2026 Concerto Competition Winner!!

Dylan Zhang, age 12, is a student in 6th Grade at Roosevelt Middle School in River Forest, IL. He loves playing piano and studies with Sueanne Metz. In the 2025 Chicago International Music Competition, he received the Jury Discretionary Prize as a Grand Prize and received First Place in his age group. He was the Overall Winner of the Open Junior Division of the O’Malley Foundation National Concerto Competition (2025). He was the 2025 Winner of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra (KSO) Young Artists Concerto Competition and performed with the KSO. He was the recipient of the 2025 NSMTA Betty Benton Summer Music Scholarship and
performed with orchestra at the Perugia Music Festival in Italy. He was the First Place winner of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association (ISMTA) Competition (2023-Elementary Division
and 2024-Junior Division).

See the program book for the 4/19/2026 concert for more information on Dylan.