2025 Winners

Thank you to all applicants to this year’s Pacific Musical Society & Foundation Annual Competition. We are pleased to announce the winners below!

Our adjudication panel featured prominent musicians bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to this year’s judging:

Check out the winners’ performances and compositions in the 2025 Winners Showcase!

Instrumental-1 (ages 8-10)

1st Place: Jasper Ji

2nd Place: Unyew Kim

3rd Place: Juliette Leong

Instrumental-2 (ages 11-13)

1st Place: Daniel Wang

2nd Place: Lisa Saito

3rd Place: Katherine Jang

Honorable Mention: Vivi Kuo

Instrumental-3 (ages 14-17)

1st Place: Melissa Lam

2nd Place: Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel

3rd Place: Brandon Kang

Honorable Mention: Kayla Lee

Piano-1 (ages 8-10)

1st Place: Kai Zavislak

2nd Place: Natalie Wang

3rd Place: not awarded

The Shirley M. Beckett Piano Division

(Piano-2, ages 11-13)

1st Place: Isabel Feng

2nd Place: Paxton Radityo

3rd Place: Max Wang

Piano-3 (ages 14-17)

1st Place: Brian Lin

2nd Place: Sora Corro

3rd Place: Jacob Rockower

Vocal-1 (ages 16-18)

1st Place: Marina Chamedes

2nd Place: Eve Nudd

3rd Place: Helen Xie

1st Place: Andromeda Wen

2nd Place: Ethan Monberg

3rd Place: Daniel Strebulaev