winners 2026
FIRST CATEGORY: CARNEGIE HALL
The following winners are invited to perform at the Winners' Gala Concert
at Carnegie Hall on 1 August 2026:
FIRST GRAND AWARDS
JUNIOR
Sora Iwai – Violin (Japan)
PIANO: YOUNG ARTIST
Joel Gutierrez – Piano (United Kingdom)
PIANO: PROFESSIONAL
Jean-Paul Gasparian – Piano (France)
STRINGS: YOUNG ARTIST
EX AEQUO (Shared Prize):
Danylo Semenyuk – Cello (Ukraine)
Yosef Kogan – Violin (United States of America)
STRINGS: PROFESSIONAL
Sam Lucas – Cello (Australia-Germany)
VOICE: YOUNG ARTIST
Jay Broadhurst – Tenor (United Kingdom)
VOICE: PROFESSIONAL
EX AEQUO (Shared Prize):
Anna Koźlakiewicz – Soprano (Poland)
Ida Ränzlöv – Mezzo-soprano (Sweden)
WIND & OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Omer Itzhak Posti – Oboe (Israel)
CHAMBER MUSIC
AHRODEEL DUO (Syria)
Ahmad Dyab - Guitar
Aseel Massoud - Soprano
COMPOSITION
Marc Migó Cortés (Spain)
SECOND CATEGORY:
SPECIAL AWARDS & MUSIC ALBUMS
The following winners will be offered the opportunity to release an album
and join the MCA Artistic Roster for international management:
BAROQUE MUSIC PRIZE
OSLO CIRCLES (Norway)
Astrid Kirschner, baroque violin - Karolina Radiej, baroque violin
Mair Giske, baroque viola - Gunnar Hauge, baroque violoncello
Fredrik Blikeng, violone - Mariangiola Martello, harpsichord
Karl Nyhlin, theorbo - Mari Askvik, mezzo-soprano
Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano
CLASSICAL MUSIC PRIZE
Omer Itzhak Posti – Oboe (Israel)
ROMANTIC MUSIC PRIZE
Jean-Paul Gasparian – Piano (France)
MODERN MUSIC PRIZE
Edward Nelson – Baritone (United States of America)
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PRIZE
David Philip Hefti – Composer (Switzerland)