08 Jun Congratulations to our AVS Festival Competition Winners!
The American Viola Society congratulates the winners of our 2026 AVS Festival Competitions!
AVS Solo Competition, Junior Division (age 14 and under)
First Prize ($2000 + Pirastro string set & rosin): Yuxuan Bai
Second Prize ($1500): Sophie Wilkes
Third Prize ($1000): Addison Ellis-Otovo
Honorable Mention: Yuxi Bai
AVS Solo Competition, Senior Division (age 15-19)
First Prize ($1500 +Pirastro string set & rosin): Kayla Kim
Second Prize ($1000): David Rankin
Third Prize ($500): Sunjoo Lucas Park
Honorable Mention: Macy Brummal
AVS Solo Competition, Collegiate Division (age 19-25)
First Prize ($1000 + Pirastro string set & rosin): Pengxi Zhu
Second Prize ($750): Jinglin Zhou
Third Prize ($500): Flora Cummings
AVS Orchestral Excerpts Competition (for pre-professionals under age 29)
First Prize ($2,000, Pirastro string set & rosin, + a one-hour lesson with a member of the audition panel): Amanda Kellman
Second Prize ($1,000 + a 30-minute consultation with a member of the audition panel): Angela Rubin
Third Prize ($500 + a 30-minute consultation with a member of the audition panel): Samantha Peng
Congratulations to these winners! Please mark your calendars for our 2028 Festival Competitions, which will be announced in early 2027.