OMNI Music Competition

Listed by Young Talent

2026 winners

Winds and Percussion Category

Canimex Prize ($1,000 scholarship)

Valerie Lin, marimba (Burnaby, BC)
First Prize in the Winds and Percussion category, ages 15–17

Tara Marceau, french horn (Chicoutimi, QC)
First Prize in the Winds and Percussion category, ages 12–14

Colin Lu, marimba (Mount Royal, Quebec)
First Prize in the Winds and Percussion category, ages 7–11

Prix Hélène Brodeur et François Lafortune Award ($300 scholarship)

Matthias Sutton, clarinet (Montreal, QC)
2nd Prize in the Winds and Percussion category, ages 12–14

Josée Tremblay Award ($200 scholarship)

Justus Kuehn, bassoon (Montreal, QC)
4th Place in the Winds and Percussion Category, Ages 15–17

Martine Pelletier & Serge Mailhot Award ($150 scholarship)

Yicheng Xia, clarinet (Montreal, QC)
2nd Prize in the Winds and Percussion category, ages 15–17

Twigg Musique & Yamaha Award

Estéban Pellerin, french horn (Montreal, QC)
3rd Prize in the Winds and Percussion category, ages 15–17

A gift certificates worth $500 at Twigg Musique or a $1,000 discount on a professional Yamaha instrument from the 7000 to 9000 series

Louis-Félix Lambert, french horn (Sherbrooke, QC)
3rd Prize in the Winds and Percussion category, ages 12–14

A gift certificate worth $350 at Twigg Musique or a $500 discount on the purchase of an intermediate or professional Yamaha instrument from the 4000 to 9000 series

Olivia Antonina Bijakowski, oboe (Vineland, ON)
2nd Prize in the Winds and Percussion category, ages 7 to 11

A gift certificate worth $250 at Twigg Musique or a $200 discount on a Yamaha 200 or 300 Series student instrument

Fondation Famille Le Blanc Award ($100 scholarship)

Étienne Isabel, flute (Montreal, QC)
Tied for 5th Place, Winds and Percussion Category, Ages 15–17

Olivier Bissonnette, French horn (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC)
Tied for 5th Place, Winds and Percussion Category, Ages 15–17

Special Prize for the Performance of a Canadian Work

Fardad Yamani, clarinet (Dieppe, NB)
Anouk Marceau, recorder (Chicoutimi, QC)

$250 scolarship from the Caisse de la Culture Desjardins

Strings Category

Canimex Prize ($1,000 scholarship)

Christie Cheung, violin (Toronto, ON)
First Prize in the Strings category, ages 15–17

Junyi (Summer) Li, cello (Richmond Hill, ON)
First Prize in the Strings category, ages 7–11

Jury’s Special Recognition

Christie Cheung, violin (Toronto, ON)

Lorraine Bérubé Award ($500 scholarship)

Juliette Xiang, violin (Candiac, QC)
2nd Prize in the Strings category, ages 15–17

Alice Yixing Zhang, cello (Markham, ON)
2nd Prize in the Strings category ages 7–11

Special Prize for the Performance of a Work by a Female Composer

Yeseul Min, harp (Montreal, QC)

$500 scolarship from the Caisse de la Culture Desjardins

Lorraine Bérubé and Wilder & Davis Étude Award

Eason Hu, violon (Aurora, ON)
Tied for 2nd Place, String Instruments Category, Ages 12–14

Aiden Liu, violon (Montreal, QC)
Tied for 2nd Place, String Instruments Category, Ages 12–14

$250 Marie-France Rémillard Scholarship and a $250 Wilder and Davis Gift Certificate

Wilder & Davis Étude Award and Josée Tremblay Award

Michael Sun, violin (Montréal, QC)
Tied for 3rd Place in the Strings Category, Ages 15–17

Charlotte Alarie, violoncelle (Laval, QC)
Tied for 3rd Place in the Strings Category, Ages 15–17

$250 Wilder and Davis Gift Certificate & $100 Josée Tremblay Scholarship

Josée Tremblay Award ($200 scholarship)

Junzhi Sun, violin (Kirkland, QC)
4th Place in the String Instruments Category, Ages 7–11

Wilder & Davis Étude Award

Ren Karlicek, violin (Montreal, QC)
3rd Prize in the String Instruments category, ages 7 to 11

$500 Wilder and Davis Gift Certificate

Fondation Famille Le Blanc Award ($100 scholarship)

Gabriel Dweik, violin (Châteauguay, QC)
4th Place in the String Instruments Category, Ages 15–17

The Orchestre Métropolitain would like to thank Mr. François Schubert, patron of the OMNI Competition, for his generous support in making this initiative possible.

The OM thanks the LeBlanc Family Foundation, lead ambassador of the OMNI Competition

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