2026 Virtual Results - Popular Piano
Solo
Beginner Level - Ages 6-8 - Group A
| 1st Place Best In Class | Kyle Lu | Home Festival:North York Live | Titles: Path of the Wind by Joe HisaishiWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | Sheiya Zhang | Home Festival:London | Titles: Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer by Johnny MarksWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Daelyn Cui | Home Festival:Hamilton | Titles: Over the Rainbow by Harold ArlenWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Irina Chen | Home Festival:Hamilton | Titles: Merry-Go-Round of Life by Joe HisaishiWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Theodore Lam | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Sea Bird by Christopher NortonWatch Video |
| Participant | Anika Gumparla | Home Festival:Barrie | Titles: Heart and Soul, A Song is Born by Hoagy CarmichaelWatch Video |
| Participant | Dash McQueen | Home Festival:Stratford | Titles: I’ll Stand by You by Billy Steinberg, Chrissie Hynde and Tom Kelly, Arr. Tom GerouWatch Video |
| Participant | Liran Vinitsky | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Jazz!Goes the Weasel by Rebekah MaxnerWatch Video |
Beginner Level - Ages 6-8 - Group B
| 1st Place | Louis Hong | Home Festival:North York Live | Titles: Eyes On Me by Nobuo UematsuWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | Derek Yue | Home Festival:Hamilton | Titles: Believe by Glen Ballard and Alan SilvestriWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Marcus Yip | Home Festival:Yip's | Titles: Iron Man by Ramin DjawadiWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Cohen Zufelt | Home Festival:Niagara | Titles: Ace of Spades by Tyler SeidenbergWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Ellie Gweon | Home Festival:London | Titles: Your Idol by Kim Eun-jaeWatch Video |
| Participant | Giulia Greco | Home Festival:Barrie | Titles: Heart and Soul, A Song is Born by Hoagy CarmichaelWatch Video |
| Participant | Lara Gavrilas | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Remember Me (Ernesto de la Cruz) from Coco by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert LopezWatch Video |
| Participant | Neve Smart | Home Festival:Grey County | Titles: When the Saints Go Marching In by The New Leila Fletcher LibraryWatch Video |
Primary Level - Ages 9-10 - Group A
| 1st Place Best In Class | Charlotte Hao | Home Festival:North York Live | Titles: River Flows In You by YirumaWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | Emilia Muntean | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex | Titles: One Summer's Day by Joe HisaishiWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Nicholas Devcic | Home Festival:Halton Hills | Titles: The Pink Panther by Henry ManciniWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Asya Ucler | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Let It Go, from Frozen by K. Anderson-Lopez & R. Lopez, arr. M. RejinoWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Eric McIntyre | Home Festival:Guelph | Titles: Believer by Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman and Justin TranterWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Nico Martinez Kowalski | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex | Titles: Take the "A" Train by Billy StrayhornWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Vedanth Reddy | Home Festival:Stratford | Titles: Train Stop by Christopher NortonWatch Video |
| Participant | Alexis Chan | Home Festival:Yip's | Titles: Always With Me by Yumi KimuraWatch Video |
| Participant | Genevieve Webster | Home Festival:Stratford | Titles: Long Haul by Christopher NortonWatch Video |
| Participant | Isabelle Schnurr | Home Festival:Midwestern | Titles: Go the Distance, Hercules by Alan MenkenWatch Video |
| Participant | Kaaytlin Lam | Home Festival:Pickering GTA | Titles: A Whole New World, Aladdin by Alan MenkenWatch Video |
| Participant | Maisie Drake | Home Festival:Niagara | Titles: Brave Wolfe, Canadian Folk Song by adapted from Fowke/JohnstonWatch Video |
| Participant | Pieter Greenwood | Home Festival:Guelph | Titles: In Search of the Distant Era by Joe Hisaishi arr. Yoshihiro KawauraWatch Video |
| Participant | Zinuo (Norman) Wang | Home Festival:Hamilton | Titles: Hedwig's Theme by John WilliamsWatch Video |
Primary Level - Ages 9-10 - Group B
| 1st Place | Skyler Yuanliu | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: Consider Yourself, Oliver! by Lionel BartWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | Claire Chen | Home Festival:Hamilton | Titles: Carrying You, Castle in the Sky by Composed by Joe Hisaishi, Arranged by Chihiro TodorokiWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Swara Banerjee | Home Festival:Halton Hills | Titles: Rain, op. 15, no. 14 by Viktor KossenkoWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Eve Yu | Home Festival:North York Live | Titles: At the Prince's Ball from Cinderella Suite by Christos TsitsarosWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Gabrielle Fysh | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex | Titles: Walking on Sunshine by Kimberley Rew |
| Honourable Mention | Peter Hou Fai Leung | Home Festival:North York Virtual | Titles: Variations on a Theme by Paganini by James BastienWatch Video |
| Participant | Alden Tjong | Home Festival:Lakehead | Titles: Ol' Rockin' Chair Blues, Piano solo by Martha MierWatch Video |
| Participant | Anastasia Presenza | Home Festival:Sudbury | Titles: City of Stars, La La Land by Justin HurwitzWatch Video |
| Participant | Borislava Avramova | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: How Far I'll Go, Moana by Lin-Manuel Miranda, arr. Phillip KeverenWatch Video |
| Participant | Finn McQueen | Home Festival:Stratford | Titles: Driving Range by Christopher NortonWatch Video |
| Participant | Julia Siemens | Home Festival:St. Thomas | Titles: Snowflakes by Emma Theresa VerdonkWatch Video |
| Participant | Milan Godara | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Christmas Eve Sarjevo 12/24 by Transiberian OrchestraWatch Video |
| Participant | Noah Li | Home Festival:Guelph | Titles: Fly Me To The Moon by Bart HowardWatch Video |
| Participant | Remi Angod | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: The Pink Panther by Henry Mancini, arr. Dan CoatesWatch Video |