrilled to unveil the finalists for the 2025 International Piano Competition. These gifted pianists have showcased exceptional technical prowess, musical expression, and unwavering dedication, earning their places among the world’s most promising young artists.
From powerful classical renditions to groundbreaking contemporary performances, these finalists represent the highest level of artistry and discipline required to thrive in the competitive world of music.
Finalists by Age Group:
Ages 4 – 6: Jinny Hayes, Haru Lee, Kendrick Lu, Audrey Ma, Hope Wang
Ages 7 – 8: Ani Avakian, Angela Chen, Valerie Herr, Mason Jin, Sidharth Madhavan, Berin Oral, Nikolija Ožegović, Mason Qian, Miranda Shi, Patt (Pita) Tutanathorn, Jacelyn Wong
Age 9: Rishi Aggarwal, Jessica Chen, Sophia Han, Connor Kromer, Evan Lam, Margaret Luan, Hana Matsuda, Lukas Wu, Edward Yu, Emma Zhou
Age 10: Roy Byun, Caroline Cheung, Zerui Hao, Vyaas Jagannathan, Shirley Lin, Sebastian Lu, Antoine Luong, Charlotte Mar, Marcus Nishijima, Nihal Vivek, Gabby Weingard
Age 11: Imon Bhattacharyya, Elijah Chang, Elliot Cho, Sixian Dong, Emily Focsa, Isabella Gupta, Alice Huang, Isaac Lach, Derick Lee, Eric Lee, Rishi Lekkalapudi, Alex Louie, Aiden Shim, Julia Shu, Avaline Wang, Enyu Zhang
Age 12: Isabella Chung, Christian Gaw, Zachary Gaw, Sydney Ho, Olivia Huang, Alexandra Jordanova, John Klein, Jooha Lee, Kate Lee, Audrey Luong, Nguyen Nguyen, Jayden Shing Chak Sung, Aliza Teng, Tabitha Tio, Derick Wang, Robin Yan, Emmy Zhu
Age 13: Olivia Herr, William Jiang, Audrey Jin, Dhiti Karthikeyan, Atman Koorse, Emily Lee, Cristian Munteanu, Olivia Pang, Om Patki, Woohyun Shin
Age 14: Adelaide Chan, Victor Chen, Angelina Dong, Emma Feng, Arianna Gago, Astghik Grigoryan, Siddha Gummadi, Joseph Guo, Nathan Ho, Amy Hu, Likang Jiang, Tavish Kermani, Jasper Leung, Simon Liberzon, Anna Paust, Emanuel Sheng, Audrey Lam Kei Sung, Andrew Zhang
Age 15: Faaris Amin, Harish Anand, Olivia Chiang, Audrey Chin, Benjamin Drucker, Ashley Fang, Leah Gavilan, Anastasia Grunina, Maximilian Hu, Mina Hwang, Alex Kim, Jaeyoon Kim, Gaiyatri Mathew, Simon Miao, Katelyn Pei, Owen Quach, Adwita Ram, Yashvi Rateshwar, Jessica Shu, Adam Timney, Maxwell Tran, Pooja Udayakumar, Lee Yang, Hannah Zou
Age 16: Uma Das, Darren Gao, Yueun Hong, Ethan Hu, Baylor Jarkowski, Avery Joshua-Tor, Andrew Kim, Bennett Larsen, Lawrence Liu, Lucy Liu, Wei Han Lu, Alexander Ma, Arjun Mandloi, Shreeya Phukan, Kayla Tan, Isabel Xiong, Felix Xu, Ryan Xu, Sofia Yang, Isabella Zhao
Ages 17 – 21: Shwetanshu Chakraborthy, Scarlett Huang, Noah Kim, Sean Lin, Chang Lu, Gabriel Macedo, Samuel Mishulovich
Ages 22+: Viktoriia Belikova, Chloe Braynen, Alisanne Busico, Pinyu Chen, Noah DeGarmo, Yuxuan Ding, Regina Gadad, Hanna Lee, Manuel Llorens, Minhee Park
Ensembles: Alex Kim, Kou Shimizu, Gracie Li, Sophie Li, Jason He, Jerry He, Justin Lee, Isabel Wang, Niko Kramarenko, Nikolay Kramarenko, Brian YuHong Wu, Owen YuTong Wu
A heartfelt standing ovation to these extraordinary musicians! Their relentless pursuit of excellence continues to inspire audiences across the globe, paving the way for an exciting year of remarkable musical accomplishments.
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