2025 O’Malley Foundation National Concerto Competition Results

 
 

The Music @ the Fort: The O’Malley Foundation Category Select Winners Recital will take place at the MYAC Center on Sunday, January 18, 2026

The MYAC Winter Orchestra Concerts are on February 15th, 2026 at Northwestern’s Pick-Staiger Hall, and will feature select MYAC Junior Division, MYAC Senior Division, and Overall Open Division winners performing their pieces alongside MYAC’s orchestral ensembles!

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MYAC JUNIOR ORCHESTRA DIVISION

  • OVERALL JUNIOR WINNER: Todd Zhang, cello, Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, I. Theme Var I, II, III, VIII

  • Strings Winner: Todd Zhang, cello

    • Honorable Mention: Olivia Fazio, violin, Vieuxtemps Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31, Mvt. I

  • Other Instrument Winner: Madeline Newman, flute, Mozart Concerto in G major, Mvt. I

    • Honorable Mention: Advik Rai, clarinet, Stamitz Concerto No. 3, Mvt. I

  • Early Music Winner (before 1800): Alexandra Paschos, violin, Bach Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041, Mvt. I

    • Honorable Mention: Julia Castro, violin, Mozart Concerto No. 4 in D major, K 218, Mvt. I

MYAC SENIOR ORCHESTRA DIVISION

  • OVERALL SENIOR WINNER: Oliver Mah, cello, Shostakovich Concerto No. 1, Mvt. I

  • Strings Winner: OIiver Mah, cello

    • Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Eli Ho, violin, Sibelius Violin Concerto, Mvt. I

      • Lydia Kessler, harp, Ginastera Harp Concerto, Mvt. I

  • Piano Winner: Victoria Garcia-Ruiz, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3, Mvt. I

  • Voice Winner: Faith John, ‘Journey to the Past’, ‘Mad Hatter’ ‘With You’

  • Other Instrument Winner: Oscar Soto, flute, Borne Fantaisie brillante sur ‘Carmen’

    • Other Instrument Honorable Mention: Francesca Gaus Ehning, oboe, Grandval Concerto Op. 7, Mvt. III

  • Early Music Winner: Christopher Mertz, double bass, Vanhal Bass Concerto in E major, Mvt. III

OVERALL OPEN DIVISION GRAND WINNER: 

  • Kai Isoke Ali-Landing, violin, Tchaikovsky Concerto in D Major, Mvt. I

*The Overall Open Division Grand Winner is decided between the Open Junior and Open Senior Division winners.

OPEN JUNIOR DIVISION

  • OVERALL JUNIOR WINNER: Dylan Zhang piano, Schumann Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, Mvt. III

  • Strings Winner: George Wang, violin, Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

    • Strings Honorable Mention:

      • Brittany Wang, violin, Mendelssohn Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, Mvt. I

  • Piano Winner: Dylan Zhang

    • Piano Honorable Mention:

      • Drake Wunderlich, Chopin Concerto No. 1, E minor, Mvt. 1

  • Other Instrument Winner: Claire Choi, flute, Chaminade Concertino, Op. 107

  • Early Music Winner (before 1800): Jonathan Truong, piano, Mozart Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414, Mvt. I

    • Early Music Honorable Mention:

      • Lillian Han, piano, Bach Concerto No. 1, D minor, Mvt. I

OPEN SENIOR DIVISION

  • OVERALL SENIOR WINNER: Kai Isoke Ali-Landing, violin, Tchaikovsky Concerto in D Major, Mvt. I

  • Strings Winner: Kai Isoke Ali-Landing, violin (Tchaikovsky)

    • Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Neena Agrawal, viola, Walton Viola Concerto, Mvt. I

      • Alison Chung, violin, Walton Violin Concerto, Mvt. I

      • Gabriel Raviv, cello, Kabalevsky Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Mvt. II

  • Piano Winner: Adrian Gonzalez, Prokofiev Concerto No. 3, Mvt. I

    • Piano Honorable Mention: Edie Park, Schumann Concerto in A minor Op. 54, Mvt. I

  • Voice Winner: Jisu Cheong, Handel Amadigi di Gaula, Ah! Spietato

  • Other Instrument Winner: Suah Lee, flute, Chaminade Concertino for Flute in D major, Op. 107

  • Early Music Winner: Indre Raghavan, violin, Mozart Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, Mvt. I