Laureates 2025

CONGRATULATIONS!!

CATEGORY A

First Prize	Oleksandr Kostyshyn (Ukraine, 8 y/o), Yihan-Laura Xu (China, 8 y/o), Freddy Wu (Austria, 10 y/o)
Second Prize	Agnia Kovaleva (Belgium, 8 y/o), Jingshu Shi (China, 9 y/o), Pavlo Rovchak (Ukraine, 10 y/o), Heda Hou (Netherlands, 10 y/o), Nora Kostenko (Ukraine, 10 y/o), Yijia Gu (China, 9 y/o)
Third Prize	Emma Mamaieva (Ukraine, 9 y/o), Oscar Liu (Ireland, 10 y/o), Osamu Ishimaru (Japan, 7 y/o)

CATEGORY B

First Prize	not awarded
Second Prize	not awarded
Third Prize	not awarded

CATEGORY C

First Prize	Chenrui Zhang (China, 15 y/o)
Second Prize	Martin Bajer (Czech Republic, 16 y/o)
Third Prize	not awarded

CATEGORY D

First Prize	Yurii Nechypor (Ukraine, 18 y/o)
Second Prize	Magdalena Pflüger (Germany, 17 y/o)
Third Prize	Shiyi Liu (China, 17 y/o), Sin U Sou (Macau, 19 y/o)

CATEGORY E

First Prize	Steven Kleeven (Belgium, 20 y/o), Ihor Panchenko (Ukraine, 20 y/o)
Second Prize	Yana Kalenchuk (Ukraine, 20 y/o)
Third Prize	Kyoka Sasaya (Japan, 22 y/o)

CATEGORY F

First Prize	Akito Nagai (Japan, 24 y/o)
Second Prize	Nikolas Pappas (Greece, 24 y/o)
Third Prize	Fumika Matsumura (Japan, 23 y/o)

SPECIAL PRIZES

Invitation by The Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Lviv National Philharmonic named after Myroslav Skoryk and the Lviv Krushelnytska State Music Lyceum to perform in one concert as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of Lviv (Ukraine) 2025/2026	Chenrui Zhang (China, 15 y/o)
Partial Grants for participation in the International Festival Masterclasses & Concerts “MUSIC ACADEMY FORTE” 2025 or 2026	Martin Bajer (Czech Republic, 16 y/o), Yurii Nechypor (Ukraine, 18 y/o), Shiyi Liu (China, 17 y/o), Sin U Sou (Macau, 19 y/o), Steven Kleeven (Belgium, 20 y/o), Ihor Panchenko (Ukraine, 20 y/o), Yana Kalenchuk (Ukraine, 20 y/o)
Full Grants for participation in the International Festival Masterclasses & Concerts “MUSIC ACADEMY FORTE” 2025 or 2026	Akito Nagai (Japan, 24 y/o)
Invitation to participate in the 21st International Piano Forum “Bieszczady Without Borders” in Sanok (Poland) from February 1-7, 2026 (Exemption from the entry fee of approximately 150 euro)	Martin Bajer (Czech Republic, 16 y/o), Ondrej Sýkora (Slovakia, 16 y/o), Nikolas Pappas (Greece, 24 y/o)
Concert in ITALY organised by ASSOCIAZIONE DI ALTA CULTURA MUSICALE (travel and accommodation are included in the prize)	Yurii Nechypor (Ukraine, 18 y/o)
Masterclass in ITALY organised by ACCADEMIA MUSICALE NOCERINA (travel and accommodation are included in the prize)	Nora Kostenko (Ukraine, 10 y/o), Mishel Kostenko (Ukraine, 15 y/o)
Participation at the concert of MUSICORUM festival (Brussels, Belgium) 2025/2026	Chenrui Zhang (China, 15 y/o)
Participation at the concert with CAMERATA BRIMA in Brussels, Belgium 2025/2026	Steven Kleeven (Belgium, 20 y/o)
Best performance of a modern composition	Magdalena Pflüger (Germany, 17 y/o)
Prize for the youngest promising finalist in Category C	Sebastian Congyi Wang (United Kingdom, 14 y/o)
The best performance of a virtuoso piece-Special edition of music scores of Ukrainian composers	Akito Nagai (Japan, 24 y/o)
Best interpretation of a Ukrainian Composer’s composition	Yana Kalenchuk (Ukraine, 20 y/o)

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