2024 Competition Awards & Prizes
Contestants will compete for the following cash awards & prizes. See the winners associated with each prize below.
Gold Medal
$30,000
Awarded to First Place winner of Round IV
Co-Sponsored by by Drs. Eric & Michelle Miller and Franklin Park Senior Living, Susan and Aubra Franklin
Silver Medal
$20,000
Awarded to Second Place winner of Round IV
Sponsored by Cassandra Carr & Noah Watts
Bronze Medal
$10,000
Awarded to Third Place winner of Round IV
Sponsored by
Audience Favorite Award
$5,000
Tatiana Dorokhova, Russia
Awarded by Audience via text-to-vote to a Finalist at the end of Round III.
Sponsored by
Best Performance of a Work by a Spanish or Latin Composer
$5,000
Young Sun Choi, South Korea
Awarded to a Semifinalist at the end of Round II.
Sponsored by Peggy & Paul Pace
Junior Jury Award
$2,500
Yungyung Guo, China
Awarded by Junior Jury to a Contestant at the end of Round I.
Sponsored by Mary Ann Winden
Semifinalists
$1,500 Each
Awarded to the 3 Semifinalists who do not advance to Round III & IV.
Zihao Wu, China
Chi-Jo Lee, Taiwan
Rachel Breen, USA
Sponsored by
Contestants
$1,000 Each
Awarded to the 6 Contestants who do not advance to Round II.
Yongqiu Liu, China
Zifan Ye, China
Nathan Cheung, USA
Jialin Yao, China
Min Joo Yi, USA
Sponsored by Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust
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