7th Apex International Music Competition Audition Results

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 not eligible to perform in the Winners' Concerts. A digital certificate will be emailed to the 3rd place winners in June 2026.

* 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 with highest audition scores in Each Age Group

(Top 3 winners are selected based on the average scores from 2-3 judges)

Top (3) Winners for Piano & Other Instruments

Group Y (Age 5-7)

1. Olivia Li (7)

2. Elaine Gao

3. Arthur Zheng

Group J (Age 8-11)

1. Erika Xing

2. Isabella Xu

3. Olivia Zheng, Sylvie Chiu (Tie)

Group I (Age 12-14)

1. Jason Wu (12), Annabel Nguyen (Tie)

2. Daniel Yoo

3. Choice Zhao, Lucia Hu (Tie)

Group P and A (Age 15-17 and 18+)

1. Edouard Ferragu

2. Olivia Hua

3. Emily Wu, Brendan Mullins (Tie)

Top (3) Winners for Voice

1. Christine Gao (Group J)

2. Caroline Gao (Group J)

3. Julie Lan (Group I)

   
   

*The List of contestants in each award category is sorted by first name

Grand Award Winners (All Age Groups)

(Eligible to perform in Zankel Hall on 5/24/26 and Weill Recital Hall on 5/22/26 & 6/28/26)

Annabel Nguyen

Annie Wei

Arthur Zheng

Ashton Chan

Ashton Lee

Brendan Mullins

Chao Liu

Choice Zhao

Daniel Yoo

Daniella Portelli

Deen Ahmad

Edouard Ferragu

Elaine Gao

Elias Kusnadi

Ellie He

Emily Hua

Emily Wu

Erika Xing

Ethan Wu

Gina Shen

Grace He

Isabella Xu

Jaden Liu

Jason Wu (12)

Jason Zhou

Le Sillage Ensemble

Lian Qiao

Lucia Hu

Mengan Sun

Mira Liu

Mylee Cheung

Noya Li

Olivia Hua

Olivia Li (7)

Olivia Zheng

Qiao Lian

Sarah Chen

Sarah Chen and Teresa Chen

Stanley Chu

Stella An

Sylvie Chiu

Teresa Chen

Vaibhav Sitaraman

Xijuan Zong

1st Place Plus Winners (All Age Groups)

(Eligible to perform in Weill Recital Hall on 5/22/26 & 6/28/26)

Abigail Tu (Piano)

Adithi Kannan

Alexander Mora

Alexander Ren

Amelia Schenk

Andrew Zhang (8)

Anh Dang Vu

Audrey Cai

Boyu Lin

Brinley Liu

Camilla Tang

Charlotte Gao (Flute)

Charlotte Xu

Christina Zhuang

Claire Wang

Dylan Yang

Deborah Li

Eden Zhang

Ella Wang

Emma Wang

Emma Yin

Emmaline Yong

Ethan Li

Evan Cai

Gavin Lee

Grace Lin

Haitlyn Chen

Hajun Kim

Hayne Hong

Hector Mendez

Ian Hua

Jacqueline Bi

Jingtian Sun

Joseph Chen

Julian Park

Juliet Zhang

Justin Dong

Karen Du (Piano)

Katherine Yaxin Liu

Lauren Jiang

Layla Chen

Maxwell Dai

Mika Zhu

Mrinalini Prasad

Nathan Liu

Norah Xinyue Chen

Olex Donghao Li

Olivia Chen

Oscar Wang

Owen Guo

Paris Sakong

Phebe Cheung

Quentin Fang

Rheia Cheng

Rohan Anand

Roy Li

Sally Jiang

Shengming Zhou

Sia Agarwala

Sophia Wang

Sophie Gang

Steven Pan

String Chamber Presented by Vera's Music School

Vivian Chan and Rena Chang

Vivian Zhong

Yihan Wu

Yuxin Liang

Zara Zeng

Zoe Tang & Hannah Tang

1st Place Winners (All Age Groups)

(Eligible to perform in Merkin Concert Hall on 5/23/26 & John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University on 5/17/26)

Aadhya Tatachar

Adrian Jiang

Advita Rajiv

Aiden Zhou

Akshita Dharmavarpu

Alex Ou

Alexander Ding

Alicia Day

Alicia Yang

ALina Chen

Alivia Liu

Alyssa Wang

Amiya Harish

Amy Shao

Andrew Liao

Andrew Zhang (6)

Angela Butz

Angelina Lee

Anique Ayesigwa

Anna Khort

Anna Yap

Annabelle Xin

Anqi Angela Fu

Anthony Yang

Arden Shi

Ariel Lee

Ariel Zheng

Arsh Gupta

Audrey Qian

Augustina He

Austin Guo

Austin Shi

Avery Zhao

Betty Zhang

Boyan Zhang

Caroline Gao (Piano)

Caroline Gao (Voice)

Carolyn Li

Carter Chu

Catherine Xin

Catherine Zhang

Charles Zhang

Charlotte Gao (Piccolo)

Charlotte Yang

Chloe Chi

Chloe Liang

Chloe Ra

Christine Gao

Cindy Chen

Colin Chen

Dalia Domini

Damon Lee

Dani Kim

Derek Chen

Eileen He

Eleanor Zheng

Eli Chen

Elizabeth Eckert

Elizabeth Sambur

Elliana Wen

Ellie Sun

Erin Molor-Erdene

Ethan Huang

Evangeline Bu

Evelyn Jiang

Evelyn Li

Fay Tan (Voice)

Fiona Xiao

Freya Cao

Giselle He

Grace Liu

Hayley Wu

Heikiu Lam

Ian Warme (Piano)

Imani Khandker (Piano)

Imani Khandker (Voice)

Irene Choe

Irene Gao

Irina Wang

Isaac He

Isaac Lee

Isabelle Gironella

Jack Li (17)

James Mendonca

James Yang

Jamie Bai

Jayden Lin

Jayden Xu

Jingui Claire Li

Jinxin Chen

Jiuchen Guo 

jiuxi Huang

Jonathan Yeo

Josephine Wu

Joshua Cho

Joyce Lian

Julia Jayanth

Julia Tang

Julie Lan

Kailyn Cai

Karen Du (Voice)

Katherine Chiu

Katie Xu

Kayleen Kang (Voice)

Kevin Shao

Kyrus Lau

Leona Ding

Lina Nikolovska

Lingyi Ma

Lucy Gao

Luke Lee

Melina Zhang

Melissa Shan

Michael Feng

Michael He

Mila Daruwala

Mila Liu

Mildred Sanford (Piano)

Mildred Sanford (Voice)

Miya Chan

Nathan Sambur

Nevaan Jha

Nikil Sanjay

Nina Wang

Niral Parmar

Noah Zheng

Noelle Chong & Brody Chong

Nolan Dong

Olivia Ge

Olivia Lin

Olivia Qin

Ophion Lee

Owen Fan

Qianyu Yao

Qianzhi Zhang

Raiden Zhou

Rebecca Wu

Reina Lin

Ronald Poon

Rosemary Wang

Rebecca Yang

Ruoxi Liu

Ruoxi Ren

Ryan Lee

Samuel Ding (Voice)

Sarah Zhang

Sean Song

Shuaiyu Gong

Shuwen Ye

Sofia Miluzzo

Sophia Mu

Sophia Wei

Sophia Xiao

Sophia Zhang

Sophie Song

Sophie Wang

Stephanie Li

Tan-Ru Wang

Taoyang Liu

Tydan Yang

Victoria Butz

Victoria Chen

Vishnu Prabu

Vivian Xia

Weiyi Qiao

Wentao Beach

Wesley Ji

Xinzhenni Li

Xiqiao Zhang

Yinuo Meng Eno

Yixuan (Lily) Tang

Yumi Bao

Zimeng Kang

2nd Place Winners (All Age Groups)

(Eligible to perform in Merkin Concert Hall on 5/23/26 & John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University on 5/17/26)

Aarav Gandhi

Abigail Lee

Abigail Tu (Cello)

Ada Wang & Marinda Yang

Adrian Xu

Agnes Evangeline Dinata

Aiden Pang

Aiqi Sun

Albert Xu

Alexander Wang

Alice Zheng

Alisa Chen

Allen Li

Alston Chen

Andrew Chai

Angela Huang

Anika Tole

Aniket Ghan

Anne Liu Zhan

Anoushka Sarkar

Anushka Koshy

Anuva Nayak

Anya Ninan

Ariana Day

Arika Koshy

Audrey Zhang

Aviral Agarwal

Ayzula Wu

Baihan (Brayden) Chen

Bernice Cheong

Bruce He

Buyu Rao

Caleb Marcott

Charlotte Gao (Voice)

Chloe Guo

Chloe Jin

Churui Ma

Collin Kam

Connie Ye

Conrad Chang

Cynthia Zheng

Dana Lee

Daolin Jiang

Darsh Natarajan

Elaina Gao

Elina Lin

Elizabeth Liu

Emilia Kang

Emilia Yang

Eric Chen

Erik Zhou

Ethan Gao

Ethan Nie and Edison Nie

Ethan Tamayo

Eudora He

Eve Yang

Evelyn Gao

Evelyn Kim

Fay Tan (Violin)

Florence Li

Genevieve Wung

George Zhang

Grace Sun

Gwyneth Macke

Hannah Wang

Harry Su

Helen Wang

Hengyu Zhang

Henry Zheng

Ian Chan

Ian Warme (Viola)

Icey Lin

Iva Chan

Ivy Zhang (4)

Jack Li (15)

Jacquelyn Tang

Jagger Hallman

Jasmine Zhao

Jason Kuang

Jason Wu (14)

Jaxen Jacob

Jayden Wu

Jeffrey Chen

Jessie Chen

Joanna Dong

Jocelyn Wung

Jolie Wu

Joseph Huang

Joshua Ma

Joy Park

Karina Yuan

Kayleen Kang (Piano)

Kenneth Liu

Kimberley Liu

Krrish Mishra

Leanne Yap

Leo Shen

Lexi Cai

Liam Shijoon park

Lillian Yu

Lucas Cai

Lucas Tang

Lucas Wu

Lucas Xu

Max Xu

Megan Wong

Michael Sun

Nathan Wong

Nathan Wu

Neil Nikhil

Nimai Gandhi

Noah Keon Jeon

Noah Yiren Chen

Olivia Dong

Olivia Wang

Olivia Wu

Olivia Yichen Li

Oscar Fan

Raymond Chen

Rayna Pang

Rebecca Ma

Rishabh Dutta

Rosemary Wu

Roshelle Chen

Ryan Weng

Sahil Ghosh

Samuel Ding (Piano)

Sayanika Mitra

Scarlett Lau

Selena Chen

Selina Qiu

Sharon Yoo

Shona Meng

Shreya Bi Kumar

Si Huang

Sijing (Annie) Wang

Sofia Tsang

Sophie Fitzpatrick

Sophie Guo

Stella Yu

Surya Mani

Taylor Junyi Zhang

Teagan Sankey

Tessidy Chung

Theordor Ma

Tiffany Gu

Valerie Wang

Vedant Rout

William Li

William Liu

William Wang

Wilson Liu

Yaakov Li

Yi-Ming Kim

Yiwen Cheng

Ziyan Shi

Zoe Guo

3rd Place Winners (All Age Groups)

Aaron Sun

Aiden Gao

Alan G. Chang

Allen Jiang

Andrew Yuan

Angela Zheng

Angelina Ferhati

Anna Wong

Annie Huang

Anthony Wang

Ariana Shi

Bella Chen

Benjamin Xia

Christie Xin

Daniel Lee

David Y. Chen

Edward An

Elizabeth Cheng

Ella Hu

Elyse Huang

Emma Davis

Ethan Sun

Faith Chen

Gerry Wen

Gia Cannaught

Greg Chen

Haley Feng

Hanyi Bai

Henry Zheng

Ishaan Veerasamy

Ivy Zhang (9)

Jasmine Lu

Jason Sung

Jayden Xiong

Jennifer Jiang

Jessica Liu

Jim Kim

Jimmy Yang

Joesph Kang

Kang Li

Ken S. Chi

Kevin H. Yang

Kevin Pan

Leo Wong

Lily Jiang

Lily Jin

Luis Serrano

Maru Lee

Myles Lodge-Bing

Nancy Dong

Nicole Fan

Ningxin Liu

Priscilla Qin

Sanglo Ten

Sarah Jeon

Selina Bai

Selina Quinn

Sophie J. Shi

Steven Hao

Valerie Zhen

Vivian Shen

Wendy Zheng

Xiang Liu

Xiaoqian Yang

Xingjian Hou

Yeamon Yang

Yiheng Zhang

Yixuan Zheng

Yueli Fang

Zheng Chen

Zicheng Yang

Zirui Fang