Winners OCTOBER 2026
Your Laureate Profile on UMS
All Absolute Winners and Platinum Award laureates receive a Laureate Profile on ums.art. Click on your photo below to visit your profile. If you already have one, it will be updated with your new award, bringing all your competition achievements together in one place.
ABSOLUTE WINNER
Aktan Odabaşı
Turkey
Category: Cello
Age Group: D
ABSOLUTE WINNER
Davit Hakobyan
Armenia
Category: Saxophone
Age Group: F
ABSOLUTE WINNER
Kota Seki
Japan
Category: Piano
Age Group: G
ABSOLUTE WINNER
Ohsuke Takada
Japan
Category: Violin
Age Group: G
PLATINUM Awards:
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Aiden Li
USA
Composition
Alisiya Komarova
Germany
Violin
Age Group: F
Bill Jang
USA
Violin
Age Group: F
Carlo Maria Clemente
Italy
Composition
Duo Komarovas
Germany
Chamber Ensemble
José Francisco Hernández Toledo
Spain
Composition
Kotryna Petrigh
Lithuania
Piano
Age Group: C
Marinvio
Japan
Chamber Ensemble
Marta Torebko
Poland
Composition
Massimo Sarra
Italy
Composition
Mateusz Tenerowicz
Poland
Accordion
Age Group: H
Rádóczi Áron
Hungary
Composition
Ricardo Arturo Tirado Sáenz
Mexico
Piano
Age Group: G
Thomas Amado
Australia
Trombone
Age Group: C
Tom Franklin
Australia
Piano
Age Group: G
Weiyu Chiu
Taiwan
Composition
Yuehanchen
China
Piano
Age Group: H
GOLD AWARDS:
(alphabetical order)
| NAME | COUNTRY | CATEGORY |
|---|---|---|
| Altea Dubrowski | USA | Violin |
| Behrang Ghodrati | United Kingdom | Composition |
| Cai Yuxin | China | Voice |
| Cheng-Xin Lu | Taiwan | Violin |
| Despoina Asteri – Alex Charalambous | Greece | Chamber Ensemble |
| Gavin Jariyapornrung | Thailand | Piano |
| Grace Li | USA | Piano |
| Hritik Patel | USA | Composition |
| Jacqueline Presley Caldarella | USA | Voice |
| Konohana Trio | Japan | Chamber Ensemble |
| Levon Avetisyan | Armenia | Horn |
| Nino Razmadze | USA | Piano |
| Nino Ruel | Canada | Composition |
| Ranasingha Arachchilage Dona Lakithi Chenaya | Sri Lanka | Traditional Instruments (Esraj) |
| Sophie Li | USA | Piano |
| Spyridon Alevras | Greece | Piano |
| Tony Bayliss | United Kingdom | Voice |
| Yannis Koser | Belgium | Composition |
| Yinan Peng | China | Composition |
SILVER AWARDS:
(alphabetical order)
| NAME | COUNTRY | CATEGORY |
|---|---|---|
| Cheng-Rui Lu | Taiwan | Viola |
| Evelyn Kim | New Zealand | Piano |
| Klara Necla Tepretmez | Turkey | Cello |
| Lise Lelandais | France | Composition |
| Luciana Gelber | USA | Piano |
| Michał Wdowczyk | Poland | Cello |
| Oliver Uszynski | Austria | Composition |
| Siddharth Harish | USA | Violin |
| Xiangkai Hu | China | Voice |
| Yunus Emre Özkan | Turkey | Piano |
BRONZE AWARDS:
(alphabetical order)
| NAME | COUNTRY | CATEGORY |
|---|---|---|
| Amaira Saxena | USA | Voice |
| Brian Lim Woo | USA | Violin |
| Charalampos Stylianos Sapounas | Greece | Piano |
| Haven Zhu | USA | Piano |
| Júlia Damján | Hungary | Cello |
| Kohlberg-GB Trio | Israel | Chamber Ensemble |
| Madison Pratchett | Australia | Composition |
| Seojin Han | South Korea | Violin |