Competition Results
The second edition of Open Sonority International instrumental Competition is officially in the books!
The event took place on May 11th, 2025 at the Kawai Piano Gallery in Houston, TX and was an absolute success. There were over thirty participants, ages five to eighteen, competing in their age categories for the exciting cash prizes. The judges Tali Morgulis (Doctor of Musical Arts and active pianist) and Olena Blagulyak (Doctor of Musical Arts and active pianist) listened to the contestants and selected the thirty one award-winners. The next year’s Open Sonority International Instrumental Competition will be an even more exciting, satisfying, and fulfilling experience for the students, parents, and teachers.
Continue scrolling down to see the results and photos from the competition.
Group A Category
I Place – Hannah Jiang
II Place – Leila Herel
III Place – Alexander Tomin
Honorable Mention – Sophia Doucakis
Group B Category
I Place – Alexandria Wu
II Place – Lucas Xue
III Place – Ivy Zhang
Honorable Mention – Evangeline Jeuch
Honorable Mention – Maryam Kharisova
Honorable Mention – Maxwell Lu
Honorable Mention – Miloslava Tomina
Group C Category
I Place – Olivia He
II Place – Maggie Chen
III Place – Alize Zhang
Honorable Mention – William Li
Group D Category
I Place – Nathan Chiu
II Place – Anna Nguyen
III Place – Maria Kremer
Honorable Mention – Sophia Nguyen
Group E Category (ensembles)
I Place – Avery & Jayden Chai
II Place – Dominique & Sebastien Dietlein
III Place – George & Sophia Doucakis
Special Category Awards
Youngest Contestant – Leila Herel
Best Baroque Performance – Alexandria Wu
Best Classical Performance – Alexander Lu
Best Romantic Performance – Olivia He
Best 20th Century Performance – Nathan Chiu
Best Living Composer Performance – Ivy Zhang
Past Competitions
Group A Category
I Place – Alexandria Wu
II Place – YangYang Zhan
III Place – Andrea Tan
Honorable Mention – Sophie Doucakis
Honorable Mention – Evangeline Jeuch
Group B Category
I Place – William Li
II Place – Lucas Xue
III Place – Joshua Hong
III Place – Winston Tornberg
Honorable Mention – Guwei Chen
Honorable Mention – Luke Li
Group C Category
I Place – Kaytlyn Xiao
I Place – Kayan Sharma
II Place – Minya Tang
III Place – Grace Chen
Group D Category
I Place – Jacob Yan
II Place – Matthew Pan
III Place – Eva Ngu
Honorable Mention – Andrea Blanco
Special Category Awards
Youngest Contestant – Madeline Yu
Youngest Contestant – Sophia Doucakis
Best Baroque Performance – Morgan Luan
Best Classical Performance – Jacob Yan
Best Romantic Performance – Matthew Pan
Best Living Composer Performance – Sebastien Dietlein
Best Orchestral Performance – Kaitlin Waak