KMA Youth Music Scholarship Competition

The 25th KMA Youth Music Scholarship Competition (2026)

The 25th KMA Youth Scholarship Competition will be held at the Mercer Island Presbyterian Church on Saturday, March 7th, 2026.

Date: Saturday, March 7, 2026

Venue: Mercer Island Presbyterian Church (3605 84th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040)

The Winners’ Concert of the 25th KMA Youth Scholarship Competition will take place after the competition on the same day.

Strings / Woodwinds / Voice: Christina Cho – Flute (Jennifer Rhyne)

Piano: Lilian Flowers, Nathan Flowers – Piano (Allan Park)

Platinum: Colin Mak – Piano (Nino Merabishvili)

Gold: Lily Liu – Piano (Hanna Cyba)

Silver: Rose Huang – Piano (Yelena Balabanova and Ory Shihor)

Bronze: Jeffrey Lou – Piano (Adam Aleksander)

Platinum: Alvin Lee – Piano (Allan Park)

Gold: Jimmy Huang – Piano (Yelena Balabanova)

Silver: Cara Fan – Piano (Nino Merabishvili)

Silver: Junhao Fang – Piano (Allan Park)

Silver: Vince Lee – Piano (Allan Park)

Silver: Brandon Yang – Piano (Yelena Balabanova)

Bronze: Miyako Berman – Piano (Yelena Balabanova)

Bronze: Roy Kim – Piano (Adam Aleksander)

Bronze: Sahas Karthik – Piano (Nino Merabishvili)

Bronze: Isabella Nien – Piano (Adam Aleksander)

Bronze: Annabelle Zhang – Piano (Nino Merabishvili)

Platinum: Alexander Vollmer – Piano (Yelena Balabanova)

Gold: Emily Liu – Piano (Adam Aleksander)

Silver: Zhuoxi Liu – Piano (Adam Aleksander)

Bronze: Isabel Yang – Piano (Allan Park)

Platinum: Nathaniel Kim – Cello (Sungmee Lee)

Gold: Lara Choi – Violin (Ludmila Henderson)

Silver: Joy Zhan – Violin (Helen Kim)

Bronze: Anthony Kim – Voice (Megan Parker)

Platinum: Braden Hong – Violin (Jihyeon Kim)

Gold: Ethan Lee – Flute (Zart Dombourian-Eby)

Silver: Hayoon Kang – Cello (Sungmee Lee)

Silver: William Yoon, Soma Hirai, Reilly Ngan, Chris Jin – Quartet

Bronze: Jed Kim – Violin (Debra Zadinsky)

Bronze: Jeongeon Lee – Cello (Sungmee Lee)