The results for the Max Bruch International Music Competition 2025 Season 4 are now announced!

The Max Bruch International Music Competition proudly honours the distinguished performers, composers, and creative artists whose work embodies musical excellence, emotional depth, and artistic innovation. This season’s laureates represent an inspiring array of talents from around the world, each contributing meaningfully to today’s global musical landscape. Dedicated to celebrating artistic mastery, the Competition recognises musicians and creators who enrich cultural dialogue, advance creative expression, and carry forward the enduring tradition of musical artistry across borders.

About the Competition

The Max Bruch International Music Competition serves as an international platform devoted to excellence in classical performance, composition, creative musicianship, and scholarly contribution. Rooted in the expressive Romantic spirit while embracing contemporary artistry, the Competition welcomes musicians of all backgrounds to present their work to a worldwide audience. This season highlights an extraordinary spectrum of artistic disciplines — from instrumental and vocal performance to composition, conducting, academic writing, and collaborative creation.

Full List of Winners — 2025 Season 4

(Alphabetical order by first name)

Adrián Pacetti Olaya, Violin — Spain

Arin Aykut, Composition: Gloria — United Kingdom

Beauregard Chiasson, Classical Composition: Rose Tinted — United States

Boyuan Yao, Composition: Threebody — Ye Wenjie’s Soliloquy — Canada

Claudio Rosati, Composition: Nemesis, the Destroyer — Spain

David Wong Tsz Hin, Composition: Geometry — Hong Kong

Gu Bangyao, Conducting — China

Hinata Tomizawa, Piano — Japan

Jialuo Ni, Saxophone — [Country not provided]

Jieun Lee, Composition: THE OPERA KALEA BUTALSORO — Republic of Korea

Jinsung Bang, Cello — South Korea

Kiki Porter, Conducting — United States

Kristian Pérez Mcdougall, Composition: Katharsis for Classical Guitar — Puerto Rico

Lee Seoyoon, Cello — Singapore

Luna Shi, Voice & Composition: But Now Today — [Country not provided]

Massimo Vito Avantaggiato, Composition: PHI PULSE (for Guitar and Electronics) — Italy

Matteo Belpanno, Pianoforte e Violino — Italy

Monika Sroczyńska, Composition: Symphony concertante — Poland

Nicolas Olkoski, Piano — Brazil

Qiuting Chen, Voice — China

Steven Newbold, Composition: Sequoia Symphony, IV. High Sierra: Range of Light — United States

Woojin Lee, Composition: 층간소음 & La Mer Danse & String Quartet No. 2 — United States

Yao Ma, Article — China

Ying Yang, Voice — United States

Yolanda Zhou, Clarinet — Australia

Join the Next Season

The next season of the competition is now open for registration!

Don’t miss the opportunity to present your artistry on an international stage and join a global creative community.

👉 Register here: https://www.maxbruchcompetition.com/

Winners