Winners 2025

The highest award of this year’s AD LIBITUM International Piano Competition goes to:

Pianist of the Year 2025

Emily Chen

Congratulations Emily! We wish you a great international piano career!

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Winners 30 November 2025

Pianist of the Season
Emily Chen

United States

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Versatile Pianist Award
Sanja Stanković

Serbia

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All the Winners in alphabetical order:

Ellen Yang	United States	Piano Junior Silver Prize, Classical Gold Prize
Emily Chen	United States	Pianist of the Season, Piano Senior Gold Prize, Impressionism Gold Prize, 20th Century Gold Prize, Etude Gold Prize
Faith Eugenia Scott	United States	Piano Junior Gold Prize
Fangye Wu	China	Piano Master Gold Prize, Brahms Gold Prize
Jasmine Darling Johnson	Hong Kong	Piano Prodigy Gold Prize, Classical Gold Prize, Romantic Silver Prize, Virtuoso Piece Bronze Prize, Sonatina Silver Prize
Jinwei Zhang	United States	Piano Master Silver Prize, Etude Silver Prize, Concerto Silver Prize, Beethoven Gold Prize
Kleoniki Ntoulia	Greece	Piano Junior Bronze Prize
Marialetizia Niro	Italia	Piano Master Silver Prize
Rob Faltin	Netherlands	Piano Master Silver Prize, 21st Century Gold Prize, Own Composition Gold Prize
Sanja Stanković	Serbia	Versatile Pianist, Piano Master Gold Prize, Etude Gold Prize, Chopin Gold Prize, Rachmaninov Gold Prize

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Winners 30 September 2025

Special Prizes:

Pianist of the Season
Marianne Rose Scott

USA

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Versatile Pianist Award
Rafael Álvarez-Buiza Avakimyan

Spain

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All the Winners in alphabetical order:

NAME AND SURNAME	COUNTRY	PRIZES
Alexander Cui	Australia	Junior Gold Prize, Toccata Gold Prize
Anna Xie	China	Master Gold Prize, Baroque Silver Prize
Binzer Isolde	Germany	Amateur Gold Prize, Bach Siver Prize
Eliza Maria Iordache	Romania	Senior Gold Prize
Ethan Yicheng Zhang	Australia	Prodigy Gold Prize, 20th Century Gold Prize, Toccata Gold Prize
Han Huang	Australia	Prodigy Gold Prize
Hongde Zhang	China	Master Gold Prize, Own Composition Gold Prize
Isaac Bullock	USA	Senior Bronze Prize, Romantic Music Bronze Prize, Chopin Bronze Prize
Julia Pełech	Poland	Senior Gold Prize
Maxim Eroshevskiy	USA	Prodigy Bronze Prize, Beethoven Bronze Prize
Rafael Álvarez-Buiza Avakimyan	Spain	Versatile Pianist Award, Senior Gold Prize, Baroque Gold Prize, Chopin Gold Prize
Marianne Rose Scott	USA	Pianist of the Season, Junior Gold Prize
Xue Meiyu	China	Master Bronze Prize

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Winners 30 July 2025

Special Prizes:

Pianist of the Season
Alberto Cartuccia Cingolani

Italy

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Versatile Pianist Award
Luke Wagner

United States

All the Winners in alphabetical order:

NAME AND SURNAME	COUNTRY	PRIZES
Alberto Cartuccia Cingolani	Italy	Piano Prodigy Gold Prize, Pianist of the Season
Alexandra Ntakovanou	Greece	Piano Junior Silver Prize
April Grace Smirnoff	United States	Piano Prodigy Gold Prize
Brandon Chang	United States	Piano Senior Bronze Prize, Romantic Music Bronze Prize, Liszt Bronze Prize
Gabriela Wasieleska	Poland	Piano Senior Gold Prize
Hanna Waluch	Poland	Piano Senior Gold Prize, Etude Gold Prize
Haruka Higashitsuji	Japan	Piano Master Gold Prize
Hilma Kolunen	Finland	Piano Senior Silver Prize, Romantic Music Gold Prize, Liszt Gold Prize
Isolde Binzer	Germany	Amateur Gold Prize
Jiazhen He	China	Piano Junior Gold Prize
Konstantin Bashikov	Bulgaria	Piano Senior Gold Prize
Legat Andrei-Ioan	Romania	Piano Senior Gold Prize
Leo Chang	United States	Piano Senior Silver Prize
Luke Wagner	United States	Piano Senior Gold Prize, Romantic Music Gold Prize, Chopin Gold Prize, Versatile Pianist Award
Lydia Exarchou	Greece	Piano Senior Silver Prize
Maia Pham	United States	Piano Senior Gold Prize
Michael Zartsekel	Israel	Piano Master Gold Prize
Nikolija Ožegović	Montenegro	Piano Prodigy Gold Prize
Sean Wagner	United States	Piano Senior Gold Prize, Baroque Gold Prize, Bach Gold Prize
Yangziqi Wang	China	Piano Senior Silver Prize, Chopin Bronze Prize
Zhixin Liu	China	Piano Master Bronze Prize

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The JURY has decided to award 5 special Awards in this edition of the AD LIBITUM International Piano Competition.

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Winners 31 May 2025

Special Prizes:

Pianist of the Season
Tyler Zhou

Australia

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Pianist of the Season
Nuozhi Xu

China

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Exceptional Talent Special Prize
Liya Luo

Poland/China

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Exceptional Talent Special Prize
Franciszek Gąsieniec

Poland

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Versatile Pianist Award
Callie Koder

Poland

All the Winners in alphabetical order:

NAME AND SURNAME:	PRIZES:
Aaron Lechiguero	Piano Junior Silver Prize
Andrej Zlateski	Piano Prodigy Gold Prize
Callie Koder	Versatile Pianist Award, Piano Junior Silver Prize, Classical Period Bronze Prize, Romantic Music Bronze Prize, 20th Century Silver Prize
Emily Phan	Piano Master Bronze Prize, Romantic Music Bronze Prize, Chopin Bronze Title
Franciszek Gąsieniec	Exceptional Talent Special Prize, Piano Senior Gold Prize
George Sidney	Piano Prodigy Silver Prize, Chopin Laureate Title
Isolde Binzer	Amateur Silver Prize
Joe Chan	Piano Senior Silver Prize, Mozart Silver Prize
Kaja Atanasoska	Piano Junior Silver Prize
Kian Mohammad	Piano Prodigy Bronze Prize, 20th Century Silver Prize
Kristen Chu	Piano Junior Gold Prize, 20th Century Gold Prize
Lily Koder	Prodigy Silver Prize, Romantic Music Bronze Prize, 20th Century Bronze Prize
Liya Luo	Exceptional Talent Special Prize, Piano Junior Gold Prize
Marco Mancuso	Piano Junior Silver Prize
Mher Khachatryan	Piano Senior Gold Prize, Sonata/Sonatina Silver Prize
Nuozhi Xu	Pianist of the Season, Piano Master Gold Prize, Schubert Gold Prize
Seoyeon Lee	Piano Master Gold Prize
Tyler Zhou	Pianist of the Season, Piano Prodigy Gold Prize
Varvara Krotkova	Piano Junior Silver Prize
William Nabbe	Piano Junior Silver Prize, 20th Century Silver Prize

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Winners 05 April 2025

Special Prizes:

Pianist of the Season
Daniel Colonna – Kasjan

Poland

Versatile Pianist:
Patrik Szokolay

Germany

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All the Winners in alphabetical order:

NAME:	PRIZES:
Daniel Colonna – Kasjan	Pianist of the Season, Piano Senior Gold Prize
Farah Ozturk	Piano Junior Silver Prize
Gavril Minnis	Piano Prodigy Bronze Prize, Chopin Bronze Prize
Isolde Binzer	Amateur Gold Prize
Kian Mohammad	Piano Prodigy Bronze Prize, Classical Period Bronze Prize, Mozart Bronze Prize
Patrik Szokolay	Versatile Pianist, Piano Junior Gold Prize, Classical Period Gold Prize, Romantic Music Gold Prize
Rian Mao	Piano Senior Bronze Prize, Classical Period Silver Prize, Sonata Bronze Prize, Beethoven Bronze Prize
Tarnovetchi Teea Maria	Piano Senior Silver Prize
Vanessa Liang	Piano Junior Gold Prize
Wiktor Pelc	Piano Senior Gold Prize, Chopin Gold Prize
Zhang Shi Yu	Piano Junior Silver Prize, Etude Silver Prize
Zofia Kotwas	Piano Junior Bronze Prize

Congratulations!!!

Winners 30 January 2025

Special Prizes:

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All the Winners in alphabetical order:

NAME:	PRIZES:
Altea Dubrowski	Junior Bronze Prize, Classical Period Silver Prize
Audrey Jin	Junior Bronze Prize, Classical Period Silver Prize, Romantic Music Silver Prize, Etude Bronze Prize, Chopin Bronze Prize
Ceylin Ada Arisan	Junior Gold Prize, Romantic Music Gold Prize, Chopin Gold Prize
Clara Sánchez	Master Silver Prize
Dhiti Karthikeyan	Junior Silver Prize, Sonata Silver Prize, Beethoven Bronze Prize
Evan Miliani	Prodigy Gold Prize
Everly Siyan Qu	Prodigy Gold Prize, Chopin Silver Prize
Hu Jinying	Senior Gold Prize, Schumann Gold Prize
Jonathan Trendafilov	Prodigy Silver Prize, 21st Century Silver Prize
Magdalena Sogorov Vuckovic	Junior Silver Prize
Manuela Bumb	Pianist of the Season, Versatile Pianist, Master Gold Prize, Romantic Music Gold Prize, Impressionism Gold Prize, Liszt Gold Prize
Melita Sogorov Vuckovic	Senior Silver Prize
Salma Kołata-Raniszewska	Junior Silver Prize, Etude Gold Prize
Xinhui Huang	Junior Silver Prize. Classical Period Silver Prize, Haydn Silver Prize

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