Silicon Valley Open doors
international piano competition
Change lives, unite people, and help build a better world through the transformative power of music
piano competition winter 2026
Winners
Junior Division
Age: 6-10
Natalie Ouyang (1st)
Evelyn Hua (2nd)
Harrison Jin (3rd)
Isabella Yuan
Young Artists Division
age: 11 - 14
Keshav Krishnan (1st)
Minjae Jeon (2nd)
Dana Zhang (3rd)
Dylan Zhang
Nathan Zhang
Hana Dormer
Senior Division
Age: 15 - 19
Milo Miller (1st)
Peter Parra (1st)
Nikita Istratov (3d)
Mia Safdie
Adults Division
Age: 20+
Artem Kuznetsov (1st)
Ruogu Wen (2nd)
Caoyuan Feng (3rd)
Age categories
Junior Division
6-10
years old
Young Artists Division
11 - 14
years old
Senior Division
15 - 19
years old
Adults Division
20+
years old
winners spring 2025
Junior Division
6-10
years old
Raymond Fu - 1st Place
William Chu - 2nd Place
Alessandro Rolla - 3rd Place
Young Artists Division
11 - 14
years old
Elizabeth Levine - 1st Place
Shunma Nagatani - 2nd Place
Ellie Xuan - 3rd Place
Senior Division
15 - 19
years old
Alexi Pérez Arrua - 1st Place
Daniel Beal - 2nd Place
Tristen Chen - 3rd Place
Adults Division
20+
years old
Ayumu Sugai - 1st Place
David Alecsandru Irimescu - 2nd
Mia Pecnik - 3rd Place
Finalists spring 2025
Junior Division
6-10
years old
Amelia Zhang
Raymon Fu
Choice Zhao
Alessandro Rolla
William Chu
Young Artists Division
11 - 14
years old
Masa Dormer
Ellie Xuan
Elizabeth Levine
Shua Cheon
Shunma Nagatani
Eric Gabrilovich
Wawo Takahashi
Gabriel Wu
May Hachiya
Senior Division
15 - 19
years old
Akio Fukui
Tristen Chen
Alec Rodriguez
Alexi Pérez Arrua
Noah Kim
Daniel Beal
Ryuma Murakami
Nikita Istratov
Adults Division
20+
years old
Brian Berino
Ayumu Sugai
Lingfei Zhang
Ichiryu Kiyohara
Mia Pecnik
Lizhuo Sun
David Alecsandru Irimescu
Teruma Kyotani
Young Eun Jeong
IMPORTANT DATES
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Application submission deadline
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Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance to the online competition
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Announcement of competitors to the public
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Announcement of Winners