WCMA International Composition Competition 2026

Results

 

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​​​Grand Prize ​- €200​

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Elliot Hayes (USA)

"spiral dialogues"

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First Prize

The list is presented in random order and does not indicate ranking.

 

Gorka Cuesta (Spain)

"Miniatures pour Orgue"

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Margaret Manevich (USA)

"Symphony 1, Movements 3 and 4"

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Megyeri Krisztina (Hungary)

"TRIO for violino, violoncello and piano"

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Yingfei Yang (China)

"Ritual of the Wild"

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Kuang HuiYu (China)

"At the Moment When Fallen Leaves Hear Spring"

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Wang Jiajun (China)

"Whisperings from Afar: A Tapestry of Longing"

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ZHANG XIAOLONG (China)

"Arthur"

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AN SILIN (China)

"Painted Forest"

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Adrien Morel (France)
"Les Ombres du Vent"

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Second Prize

The list is presented in random order and does not indicate ranking.

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Anna Maria Combatti (Venezuela)

"Latin tango para vos"

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George Maltezos (Greece)

"Colorful Aura"

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​Hu Shiyi (China)

"A Breath Lights a Lamp"

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Jingze Li (China)

"Eclipse Horizon"

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Lars Gunnar Widich Tillenius (Sweden)

"Chorals I,II,III"

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Ryuichiro Nakayama (Japan)

"Ocean Going (Suite)"

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Xinyue Zhang (China)

"Whispers of the Desert Bells"

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Xinyue Zhang (China)

"Free Wander"

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HUANG DOUDOU (China)

"Shower Hush"

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JIAYI YANG (China)

"Fl.&Str."

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Viktor Lundqvist (Sweden)
"Frozen Horizons"

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BAYINNAMUER (China)

"Matouqin Concerto No. 2"

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HUANG DOUDOU (China)

"Rain & Rhyme"

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Liu Wenyu (China)

"Encounter in a Dream"

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LIN LIU (China)

"Prunus Serrulata"

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Morigen (China)

"The Charm of Qin"

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HAOYUAN SHI (China)

"CHEN KAN"

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TAN TIANXIAO (China)

"Dance of the Whirling Winds"

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Matteo Bellandi (Italy)
"Fragments of Venice"

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Dominik Weissmann (Germany)
"Silent Architecture"

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Run Yi (China)

"Dawn Awaits on the Solitary Isle"

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ZHANG YUXIN (China)

"Traces of the rain"

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YISHU ZHAO (China)

"BLOOD OFFERING"

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ZHENG HAORAN (China)

"LIANQINGSHAN-XUNSHAN"

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Third Prize

The list is presented in random order and does not indicate ranking.​

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Mikkel Søndergaard (Denmark)

"Echoes from the Fjord"

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Andrei Munteanu (Romania)
"Seven Reflections"

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Jingze Li (China)

"Echoes Of Tomorrow"

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Yang Xiaofang (China)

"New Melodies from the Tea-growing Region"​

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yiran liu (China)

"  "

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JIAYI YANG (China)

"Butterflies Flutter"

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CHEN SIYU (China)

"Viewing Lanterns (from The Carp Fairy)"

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LI LIXIN (China)

"Souq — Splendeur et Élégie"

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LI YASA (China)

"Chaos In My Mind"

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Tomasz Borkowski (Poland)
"Metamorphoses"

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Aleksander Wójcik (Poland)
"Beyond the Forest Line"

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Jānis Kalniņš (Latvia)
"Baltic Sketches"

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Yutao Wang (China)

"Evening View of a Snow Scene"

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YAN LISHA (China)

The third movement "Spring Stream" from the string quartet "Three Chapters of Imagery"

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JIAYI YANG (China)

​"Order from Chaos"

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ZHU CHENYI (China)

​"Horn Blows, Strings Ring"

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Pavel Dobrov (Czech Republic)
"Mechanical Dreams"

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Elias Reinhardt (Austria)
"Variations on Silence"

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Nikolai Arseniev (Russia)
"The Silver Path"

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Honorable Mention

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Honourable Mention recipients will be notified separately by email.​​​​​​​​​​​​