boston 2026

May 28–31, 2026 · pickman hall, longy school of music — cambridge, ma

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results

silver stream

finalists

Wendy Wang, Wei Ling Wang, Kim Chen, Rosalind Mohnsen, Jia Luo, Alex Ji, Wen-Yee Ho

final standings

gold stream

semifinalists

Jonathan Shih, Chia Ying Lee, Leonard Donadio, Yun Liang, Jim Chou, David Lee, Rebecca Zhang, Andrew Throdahl, Diana Cusano, Jim Lees, Yuka Otohata, James Tandy, Chris Kokkinos

finalists

Jonathan Shih, Andrew Throdahl, Jim Chou, Diana Cusano, Jim Lees

final standings

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Thursday, May 2823

1:00 PM

Masterclass with Roberto Poli

4:15 PM

Minnie Ho

silver · preliminary · California, USA

program

Haydn: Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:49
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio cantabile

Prokofiev: Étude No. 2, Op. 2

4:30 PM

Tianyi Huang

silver · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Schubert: Impromptu in E-flat Major, Op. 90 No. 2

Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

4:45 PM

Stephan Ware

silver · preliminary · Oregon, USA

program

Chopin: Étude in A-flat Major, Op. 25 No. 1

Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D major, Op. 23 No. 4

Liebermann: Gargoyles, Op. 29: I. Presto

5:00 PM

Wendy Wang

silver · preliminary · Washington, USA

program

Beethoven: Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
I. Vivace ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo

Wang: The Dark Blue Flower

Rachmaninoff: Moments Musicaux No. 4 in E minor, Op. 16

5:15 PM

Wei Ling Wang

silver · preliminary · Texas, USA

program

Scarlatti: Sonata in D Minor, K. 213

Mozart: Sonata in A minor, K. 310
I. Allegro maestoso

Chopin: Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2

5:30 PM

Maryam Farshadfar

silver · preliminary · California, USA

program

Vaqif Mustafazadeh: Düşüncə

Scriabin: Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9 No. 2

Rachmaninoff: Étude-Tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39 No. 5

5:45 PM

Kim Chen

silver · preliminary · Oregon, USA

program

Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971
I. Allegro

Beethoven: Rondo in C Major, Op. 51 No. 1

Tchaikovsky: June Barcarolle, Op. 37a

6:00 PM

Break

6:30 PM

Rosalind Mohnsen

silver · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Scarlatti: Sonata in E Major, K. 380

Scriabin: Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1

Saint-Saëns: Allegro appassionato, Op. 70a

6:45 PM

Kenny Kurtzman

silver · preliminary · Texas, USA

withdrew from competition

program

Bach: Partita No. 5 in G major

7:00 PM

Jia Luo

silver · preliminary · Canada

program

Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 12 in B-flat minor, "Chasse-neige"

Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

7:15 PM

Alex Ji

silver · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971
I. Allegro

Debussy: Images I
I. Reflets dans l'eau

Prokofiev: Suggestion Diabolique, Op. 4 No. 4

7:30 PM

Wen-Yee Ho

silver · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2

Rachmaninoff: Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 2

Chopin: Mazurka in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2
: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4

Lyadov: Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 57 No. 1

7:45 PM

Jan Keith

silver · preliminary · Germany

program

Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K. 475

8:00 PM

Brian McCorkle

silver · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Bach: English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806
I. Prélude

Bonis: Desdémona, Op. 101

Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75
III. Clair de lune

8:15 PM

Vivian Ku

silver · preliminary · Michigan, USA

program

Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 Pathétique
I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio

Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22
I. Lentamente
XI. Con vivacità

Chopin: Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2

9:00 PM

Suo Lee

gold · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860

Messiaen: Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus

9:15 PM

Jonathan Shih

gold · preliminary · Washington, USA

program

Bach-Siloti: Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a

Clementi: Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 5
I. Allegro con espressione

Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
IV. Vivace

9:30 PM

Heidi Alina

gold · preliminary · Colorado, USA

program

Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60

Crumb: Makrokosmos
II. Proteus (Pisces)
III. Pastorale (from the Kingdom of Atlantis, ca. 10,000 B.C.) (Taurus)

9:45 PM

Carl Di Casoli

gold · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Haydn: Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:49
I. Allegro

Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

10:00 PM

Chia Ying Lee

gold · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Gubaidulina: Chaconne

Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, K. 87

10:15 PM

Mark Cannon

gold · preliminary · New York, USA

program

Bernstein: The Madonna

Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903

Friday, May 2924

1:00 PM

Masterclass with Sergey Schepkin

4:15 PM

Andrew Throdahl

gold · preliminary · New York, USA

program

Haydn: Capriccio in C major, Hob.XVII:4

Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30

4:30 PM

Leonard Donadio

gold · preliminary · Colorado, USA

program

Bartok: Piano Sonata, BB 88, Sz. 80

4:45 PM

Yun Liang

gold · preliminary · Michigan, USA

program

Poulenc: Nocturnes, FP 56
III. Les cloches de Malines
IV. Bal fantôme
V. Phalènes

Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse, S. 160
I. Les cloches de Genève

5:00 PM

Mike Ring

gold · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Chopin: Etude in F minor, Op. 25 No. 2

Ravel: Sonatine, M. 40

5:15 PM

Jim Chou

gold · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
I. Ondine

Prokofiev: Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28

5:30 PM

David Lee

gold · preliminary · California, USA

program

Messiaen: Île de feu I

Gershwin-Wild: Embraceable You

Wagner-Liszt: Liebestod

5:45 PM

Shi Chen

gold · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Couperin: Les barricades mystérieuses

Fauré: Barcarolle, Op. 26 No. 1

Suesse: American Nocturne

6:00 PM

Break

6:30 PM

Rebecca Zhang

gold · preliminary · New York, USA

program

Haydn: Sonata in E minor, Hob. XVI:34
I. Presto

Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Venezia e Napoli, S. 162
III. Tarantella

6:45 PM

Yoko Taruki

gold · preliminary · Japan

program

Schubert: Sonata in A major, D 664
I. Allegro moderato

Ravel: Jeux d'eau, M. 30

7:00 PM

Daniel Matus

gold · preliminary · Colorado, USA

program

Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année: Italie, S. 161
I. Sposalizio
V. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

7:15 PM

Nathalie Bounhoure

gold · preliminary · France

program

Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807
I. Prelude

7:30 PM

Diana Cusano

gold · preliminary · Kentucky, USA

program

Chaminade: Pieces Humoristiques, Op. 87: IV. Autrefois

Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

7:45 PM

Jim Lees

gold · preliminary · Tennessee, USA

program

Barber: Souvenirs, Op. 28
III. Pas de deux
IV. Two-Step
V. Hesitation-Tango

8:00 PM

Carl Rosser

gold · preliminary · Washington, USA

program

Schumann: Romance, Op. 28 No. 2

Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K. 511

8:15 PM

Break

8:45 PM

Sing Palat

gold · preliminary · Colorado, USA

program

Ma: A Sketch of the Rainy Harbor
I. Rain
II. Harbour Views in Rainy Nights
III. The Girl who Picks Seashells

Debussy: L'isle joyeuse

9:00 PM

Alexander Stabile

gold · preliminary · California, USA

program

Debussy: Images I
I. Reflets dans l'eau

Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1
IV. Allegro con fuoco

9:15 PM

Max Sung

gold · preliminary · New York, USA

program

Bach: Toccata in E minor, BWV 914

Ravel: Miroirs
II. Oiseaux tristes

Liszt: Two Concert Études, S. 145
Waldesrauschen
Gnomenreigen

9:30 PM

Yuka Otohata

gold · preliminary · New York, USA

program

Beethoven: Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2
I. Largo – Allegro

Chasins: Three Chinese Pieces, Op. 5
I. A Shanghai Tragedy
II. Flirtation in a Chinese Garden
III. Rush Hour in Hong Kong

9:45 PM

James Tandy

gold · preliminary · Australia

program

Scriabin: Prelude in D-sharp minor, Op. 11 No. 12
: Etude in F-sharp minor, Op. 8 No. 2
: Étude in A-flat major, Op. 8 No. 9
: Guirlandes, Op. 73 No. 1
: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42 No. 5

10:00 PM

Chris Kokkinos

gold · preliminary · Massachusetts, USA

program

Bach-Tharaud: Sicilienne from Concerto, BWV 596

Schumann: Arabesque in C Major, Op. 18

Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 12, Revolutionary

10:15 PM

preliminary

Saturday, May 3024

1:30 PM

Piano Festival

free admission

3:45 PM

Jury feedback

5:00 PM

Wendy Wang

silver · silver final · Washington, USA

program

Scriabin: Prelude in B, Op. 11 No. 11

Debussy: Pagodes, L. 100
I. Pagodes

Zhang: Three Preludes, II & III

5:15 PM

Wei Ling Wang

silver · silver final · Texas, USA

program

Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4

Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de Fantasie, Op. 3
I. Elegie in E-flat minor

Mompou: Paisajes
II. El Lago

5:30 PM

Kim Chen

silver · silver final · Oregon, USA

program

Chopin: Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1
: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4

5:45 PM

Rosalind Mohnsen

silver · silver final · Massachusetts, USA

program

Schubert: Klavierstücke in E-flat minor, D. 946 No. 1

Rachmaninoff: Polka de W.R.

6:00 PM

Jia Luo

silver · silver final · Canada

program

Haydn: Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52
I. Allegro

Liszt/Gounod: Valse de l'opera Faust, S. 407

6:15 PM

Alex Ji

silver · silver final · Massachusetts, USA

program

Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38

Haydn: Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52
I. Allegro

6:30 PM

Wen-Yee Ho

silver · silver final · Massachusetts, USA

program

Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2

Lyadov: Prelude in B minor, Op. 11 No. 1

Chopin: Mazurka in C major, Op. 24 No. 2

Schumann-Liszt: Widmung

6:45 PM

Break

7:15 PM

Jonathan Shih

gold · semifinal · Washington, USA

program

Scarlatti: Sonata in G major, K. 14

Chasins: Prelude in E-flat minor, Op. 12 No. 2

Dutilleux: Piano Sonata Op. 1, III. Choral et variations

7:30 PM

Chia Ying Lee

gold · semifinal · Massachusetts, USA

program

Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
III. Largo
IV. Finale. Presto non tanto

7:45 PM

Andrew Throdahl

gold · semifinal · New York, USA

program

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 873

Rachmaninoff: Prelude in E major, Op. 32 No. 3
: Étude-Tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3

Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in D-flat major, Op. 87

8:00 PM

Leonard Donadio

gold · semifinal · Colorado, USA

program

Debussy: Estampes, L. 100
I. Pagodes
II. La soirée dans Grenade
III. Jardins sous la pluie

Chopin: Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5

8:15 PM

Yun Liang

gold · semifinal · Michigan, USA

program

Schoenberg: Suite for Piano, Op. 25
I. Präludium
II. Gavotte
III. Musette

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, M. 68
V. Menuet
VI. Toccata

8:30 PM

Jim Chou

gold · semifinal · Massachusetts, USA

program

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849

Liszt: Paraphrase de concert sur "Rigoletto", S.434

8:45 PM

David Lee

gold · semifinal · California, USA

program

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
I. Ondine
II. Le Gibet

9:00 PM

Break

9:30 PM

Rebecca Zhang

gold · semifinal · New York, USA

program

Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2

Liszt: Concert Etude No. 2 "La leggierezza", S. 144

Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75
IV. Passepied

9:45 PM

Diana Cusano

gold · semifinal · Kentucky, USA

program

Chaminade: 6 Romances sans paroles, Op.76: VI. Meditation

Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32 No. 12
: Prelude in G major, Op. 32 No. 5

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 7, S. 244

10:00 PM

Jim Lees

gold · semifinal · Tennessee, USA

program

Walker: Sonata No. 2
I. Theme and 10 Variations
II. Presto
III. Adagio
IV. Allegretto tranquillo

10:15 PM

Yuka Otohata

gold · semifinal · New York, USA

program

Rameau: Les trois mains

Ravel: Sonatine, M. 40
I. Modéré
II. Mouvement de menuet
III. Animé

10:30 PM

James Tandy

gold · semifinal · Australia

program

Bach: Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus 1

Albéniz: Iberia Book 1
I. Evocación
II. El puerto

10:45 PM

Chris Kokkinos

gold · semifinal · Massachusetts, USA

program

Bartok: Burlesque No. 3 Capriccioso, Op. 8c

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor, WoO 1

Liszt: Paraphrase de concert sur "Rigoletto", S.434

Sunday, May 319

1:00 PM

Piano Marathon

free admission

4:00 PM

2024 Winner Recital — Jeff Li

free admission

program

Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1 (arr. piano)

Bach: Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother, BWV 992
Arioso: Adagio — Friends gather and try to dissuade him from departing
Andante — They picture the dangers which may befall him
Adagiosissimo — The friends’ lament
Andante con moto — Since he cannot be dissuaded, they say farewell
Allegro poco — Aria of the Postilion
Fugue in imitation of the Postilion’s horn

Chopin: Nocturne in F-sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2
: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
I. Grave – Doppio movimento

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Lament (1999)

Arno Babadjanian: Poem (1966)

Paul McCartney: Blackbird (1968) — arr. Hiromi Uehara

5:30 PM

Jury feedback

6:45 PM

Jonathan Shih

gold · gold final · Washington, USA

program

Franck-Bauer: Prélude, fugue, et variation, Op. 18

Griffes: The Fountain of the Acqua Paola (from Roman Sketches, Op. 7)

Boulanger: Vers la vie nouvelle

Scriabin: Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23
III. Andante
IV. Presto con fuoco

7:15 PM

Andrew Throdahl

gold · gold final · New York, USA

program

Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

7:45 PM

Jim Chou

gold · gold final · Massachusetts, USA

program

Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

8:45 PM

Diana Cusano

gold · gold final · Kentucky, USA

program

Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 9 No. 1

Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 90 No. 4

Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1

9:15 PM

Jim Lees

gold · gold final · Tennessee, USA

program

Gottschalk: La chute des feuilles, Op.42
: Manchega, Etude de concert, Op. 38
: The Dying Poet, Op. 110
: Le banjo, Op. 15

9:45 PM

Awards ceremony & banquet