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WINNERS
21st Century Talents Music Competition
Winter 2025

Audience Award Winner

La Bao Thai, Vietnam, Piano (4,897 votes out of 7,911)

Grand Prize Winner

Mijeong Lee, South Korea, PianoGrand Prize Winner

Special Trophy Will Be Sent to:

Mijeong Lee, South Korea, PianoGrand Prize Winner

La Bao Thai, Vietnam, PianoAudience Award Winner

Competition Winners

Valentina Wan, Canada, Piano

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Young Musicians Category, 5 - 6 years old

Keyboard Competition

Cornelius Gurlitt , First Piece of the Star Performer

Teacher: Changiz Asadollahi

Ellie Wan, Canada, Piano

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

Young Musicians Category, 7 - 8 years old

Keyboard Competition

Johann Sebastian Bach, Short Prelude No. 12

Teacher: Changiz Asadollahi

Guoer Sheng, China, Voice

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Young Musicians Category, 7 - 8 years old

Voice Competition

Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers, My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music

Choisuren Hao Bulite, Mongolia, Piano

First Place with Special Honours

Young Musicians Category, 7 - 8 years old

Keyboard Competition

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in C Major K 545, First movement

Teacher: Munkhtuya Erdenebat

Logan Lee, United States, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Young Musicians Category, 7 - 8 years old

Keyboard Competition

Antonio Vivaldi, Spring from the Four Seasons

Teacher: Jiayi Shi

La Bao Thai, Vietnam, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Young Musicians Category, 7 - 8 years old

Keyboard Competition

Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson - Lopez, Remember Me

Teacher: Prof. Phu Mai Hien

Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Y, Vietnam, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Young Musicians Category, 7 - 8 years old

Keyboard Competition

George Frideric Handel, Fireworks Minuet

Teacher: Prof. Phu Mai Hien

Ziling Mo, China, Voice

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

Young Musicians Category, 9 - 10 years old

Voice Competition

Lin - Manuel Miranda, How far I'll go from Moana

Teacher: Jiajia Chen

Iris Lan Liu, United States, Voice

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

Young Musicians Category, 9 - 10 years old

Voice Competition

Eddie Perfect, Dead Mom from Beetlejuice

Tinashe Ogunwo, United States, Piano

First Place with Special Honours

Young Musicians Category, 9 - 10 years old

Keyboard Competition

Chris Goldston, Night Train

Teacher: Anastasia Bryant

Elaine Zhao, United States, Voice

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Young Musicians Category, 9 - 10 years old

Voice Competition

Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Ryan Lewis, A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman

Izabela Wiktoria Oliwia Torfs, Belgium/Poland, Composition

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

The Story Through Sound Award

Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Composition Competition

"Rest In Peace, Zulu" Sub-title: "I will never forget you..."

Ziheng Chen, Hong Kong/China, Voice

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Voice Competition

Tim Minchin, Naughty from Matilda

Sarisa Chirathivat, Thailand, Piano

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Keyboard Competition

Dmitry Kabalevsky, Etude in A minor from Children's Pieces, Op. 27 No. 3

Teacher: Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa

Xinle Ren, Canada, Voice

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Voice Competition

Tim Minchin, Naughty from Matilda

Hoang Nam Phu, Vietnam, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Keyboard Competition

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonatina in G, First movement: Moderato

Teacher: Prof. Phu Mai Hien

Yile Li, China, Voice

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Voice Competition

Once upon a December, from Anastasia

Sasha Altschuler, United States, Piano

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Keyboard Competition

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fantasia in D Minor, K 397

Teacher: Bella Beletsky - Shik

Henry Nyambat, United States, Morin Khuur (Horse Head Fiddle)

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Traditional Music Competition

J. Enkhbayar, Nocturne

Teacher: Uyanga Baasansuren

Accompanist: Nicole Nyambat

Ayalguusaikhan & Oyuntungalag Chuluunbat, Mongolia, Piano Duet

First Place with Honours

Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Ensemble Competition

Catherine Rollin, Valse Sentimentale a deux

Teacher: Munkhtuya Erdenebat

Nantapat Klampaiboon, Thailand, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Lyrical Interpretation Award

Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Keyboard Competition

Franz Liszt, Liebestraum in A-flat Major S. 541 No. 3

Teacher: Dr. Tarin Supprakorn

James Huang, United States, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Keyboard Competition

Johann Friedrich Burgmuller, L'Orage Op. 109 No. 13

Teacher: Daniel Kuzuhara

Nuoyan Qu, China, Voice

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Voice Competition

Michael Gibson, The Life of the Party from The Wild Party

Undrakh Enkhbold, Mongolia, Piano

First Place with Special Honours

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Keyboard Competition

Frederic Chopin, Etude op. 10 no. 9

Teacher: Sunduisuren Gantulga

Alex Zheng, Canada, Bass

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Strings Competition

Jason Luís Cheetham, arr. Jamiroquai, Virtual Insanity

Teacher: Matthew Zadkovich

Qixuan Tang, China, Voice

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Voice Competition

Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Ryan Lewis, The Greatest Show from The Greatest Showman

Mijeong Lee, South Korea, Piano

Grand Prize

Brilliant Performance Award

College Students and Professional Musicians, 18+

Keyboard Competition

Franz Liszt, Tarantella: Venezia e Napoli

Teacher: Helen Marlais

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