2026 Piano Competitions

Congratulations to the following students, who were chosen to advance to the Semi-Final Round of the competition:

Mateo Argentino
Teacher: Rocco Signorile (Etobicoke-Mississauga Branch)

Chelsea Gong
Teacher: Catherine Donkin (Ottawa Region Branch)

Elaine Li
Teacher: Chunson Park (Ottawa Region Branch)

Christine Liu
Teacher: Grace Pham (Kingston and Area Branch)

Angela Montemarano
Teacher: Rocco Signorile (Etobicoke-Mississauga Branch)

Aidan Tran
Teacher: Michael Maevskiy (Kingston and Area Branch)

Delilah Tran
Teacher: Michael Maevskiy (Kingston and Area Branch)

Alvin Wang
Teacher: Chunson Park (Ottawa Region Branch)

Dudu Wang
Teacher: Michael Maevskiy (Kingston and Area Branch)

Miranda Wang
Teacher: Irina Semenova (Etobicoke-Mississauga Branch)

Mia Wu
Teacher: Sherry Lu (Ottawa Region Branch)

Reya Zhang
Teacher: Sherry Lu (Ottawa Region Branch)

Thank you to our Level 8/9 Preliminary Round Piano Adjudicators:

Beth Emmers, David Sharpe, Nancy Nowosad

Congratulations to the following students, who were chosen to advance to the Semi-Final Round of the competition:

Ally Agena
Teacher: Frances Saxby (Niagara Falls Branch)

Hadam Bang
Teacher: George Vandikas (Newmarket and Area Branch)

Fred Cai
Teacher: Koichi Inoue (Bolton-Brampton-Caledon Branch)

Heather Cai
Teacher: Chunson Park (Ottawa Region Branch)

Matthew Fu
Teacher: Sheila Vandikas (Newmarket and Area Branch)

Locke Johnson
Teacher: Chunson Park (Ottawa Region Branch)

Jacob Kang
Teacher: Chunson Park (Ottawa Region Branch)

Justin Lee
Teacher: Grace Ho (North York/York Region Branch)

Brodie Martin
Teacher: Michael Maevskiy (Kingston and Area Branch)

Igor Protasov
Teacher: Chunson Park (Ottawa Region Branch)

Joyce Qiu
Teacher: Heather Norian (Ottawa Region Branch)

Kailee Yu
Teacher: Olga Tcherniak (Hamilton-Halton Branch)

Thank you to our Level 10/Associate Preliminary Round Piano Adjudicators:

Aydan Con, Jennifer West, Sylvia Shadick