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Congratulations to our 2025 Winners!

Founded in 1977, the Renée B. Fisher Piano Competition aims to nurture the growth and development of young pianists while highlighting emerging composers. Pianists are rewarded for outstanding achievement in the classical repertoire, and are introduced to performing contemporary music with the commissioned scores that premiere through the Composer Awards.

Elementary/Middle School Division

First Prize and Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: Little Sunflowers Under the Dark Sky by Kaori Nakano

Edward Neems

Student of Elaine Silbereis

Second Prize

Kaifeng Zhong

Student of Svitlana Fiorito

Honorable Mentions

Itamar Nadav

Student of Dan Nadav

Jack Qian

Student of Pihsun Shih

High School Division

First Prize and Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: Bright Lights, Big City by Alexandra Skevington

Lina Elwood

Student of Svitlana Fiorito

Second Prize

Linus Tsang

Student of Dr. Ching-Yi Lin

Honorable Mentions

Alice Li

Student of Malgosia Lis

Ben Stoker

Student of Dr. Pacien Mazzagatti

Judges

Kyungwha Chu

Erika Dohi

Lauren Reed

Alexandra Skevington

Guest judge for the best performance of her piece: Bright Lights, Big City

Previous Year Competitions

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