Past Events and Competitions

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 2024-2025 World Harmonies Competition! 🎉 Congratulations to all participants for their outstanding performances. The competition was highly competitive, and we appreciate the dedication and effort of every musician.

The first-place winner in each category, Gold, or Top Honor Judge's Favorite will receive an invitation to perform on March 9th! If the winner has not received the invitation email, please check the inbox and spam folder. For any questions, feel free to contact the organizing committee via email: admin@worldharmonies.org.

Below are the official results:

🎹 Piano Division 

Young Musicians I (Ages 6 and under)

🏅 Gold: Ethan Tang – The Beautiful Flowers are Blooming by Zhaoyi Dan
🥈 Silver: Amy Li – Etude in E minor, Op.65, No.42 by Carl Albert
🥉 Bronze: Ethan Ma – The Juggler by Nancy and Randall Faber

Young Musicians II (Ages 7–8)

🏅 Gold: Darson Li – Sonata alla Scarlatti & Spillevaeket
🥈 Silver: Mica Yufei Hu – Piano Suite No.1—Mountain Children “Three Mountain Ballades of Southern Yunnan” by Zhao Zhang
🥉 Bronze: Evan Qu – Interlude by Martha Mier

Young Musicians III (Ages 9–10)

🏆 Top Honor Judge's Favorite: 吴乔恩 (Qiaoen Wu) – Chopin Etude Op. 10 No. 4 "Torrent"
🏅 Gold: Jack Yang – Worrisome Blues by Martha Mier
🥈 Silver: Yezi Li – Scherzo by D. B. Kabalevsky
🥉 Bronze: Evelyn Zhou – Salut d'amour, Op.12 by Edward Elgar (arr. Richard Jones)

Junior (Ages 11–12)

🏆 Top Honor Judge's Favorite: Ryan Zhu – Étude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6 by Chopin
🏅 Gold: Xiangrui Kong – Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon by Wang Jianzhong
🥈 Silver: Jiaqiao Gu – Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
🥉 Bronze: William Wu – Chopin Waltz Op. 64 No. 2

Intermediate I (Ages 13–14)

🏅 Gold: Andrea Shih – Sonatina in G major, Op. 151 No. 1: Rondo Allegretto
🥈 Silver: No participant met the criteria
🥉 Bronze: No participant met the criteria 

Intermediate II (Ages 15–18)

🏆 Judge's Favorite & Gold: 李依聪 (Yicong Li) – Chopin Waltz Op.70 No.1
🥈 Silver: 史桐羽 (Tongyu Shi) – Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau Op. 39 No. 6 "Little Red Riding Hood"
🥉 Bronze: No participant met the criteria 

Amateur (Ages 19 and up, no more than 35)

🏅 Gold: Wenfei Mu – Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 by Rachmaninoff
🥈 Silver: Xiaofeng Qiu – Dance of Spring by Sun Yiqiang
🥉 Bronze: Anita Chen – Merry Christmas Mr. Laurence by Ryuichi Sakamoto

By Professor Jeffrey Gilliam and Dr. Boya Li

🎵 Winds Division

Young Musicians (Ages 11 and under)

🏆 Top Honor Judge's Favorite: Chloe Wu – Carl Stamitz 1st Movement in G Major
🏅 Gold: 朱张恒淇 (Hengqi Zhu Zhang) – The Bright Sun Shines over the Tianshan by Huang Huwei
🥈 Silver: Ivy Qi – Sonata in F Major by Georg Phillip Telemann (i. Vivace, ii. Largo)
🥉 Bronze: William Ma – Three Latin Sketches for Alto Saxophone and Piano by Mike Cornick

Junior (Ages 12–14)

🏅 Gold: Chloe Cao – Sonata for Flute and Piano, 1st mov. Allegretto malincolio by Francis Poulenc
🥈 Silver: Max Shen – Ballade, Op. 288 by Carl Reinecke
🥉 Bronze: 张梓芊 (Xinqian Zhang) – Flute and Drum at Sunset by Li Yinghai

Intermediate II (Ages 15–18)

🏆 Top Honor Judge's Favorite: Yue Xia – Concertino by Cécile Chaminade
🏅 Gold: 张雯茜 (Wenqian Zhang) – Francis Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano, 1st and 3rd mov.
🥈 Silver: Changle Wang – Poulenc Sonata, Movement 3
🥉 Bronze: Adelle Fong – Fantaisie by Philippe Gaubert
🏅 Honorable Mention: Derek Li – Tableaux de Provence Mvt.1 & Mvt.2 by Paule Maurice

Professional Music Middle School

🏅 Gold: 申祺(Qi Shen) – Sonatina for Flute and Piano, 1st mov. by Eldin Burton
🥈 Silver: 刘逯子箐(Luzijing Liu) – Sonatine for Flute and Piano by Henri Dutilleux
🥉 Bronze: 姚程卓(Chengyuan Yao) – Flute Sonata, FP 164 by Francis Poulenc

By Professor Michael Brockman and Dr. Miao Liu

🎻 Strings Division

Young Musicians  (Ages 7–9)

🏆 Top Honor Judge's Favorite: Wenxuan Huang – The Boy Paganini: Fantasia by Edward Mollenhauer
🏅 Gold: Wenxuan Huang – Allegro Brillante, Op. 19 by William Ten Have
🥈 Silver: Zoe Zhang – Sarabande in G Minor by Carl Bohm
🥉 Bronze: No participant met the criteria 

Intermediate  (Ages 10–13)

🏆 Top Honor Judge's Favorite: Jackson Xiang – Vivaldi Concerto in A Minor, 3rd Movement
🥈 Silver: Ruby Hu – Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, 1st Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
🥉 Bronze: Alex (Zihe) Yu – Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Op. 22, 1st Movement by F. Seitz

Intermediate  (Ages 15–18)

🏅 Gold: Julia Zhang – Violin Concerto No. 3, Movement 1 by Saint-Saëns
🥈 Silver: Zihan Fang – Lalo Symphonie Espagnole, Movement 1
🥉 Bronze: Cobin Zhou – Siciliano and Presto from Sonata No. 1, BWV 1001 by J.S. Bach

By Dr. Xuecong Sunny Xia and Dr. Yang Lu

🏆 Congratulations to all winners! 🎉

We look forward to seeing the Judge’s Favorite Award  and Gold recipients in Seattle for the Winner’s Recital and Awards Ceremony on March 9, 2025 at 11061 NE 2nd St, Bellevue, WA 98004.

Thank you to all participants for making this competition a great success! 🎼

Seattle World Harmonies Foundation Competition Team

*As stated in our official policy and the documents you have signed, the competition results are final and not subject to discussion or modification. Please refrain from attempting to contact the judges, as their decisions are independent and cannot be altered.