Results — World's Best Musicians Competition — 1/2023

Universal Maestro Society has announced the results of World's Best Musicians Competition — 1/2023. The jury recognized 144 laureates from Poland, Italy, France, Indonesia, China, Hungary and others.

Each laureate is presented with a dedicated profile on the Universal Maestro Society platform, including their recognition, category and — where available — performance recordings.

Laureates

Aleksandra Gawędaviolin · Poland

Absolute Winner

Aleksandra Schulzflute · Poland

Absolute Winner

Julian BrodskiSaxophone · Italy

Absolute Winner

Maÿlis ArratClassical Accordion · France

Absolute Winner

Michael Phillipe AndreePiano · Indonesia

Absolute Winner

Ruoran MaVoice, mezzo soprano · China

Absolute Winner

Daniel AnderkoClarinet · Hungary

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Portrait of Darya Babko & Hanna Labkouskaya

Darya Babko & Hanna LabkouskayaSaxophone & piano · Belarus

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Eileen Hanyu ZhangPiano · Germany

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Eline Liselotte van DijkViolin · The Netherlands

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Michał OrlikViolin · Poland

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Mihaela HoteaVoice, soprano · Romania

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Misa ViveirosTrumpet · United States

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Olga MelnychukVoice (Soprano) · Ukraine

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Prapti RajguruPiano · United Arab Emirates

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Tomáš Popelkatrombone · Czechia

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Xu XiaoranPiano · China

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Yangwei XuPiano · China

1st Prize
Outstanding Laureate

Further recognitions

Laureate	Recognition	Category	Country
Ágoston Gedai	1st Prize	organ	Hungary
Alenka Eržen	1st Prize	Flute	Slovenija
Aletta Borbála Babai	1st Prize	Saxophone	Germany
Alexandre Pinatto de Moura	1st Prize	Violin	Brazil
Almz Jim Yu Shue	1st Prize	Traditional, Djembe	Hong Kong
Ana Karina Voion	1st Prize	Piano	Romania
Aoyunsaina	1st Prize	bassoon	China
Aya Okimoto	1st Prize	Piano	USA
Carla Sampedro Menéndez	1st Prize	Mezzosoprano	Spain
Chloé Roussev	1st Prize	Violin	France
David Hovhannisyan	1st Prize	organ	Germany
Duo FaRo	1st Prize		Bulgaria
Ellie Yewon Ahn	1st Prize	flute	United States
Erin Wong	1st Prize	Cello	USA
Fedyk Mykhailo	1st Prize	Clarinet	Ukrainian
Gdańsk Piano Quintet	1st Prize	Piano Quintet: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano	Poland
Jialu Wang	1st Prize	Bassoon
Juliusz Sobczyk	1st Prize	Euphonium	Poland
Keerthana Sriram	1st Prize	Voice/Soprano	India
Kima Ohanyan	1st Prize	Piano	Armenia
LI ZHUORUI	1st Prize	CLASSICAL PERCUSSION	China
Liu Jacky Yi Huan	1st Prize	Cello	Hong Kong
Maciej Mierzejewski	1st Prize	Tuba	Poland
Marcin Sokoleńko	1st Prize	Saxophone	Polska
Mary Kate Onggowijoyo	1st Prize	Violin Solo	Indonesia
Michael Xia	1st Prize	Flute	Australia
Milad Mohammadi	1st Prize	Traditional, Tar and Setar	Belgium
Morning Szu-Chen Huang	1st Prize	Violin	USA/Taiwan
Patrick Ding	1st Prize	Violin	Australia
Paula Wilkes	1st Prize	Violin	Germany
Pejman Bolourchi	1st Prize	Traditional, Santour	Canada
Rafaela Albuquerque	1st Prize	Voice, Soprano	Portugal
Rino Nishida	1st Prize	Piano	Japan
Tetsuro Yamada	1st Prize	Bassoon	Japan
Tsz Wing Gianna Chan	1st Prize	Violin	United States
Urszula Rusek	1st Prize	violin	Poland
Victor Battista	1st Prize	Clarinet	United States
Weirui Wang	1st Prize	Flute	China
Yi-Hsuan Tseng	1st Prize	Piano	Taiwan
YOURAN WANG	1st Prize	piano	China
Aida Kover	2nd Prize	Voice, soprano	Hungary
Aleksandra Kalinowska	2nd Prize	Flute	Poland
Angelika Shortanova	2nd Prize	Voice, Mezzo-soprano voice	United Kingdom
Anna Vovchenko	2nd Prize	Piano	Ukraine
Bárbara Ramalho Dias	2nd Prize	Historical clarinet	Portugal
César Efraín Díaz Sánchez	2nd Prize	Violin	Cuba
Christian Gilissen	2nd Prize	Piano	The Netherlands
Dila Temizkan & Atahan Güler	2nd Prize	Flute and Viola	Turkey
Dominika Makowska	2nd Prize	Violin	Poland
Emanuele Mastrototaro	2nd Prize	Piano	Italy
Fung Ming Caton Hong	2nd Prize	Cello	Hong Kong
Isabella Kim	2nd Prize	VOICE Mezzo-soprano	USA
Isabelle Veronic Sterling	2nd Prize	Piano	Greece
Iwona Semla	2nd Prize	voice, Mezzosoprano	Poland
Jakub Mrázek	2nd Prize	cello	Czech Republic
Jayden Im	2nd Prize	Double Bass	United States
Katherine Backues	2nd Prize	Voice Type	United States
Kwartet Dęty PSM Płock	2nd Prize	puzon 1/puzon 2/puzon 3/tuba	Polska
Leander Hennes Resch	2nd Prize	Violin	Germany
LIFANG LUO	2nd Prize	VOICE Mezzo-soprano	Italy
Logan Yi Heng Chan	2nd Prize	Piano	Australia
MA KE	2nd Prize	piano	China
Mackenzie J. Ahlman	2nd Prize	Voice, Soprano	USA
Márton Vörösváry	2nd Prize	Piano	Hungary
Mihaela Manciu	2nd Prize	Flute	România
Mitora Fujii	2nd Prize	Piano	Japan
Shiyang Chen	2nd Prize	Piano	China
Varvara Korotkova	2nd Prize	Piano	Uzbekistan
Vladyslav Psyuk	2nd Prize	Piano	Ukraine
Wu Wei	2nd Prize	piano	Taiwan
Yerang Kim	2nd Prize	Piano	USA
Yinong Liu	2nd Prize	Flute	China
Yishuang Li	2nd Prize	Oboe	China
YUHANG ZHANG	2nd Prize	Saxophone	China
Yuyang Shao	2nd Prize	Violin	China
Zheng Mingxi	2nd Prize	baritone	China
Abraham Mateos	3rd Prize	Piano	Spain
Ahmet Cemal Taş	3rd Prize	Viyola	Turkey
Anji Dang	3rd Prize	piano	USA
Argyris Kotsis	3rd Prize	Cello	Greece
Artem Borisov (Tenkeli)	3rd Prize	Piano and composition	USA
Can Feridun	3rd Prize	Piano	Turkey
Daisy Zhang	3rd Prize	Piano	USA
Domenico Petruzziello	3rd Prize	VIOLINO	Italy
Eleonora Christabel Richung	3rd Prize	Voice	Indonesia
Eliza Ruffle	3rd Prize	Piano	United Kingdom
Fangfei Liu	3rd Prize	Violin	China
Giusy Ines Tuttolomondo	3rd Prize	Piano	Italia
Grace Sun	3rd Prize	Piano	USA
Hayk Martirosyan	3rd Prize	Violin	Armenia
Illia Zabrodskyi	3rd Prize	Trombone	Ukraine
Jasmine Farghaly	3rd Prize	Piano	Australia
Jia Guo	3rd Prize	voice, Tenor	China
Joel Park	3rd Prize	Cello	USA
Klajdi KARAJ	3rd Prize	Voice, tenor	France
LINWEN ZUO	3rd Prize	flute	China
Marine Guliashvili	3rd Prize	Voice: Lyric soprano	Georgia and Italy
Michael Xia	3rd Prize	Piano	Australia
Myron Romanul	3rd Prize	Piano	America
Nayeong Kim	3rd Prize	Vocal/Soprano	South Korea
Respighi Trio	3rd Prize	String Quartet Mezzosoprano	United States
Shu-Ying Adelene Chong	3rd Prize	Violin	United States
Sophia Li	3rd Prize	Voice, Soprano	Australia
Trio Sideris	3rd Prize	Piano, violin, cello	Italy
Ventimariscelti Duo	3rd Prize	Voice and piano (ensemble)	Italy/Georgia
Yaashinii Vasudavan	3rd Prize	Piano	Australia
Yerang Kim	3rd Prize	Violin	USA
Yik Ching Ashley Pong	3rd Prize	Voice, Soprano	Hong Kong
Adrianna Wilga	Distinction	Violin	Poland
Ahmed Al Mousawi	Distinction	Piano	United Arab Emirates
Aleksandre-Rayan Arezkievich Cherchem	Distinction	Piano	Russia (Republic of Tatarstan)
Arielle Pollatschek	Distinction	Violin	Israel
Ashwath Raghu	Distinction	Piano Solo	USA
Danilo La Grotta	Distinction	Violin	Italy
Elina Gaynullina	Distinction	Flute	USA
Emma Crasnitchi	Distinction	Piano	USA
JIAYI FAN	Distinction	flute	China Hongkong
JORGE MIRAS TERUEL	Distinction	PIANO	Spain
Kanyada Punyayuttakan	Distinction	Piano	Thailand
LIU XIANGRUI	Distinction	voice, TENOR	China
Maria Bishaj	Distinction	Violin	Albania
Piano trio KaDaKu	Distinction	Piano trio	Czech Republic
Qiang Gao	Distinction	Viola	China
Rodrigo Landa - Romero	Distinction	PIANO	México
Shengjie Yu	Distinction	piano	China
Sonia Jover	Distinction	Voice, mezzosoprano	España
Thanyapas Leepakorn	Distinction	piano	Thailand
Vavrukh Sofia	Distinction	Piano	Ukraine