The awards below are determined by the Apex Judge Committee based on the contestants' audition scores with the consideration of their age groups. All award rankings are final and cannot be changed.
Grand Award, 1st place, and 2nd place winners are eligible to perform in our winners' concerts.
Selected Grand Award and 1st place 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 not eligible to perform in the winners' concerts at this time but will receive certificates in the month of June,2023.
* 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.
Grand Award
(Eligible to perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall at 1pm July 1st, 2023)
Alice Xiwen Zheng
Alvin Guo
Angela Butz
Angelina Huang
Anya Wang & Daniel Li
Arya Wang
Asher Shi
Bonnie Li
Bowen Zhang
Caitlyn Chu
Caroline Gao (Composition)
Christopher Lee
Chunyin Song
Claire Jiang (Piano)
Claire Yu
Daniel Ma
David Zhang
Dawson Lin
Eira Xu
Henry Tan
Jay Fang
Jayden Li (8 Years old)
Jessica Aezen
Jingxin Zhong
Karen Du (Piano)
Kathie Wang
Kevin Chen
Kevin Jin
Kyle Zhu
Kyson F. Zhou
Lei Zhang
Lilian Yip
Naomi Wu
Oliver Hanqing Zhao
Olivia Zhang
Rebecca Cheng
Ryan Wang
Serena Shi (Violin)
Sophie Wang and Emily Wu
Tanya Ganesh
XiaoJing Guo
Yiyi Xu
1st Place
(Eligible to perform in one of the following venues:
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center: 10 am & 3pm pm on May 27th, 2023
Peter J. Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space: 2pm & 6:30 pm on June 24th, 2023
The Concert Hall at Drew University, NJ: 2pm June 11th, 2023)
Abigail Fu
Abigail Tu
Adam Wu and Kevin Vincent
Agnes Dinata
Aiden Sun
Aiden Wan & Tyler Kimm
Aimee Nguyen
Allen Zhao
Allison Zhou
Amelia Foell
Amelia Schenk
Andrew Gao
Andrew Huan
Andy Zhang
Angela Du
Angelina Jiang
Anh Dang Vu
Annie Dong
Ann-ping shangguan
Anukta Tripathy
Anya Wang
Ariel Gao
Ayzula Wu
Benedict Dinata
Brinley Liu
Caroline Gao (Piano)
Caroline Gao (Voice)
Charlotte Ng
Charlotte Xu
Chelsea Liu
Chenhao Luo
Claire Ancheta
Claire Jiang (Voice)
Elaine Xu
Elijah Xiao
Elizabeth Eckert
Elizabeth Lau
Elizabeth Zhang
Ellie Fan
Emily Chen
Emily Xu (9 years old)
Emily Zhang and Ashley Zhang
Emma Feng
Ethan Wei
Ethan Zhang
Eva Rao
Evelyn Ma
Faith Wang
Grace Liu (Voice)
Grace Yang
Iris Yan
Isabella Chen
Jason Wu
Jasper Li
Jayden Li (9 years old)
Jayden Liu
Jerry Chen
Jessica Aezen
Jonathan Lee & Katherine Lee
Joseph Chen
Julian Yee
Julie Lan
Julinda Dimnaku
Kaitlyn Bian
Kayla Wang
Kimi Cao
Lawrence Cai
Leia Levarek
Lily Mei
Lucas Tang
Lucy Su
Luhang Liu
Marianne Huang
Matthew Wang
Mavis Pan
Michaela Tang
Mingkuo Lv
Nathan Liu
Peike Shi
Pennie Lu
Phoenix Lam
Rebecca Yang
Rowen Zhu
Samuel Chen
Sarah Chen
Sean Song
Selina Wang
Serena Shi (Piano)
Sharon Chen
Shufan Dong
Tian Liao
Thomas Wong
Tyler Reed
Vanessa Roseberry
Vivian Xia
Vivy S. Liu
Xing Liao
Yalong zhang
Yuna Jeon
Zhuoxi Li
Ziye Ke
Angela Du
2nd Place
(Eligible to perform in one of the following venues:
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center: 10 am & 3pm pm on May 27th, 2023
Peter J. Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space: 2pm & 6:30 pm on June 24th, 2023
The Concert Hall at Drew University, NJ: 2pm June 11th, 2023)
Aaron Enduo Chen
Abigail Liu
Adrian Cheung
Aidan Li
Aiden and Anthony Hung
Aimee Wang
Alessia Chan
Alexis Chen
Alfred Tang
Alina Lin
Alston Zheng
Amelia Liu
Angela Chen
Angelina Xu
Anmo Geng
Anna Weng
Anqi Geng
Ashlyn Du
Aubrey Liao
Audrey Cheung
Audrey Liao (Voice)
Audrey Liao (Piano)
Augustina He
Austin Zhang
Bianca Zou
Boxin Zheng
Brian SzeTo
Caitong Chen
Chloe Chang
Connor Lee & Ella Shen
Daolin Jiang
David Dai
David Yao
Dayna Li
Denton Chan
Derek Li
Edward Zhang
Eleana Dai
Ella Mao
Ella Sherwood
Elsa Zhao
Elva Liu
Emily Xu (15 years old)
Emma Dong
Emma Xiao
Emmanuel Xiao
Eric Tieh
Erica Shen
Erich Dong
Ethan Tan
Evan Mei
Evan Song
Falcon Silver Ko
Genevieve Wung
Grace Li
Hajun Kim
Hansen Zhang
Helen Gong
Isabella Jiang
Isabella Peng
Jamie Bai
Jiaming Li
Jiawei Lyu
Jimmy Lin
Johanna Chen
Juliet Zhang
Karen Du (Voice)
Kelli Chang
Kevin Vincent
Leona Ding
Leyi Chan
Loig Mailhe Wang
Lois Chen
Lucas Lin
Luke Lee
Maggie Lin
Maggie Shi
Marcus Anthony D’Ugo
Olivia Huang (Violin)
Olivia Huang (Piano)
Olivia Liu
Owen Guo
Owen Liu
Qi Fan
Queenas Chen
Queenie Qi
Quianna Chen
Rachel Tan
Roman Siminyuk
Rosemary Wang
Rui Tao
Ruocheng Zhuo
Sammy Shen
Sarah Yan
Scarlett Chen
Selena Chen
Selina Qiu
Shiting Zhou
Siyona C Parkar
Sophia Gong
Sophie Lin
Spencer Traub
Stacy Guan
Steven Pan
Sukimmy Qiukuok
Sulan Shi
Timothy Wong
Trevor Chow
Tristan Chan
Tyler Wu
Tylon Yang
Urvi Jagtap
Victor Xu
Victoria Butz
Victoria Gao
Victoria Huang
Vienna Xiao
Vince Thorpe
Winnie Lu
Xiaoyu Wang
Xinyi Liu
Xuanting Zhou
Yitong Wang
Zhiyan Piao
ZhongXi Lin
Zoe Tang
3rd Place
Aaron Sheng
Abby Pan
Aiden Wang
Akshitha Minupala
Alexis Ou
Amaya Leon
Angelina Ferhati
Angie Lin
Anna Cheng
Anna Tan
Anna Tieh
Annie Cheng
Annie Xue
Annie Yang
Avery Baorjigen
Brian Chen
Brain Fang
Brie Peterfreund & Holly Peterfreund
Cailee Ye
Carolyn Li
Cecelia Ye
Charlotte Liu
Chloe Dai
Chloe Yang, Ozzy Zhen, Kayci Chen & Aaron Song
Christina Dong
Christina Wang
Christina Zhuang
Daniel Sun and Jeffery Bai
David Gao
Dewin Ke
Eason Gao
Edison Chen
Edward Liu
Eliana Zhang
Ella Lv
Ellis Liu
Elsa Liu
Elvis Yang
Emily Xie
Ethan Sheng
Evan Miao
Grace Huang
Grace Liu (Piano)
Grace Xu
Haoran Chen
Ian Zhang
Ian Warme
Isabella Lu
Ivan Weng
Jacqueline Chen
Jasmine Shi
Jason Liu
Jason Zhou
Jasper Zheng
Jayden Xu
Jeff Lin
Jeremy Chang
Jeremy Li
Jessica Zheng
Jiangfeng Mao
Jollen Dai
Julie Wang
Junxi Lin
Katherine Chen
Kayla Elizabeth Yee
Kimi Chen
Kyle Xie
Lara Lin
Larry Fu
Leonardo Calisto Diaz
Lily Liu
Lucy Jin
Lufang Liu
Luke Chen
Matthew Bai
Mengran Sun
Nancy Lin
Nancy Wu
Olivia Ci Li
Olivia Lin
Rachel Chen
Ryan Liu
Sarah Qiu
Selina Dong
Shien Lin
Shiting Chen
Sophia Cui
Stacy Wu
Stanley Qiu
Stephanie Zhang
Steven Chen
Tara Sheng
Trostan Huang
Vera Chen
Vera Sun
Victor Gu
Victoria Smusz
WeiXuan Fu
Wesley Ng
Wing Chee Wong
Xi Huang
Xi Oscar Tao
Xiaotong Wang