IYC Past Winners
Guitar Foundation of America International Youth Competition Winners

Year Winner Competition Location
'24 Senior Division: Elle Davisson (USA) Fullerton, CA, USA 
'24
Junior Division: Xuanyi Lu (China)
Fullerton, CA, USA 
'23 Senior Division: Muxin Li (China) New York, NY, USA 
'23
Junior Division: Hilbert Chen (USA)
New York, NY, USA 
'22 Senior Division: Reade Park (USA) Indianapolis, IN, USA 
'22
Junior Division: Elle Davisson (USA)
Indianapolis, IN, USA 
'21 Senior Division: Jack Davisson (USA) Virtual, USA
'21  Junior Division: Yaroslav Romashev (Russia) Virtual, USA
'20  Senior Division: Eric Wang Virtual, USA
'20  Junior Division: Buliao Que Virtual, USA
'19  Senior Division: Sebastian Robles (Canada) Miami, FL, USA 
'19  Junior Division: Zehao Li (China) Miami, FL, USA 
 '18 Senior Division: Julio César Robles López (Mexico) Louisville, KY, USA
 '18 Junior Division: Eric Wang (USA) Louisville, KY, USA
 '17 Senior Division: Shilong Fan (China) Fullerton, CA, USA
 '17 Junior Division: Leonora Spangenberger (Germany) Fullerton, CA, USA
 '16 Senior Division: Kevin Loh (Singapore) Denver, CO, USA
 '16 Junior Division: Tiange Wang (China) Denver, CO, USA
 '15 Senior Division: Hao Yang (China) Oklahoma City, OK, USA
 '15 Junior Division: Sedona Farber (USA) Oklahoma City, OK, USA
 '14 Senior Division: John Bogan (USA)
Fullerton, CA, USA
 '14 Junior Division: Xu Kun Liu (Canada)
Fullerton, CA, USA
'13 Senior Division: XiaoBo Pu (China) Louisville, KY, USA
"13 Junior Division: Grace Sheppard (USA) Louisville, KY, USA
'12 Senior Division: Huaicong Mu (China) Charleston, SC, USA
'12 Junior Division: Kevin Loh (Singapore) Charleston, SC, USA
'11 Senior Division: Xavier Jara (USA) Columbus, GA, USA
'11 Junior Division: Thomas Pfefer (USA) Columbus, GA, USA
'10 Senior Division: Tengyue Zhang (China) Austin, TX, USA
'10 Junior Division: Huaicong Mu (China) Austin, TX, USA
'09 Senior Division: Yunxiang Fan (China) Ithaca, NY, USA
'09 Junior Division: Yossi Kohrman-Glaser (USA) Ithaca, NY, USA
'08 Senior Division:Molly Manarchy (USA) San Francisco, CA, USA
'08 Junior Division:  Saki Kato (Japan) San Francisco, CA, USA
'07 Senior Division: Mircea Gogoncea (Romania) Los Angeles, CA, USA
'07 Junior Division: Byun Bokyung (South Korea) Los Angeles, CA, USA
'06 Thales Smith (USA) Columbus, GA, USA
'05 Travis Johnson (USA) Oberlin, OH, USA
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