This season the Shkolnikova Academy will hold its first concerto competition. The winners will have the opportunity to perform solo with the 2025 Academy string orchestra led by Dmitry Sitkovetsky, and receive a scholarship to the Academy.

Results of the 2025 Concerto Competition

1st Prize (solo performance + full scholarship) :

Alejandro Gomez Parea, Sofya Devutskaia, Dustin Breshears

2nd Prize (solo performance + tuition scholarship) :

Anna Lilla Szekely, Henry Quan, Jelin Lee, Yuen Cyrus, Jiahe Zhan

3rd Prize (alternate for solo performance and partial scholarship) :

Jieun Son, Erika Hubbard, Svetlana Kondrateva, Cristina Dimitrova, Lyam Kaleo Gabriel Chenaux, Melissa Lam, Darin Lambrev, Evangeline Lien