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WINNERS
Rocky Mountain Music Competition
Winter 2026

Audience Award Winner

Mariaines Garza Rodriguez, Mexico, Piano (977 votes)

Trophy Award Will Be Sent to:

Mariaines Garza Rodriguez, Mexico, Piano - Audience Award Winner

Competition Winners

Ethan Dylan Patel, Canada, Piano

First Place with Special Honours

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Keyboard Competition

Young Musicians Category, 7 - 8 years old

EJAE, Golden

Teacher: Dr. Kate

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Certificates & Comments

Yan Shan, China, Piano

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

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Keyboard Competition

Young Musicians Category, 9 - 10 years old

Joseph Haydn, Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI: 37, First movement: Allegro con brio

Teacher: Jiao Zhang

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Barry Wu, Australia, Violin

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Expressive Interpretation Award

Strings Competition

Young Musicians Category, 9 - 10 years old

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Summer from the Four Seasons, Third movement

Teacher: Jasmine Tan

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Mariaines Garza Rodriguez, Mexico, Piano

Third Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

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Keyboard Competition

Young Musicians Category, 9 - 10 years old

Andantino by A. Khachaturian, Tendre Fleur by F. Burgmüller, Etude in G Lydian by Dr. Leonel Hernández

Teacher: Dr. Elmer Leonel Galvan Hernandez

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Eben Hornung, Canada, Piano

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

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Keyboard Competition

Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Joe Hisaishi, Les Aventuriers

Teacher: Dr. Katia

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Akane Wakayama, Japan, Piano

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

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Keyboard Competition

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in E major from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, BWV 854

Teacher: Yuriko Hirama

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Joshua Park, United States, Cello

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

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Strings Competition

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Antonín Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B Minor Op. 104, First movement: Allegro (Excerpt)

Teacher: Sylvia Seunghee Kang

Accompanist: Yoon Kyung Jang

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Aanya Suri, United States, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours

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Keyboard Competition

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Franz Schubert, Waltz in B Minor, D.145 No. 6

Teacher: Maria Tzankova

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Luciano Armand Copok, Philippines, Voice

Third Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

Musical Storytelling Award

Voice Competition

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Francesco Durante, Danza, Danza

Teacher: Perpy Heath

Accompanist: Joy Tan

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David Mao, United States, Piano

First Place with Special Honours

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Composition Competition

Intermediate, 17 - 18 years old

Parry the Rain

Teacher: Yiming Wu

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Maria Wlodarczyk, Poland, Voice

First Place with Honours

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Voice Competition

Musicians without a professional degree, 18+

Johann Strauss II, Adele's Aria "Mein Herr Marquis" from Die Fledermaus

Teacher: Rafal Zurakowski

Accompanist: Joanna Wasiak

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