Winners of the 2026 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists Part 1

The latest stories from www.wqxr.org · Sep 23, 2026

Over the next two weeks, host Lee Koonce celebrates the prize winners of the 2026 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists. You’ll hear the top three medalists across the competition’s three divisions: Rising Star (ages 10-12), Junior (ages 13-15) and Senior (ages 16-18). Across this two-part series, Lee shares performances from all nine prize winners. Tonight’s program features the three young winners of the Rising Star Division, followed by the third-prize winners in the Junior and Senior Divisions. Piano Cleveland, host of the competition, promotes Cleveland as a premier…