2026 Winter Grand Prize: $1000
Additional prizes will be awarded to winners in each age category. Select winners will be invited with no fee to virtual masterclasses with our guest artist and adjudicators. Note that prizes for future editions are subject to change depending on number of contestants and availability of our guest artists.
Winners are showcased on our website and social media pages. Winners may submit new performance videos for publicity upon approval by the Competition Directors.
If you would like to support the competition in its endeavors to offer additional prizes and educational opportunities, please reach out via the contact form.
Possible Special Prizes
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Best Bay Area competitor
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Best performance of a virtuoso etude
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Best performance of a Classical work
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Best performance of a Baroque work
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Best performance of a Romantic work
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Best performance of a non-Romantic 20th-century work
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Best performance of a work by a living composer
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Best performance of a work by Liszt
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Best performance of a work by Chopin
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Best performance of a work by a Russian composer
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Best performance of an American work (encouraged in 2026)