Junior Performance National Finalists

2025–2026

Piano

Entrant	State	Division	Teacher
Ethan Mihaescu	Michigan	East Central	Catherine Rollin, NCTM
Bowen Liang	New Jersey	Eastern	Stella Xu
Zachary Cheng	Oregon	Northwest	Renato Fabbro
Biyun Jiao	Texas	South Central	John Weems
Yuzhe Chen	Virginia	Southern	Dmitri Nazarenko
Isabel Feng	California	Southwest	Yoshikazu Nagai
Sarah Fernandes	Nebraska	West Central	Washington Garcia

String

Entrant	State	Division	Teacher
Daniel Liu	Michigan	East Central	Eun-song Koh/Malcolm Lowe
Yosef Kogan	New York	Eastern	Viktor Basis
Anthony Kim	Washington	Northwest	Kevin Krentz
Katherine Lu	Texas	South Central	Oliver Schlaffer
Justin Lee	Virginia	Southern	Clara Kim
George Na	California	Southwest	Yuki Mori
Josie Snaza	Minnesota	West Central	Aaron Janse

Woodwind

Entrant	State	Division	Teacher
Claire Choi	Illinois	East Central	Hideko Amano
Naryn Kim	New York	Eastern	Bart Feller
Annie Liu	Washington	Northwest	Bonnie Blanchard
Elizabeth Hwang	Texas	South Central	Monica Song
Lucy Kessler	Virginia	Southern	Kathleen Jacobi
Mason Jeong	California	Southwest	YoungJi Song
Aidan Zhao	Colorado	West Central	Sergei Govorov