2025 Winners Showcase

Our talented young applicants to the 2025 Pacific Musical Society & Foundation Annual Competition submitted video performances for review by our esteemed judging panel: Dmitri Berlinsky, Danielle Belen, Leon Livshin, Sheri Greenawald, and Mason Bates. 23 students were selected as scholarship winners with 5 honorable mentions across 8 categories.

We are pleased to present the 2025 winners in this Showcase — please enjoy and share these stunning performances by our talented winners! You can read each winner’s biography by clicking on their name.

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2025 Instrumental Winners

Instrumental-1 (ages 8-10)

1st Place: Jasper Ji, cello

J. S. Bach, Cello Suite No 1 in G Major: I. Prelude

L. van Beethoven, Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major: I. Allegro ma non tanto

C. Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor: I. Allegro non troppo

E. Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor: I. Adagio/Moderato

2nd Place: Unyew Kim, violin

J. S. Bach, Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor: IV. Gigue

W.A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major: 1. Allegro

P. de Sarasate, Introduction and Tarantella

D. Shostakovich, Ballet Suite No. 2: V. Spring Waltz

3rd Place: Juliette Leong, violin

A. Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in F Minor: I. Allegro non molto

W.A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major: 1. Allegro

E. Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole: 1. Allegro non troppo

B. Pasek and J. Paul, “Million Dreams”

Instrumental-2 (ages 11-13)

1st Place: Daniel Wang, cello

J. S. Bach, Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major: Prelude

L. van Beethoven, Seven Variations on “Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen”

C. Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor: I. Allegro non troppo

S. Barber, Cello Sonata in C Minor: I. Allegro ma non troppo

Hon. Mention: Vivi Kuo, violin

J. S. Bach, Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: I. Adagio

L. van Beethoven, Romance No. 2 in F Major

P. de Sarasate, “Zigeunerweisen”

E.T. Zwilich, Episodes for Violin and Piano: 1. Arioso

2nd Place: Lisa Saito, violin

J. S. Bach, Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: II. Fuga

L. van Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op, 30 No 2: I. Allegro

N. Paganini, Caprice No. 24

S. Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major: I. Andantino

3rd Place: Katherine Jang, violin

G. Telemann, Fantasia No. 9

W. A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major: I. Allegro moderato

F. Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor: III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

W. Lutoslawski, “Subito”

Instrumental-3 (ages 14-17)

1st Place: Melissa Lam, cello

F. Francoeur, Cello Sonata in E Major: I. Adagio cantabile, II. Allegro vivo

J. Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major: III. Allegro molto

E. Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor: IV. Allegro/Moderato/Allegro ma non troppo

D. Shostakovich, Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40: II. Allegro

Hon. Mention: Kayla Lee, violin

J. S. Bach, Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: II. Fuga

L. van Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major: I. Allegro

E. W. Korngold, Violin Concerto in D Major: I. Moderato

A. R. Thomas, "Incantation" for Solo Violin

2nd Place: Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel, violin

J. S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: I. Adagio, II. Fuga

W. A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major: I. Allegro aperto

J. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor: 1: Allegro moderato

M. Ravel, “Tzigane”

3rd Place: Brandon Kang, cello

J. S. Bach, Cello Suite No. 2: I. Prelude

L. van Beethoven, Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major: I. Allegro con brio

A. Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B Minor: I. Allegro

Yun Isang, “Glissées”

2025 Piano Winners

Piano-1 (ages 8-10)

1st Place: Kai Zavislak

J. S. Bach, Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor

W. A. Mozart, Rondo for Piano in D Major

F. Chopin, Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp Minor

W. Bolcom, “Old Adam”

2nd Place: Natalie Wang

J. S. Bach Partita No. 2 in C Minor: I. Sinfonia

W. A. Mozart Sonata No. 18 in D Major: I. Allegro

F. Chopin, Nocturne in F Minor

B. Bartók, Sonatina

 

The Shirley M. Beckett Piano Division (Piano-2, ages 11-13)

1st Place: Isabel Feng

J. S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E Major

J. Haydn, Sonata in E Major

F. Chopin, Variations Brillantes

S. Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet, Ten Pieces for Piano: VI. “Montagues and Capulets”

2nd Place: Paxton Radityo

J. S. Bach, Capriccio in B-Flat Major "On The Departure Of A Dear Brother"

J. Haydn, Sonata No. 47 in B Minor

F. Chopin, Berceuse in D-Flat Major

S. Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet, Ten Pieces for Piano: II. “Scene: The Street Awakens,” IV. “Juliet as a Young Girl,” and XIII. “Mercutio”

3rd Place: Max Wang

J. S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor

L. van Beethoven: Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major: I. Allegro

R. Schumann: Variations on the Name “Abegg”

G. Ligeti: Etude No. 8, "Fém"

Piano-3 (ages 14-17)

1st Place: Brian Lin

J. S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in E Minor

L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major

F. Chopin: Nocturne No. 17 in B Major

L. Auerbach: 24 Preludes: Prelude No. 24 in D Minor

2nd Place: Sora Corro

J. S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C Minor

L. van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major: I. Adagio cantabile — Allegro ma non troppo, II. Allegro vivace

F. LIszt: Venezia et Napoli: III. Tarantella

S. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2 in D Minor: IV. Vivace

3rd Place: Jacob Rockower

J. S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in A-Flat Major

L. van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata": I. Allegro assai

F. Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-Sharp Minor

C. Vine, Piano Sonata No. 1: 1st Mvt.

2025 Vocal Winners (ages 16-18)

1st Place: Marina Chamedes

J. S. Bach, “Quia Respexit”

C. W. von Gluck, “O del mio dolce ardor”

F. Schubert, “Gretchen am Spinnrade”

G. C. Menotti, “Steal Me Sweet Thief”

2nd Place: Eve Nudd

Giulio Caccini, “Amarilli, mia bella”

W. A. Mozart, “Deh vieni, non tardar”

F. Schubert, “Die Forelle”

S. Barber, ‘Sure on This Shining Night”

3rd Place: Helen Xie

H. Purcell, “Music for a While”

W. A. Mozart, “Una donna a quindici anni'“

C. Gounod, “O ma belle rebelle”

C. M. von Weber, “Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen”

2025 Composition Winners (ages 8-25)

1st place: Andromeda Wen

“A Flower in the Pavement”

2nd place: Ethan Monberg

“Summer Drive”

3rd place: Daniel Strebulaev

“A Night in Lisbon - Fantasia Symphonia”