2023 Season 4 Results
*Please note the results shown below are for the year 2023.
Our current Awards page displays the updated award system effective from 2024.
Special Prizes
Poetic Interpretation Special Prize
Candidates who have exhibited exceptional artistic expression and depth of interpretation in their musical performance.
Adelie Lim Ern Yee / Belle Joyce Chi / Byuri Kim / Calista Fei Ong / David Lay / Dr Connor McQuillan / Edward Maiden / Eliana Shaham / Elisa Rossetti / Emily Sun / Feier Deng / Gin and Cristiana Duo / Gunnar Small / Huang Li Yang James / Jiachen Xu / Jingyi Han / Jocelyn Chen / Kennedy Tham / Kiera Chow / Leeel Kwak / LINYI CHEN / Mary-Victoria Voutsas / Masakazu Nagaishi / Mi Zixian / Naradee Rocharungsat / Noa Michaels / Nuttamon Chandavimol / Peterus Thajeb, alias Dao-En Dai / Pranciskus Kurauskas / Singha Mathuraporn / Thongthit Thepkanjana / Trin Chaisaen / VU VIET HAI
Expressive Performance Special Prize
Candidates who have demonstrated exceptional sensitivity and emotional depth in their musical performance
Wang Yan / William Feng / YULIA WEI / Ahran Cho / Alice Pei / Arin Supasatitkul / Ashley Zhu / Can Cui / Chan Ngan Yi Bethie / Cheng Tung Alyssa / Chin Le Yun Shennah / Choi Yan Hei / Dayeon Kim / Devie Lay / Eidee Laurel Tan / Ethan Fasnacht / Jian Shin / Jin Du / Jingqian Xiu / Jingxuan Tang / Kaycee Kim / Lam, Ching Yi / Lee Huen / Leo Cudré-Mauroux / Marta Anna Rosińska / Mirei Kuroyanagi / Muhan Lou / Nathan Yuen / Natrada Ungsomboon / Seyoung Bang / Tang Jia Xin Kimberly / Wong Sheriel / Xianze Li / XIAODONG WANG
Fantastic Technique Special Prize
Candidates who have demonstrated exceptional technical ability and skill in their musical performance.
Anthony Kim / Daniel Beal / Diana Viktoria Cel / DOMENICO PETRUZZIELLO / Hayk Gurgenyan / Jeffrey Shi / Jin Kuvijitsuwan / Jinzhe Tian / LAI JO WEI / LEYAN FANG / Ludmila Pelahiy / Ma Boyi / SHINYEONG YOON / Tian Qiu / Tiancheng Feng / TZU-CHI, HUANG / Zhuang Zhu
Original Composition
Absolute First Prize
Yixuan Wang / Ruichao Wu / In Kit Choi / Danni Zhang / Ruichao Wu
First Prize
Haimeng Fei / Ethan Fasnacht / Serghie Anastasia / Ruslan Midaev / zihan xu
Second Prize
Nathan Yuen / Zou Runnan / HONG SHUAIFENG
Third Prize
TONG SHUO / Qinhao Zhang / Ruogu Xu
Baroque A (Under Age 17)
First Prize
Yejoo Byun - Vocal
Second Prize
Emily Sun - Piano
Third Prize
Ella Zhao - Piano
Baroque B (Over Age 17)
Absolute First Prize
Jingyi Han - Piano
Jiachen Xu - Violin
Classical A (Under Age 17)
Absolute First Prize
Anthony Kim - Violin
First Prize
Cheng Tung Alyssa - Cello
Cheng Zing Ethan - Piano
Kaycee Kim - Vocal
Second Prize
Cheng Zing Ethan - Cello
Cheng Tung Alyssa - Piano
Third Prize
Chen Xingyun - Piano
Classical B (Over Age 17)
Absolute First Prize
Seyoung Bang - Clarinet
Salvatore Fortunato - Guitar
First Prize
Elisa Rossetti, Yeju Sarah Lee - Vocal
Second Prize
Xingjian Guo - Vocal
Romantic A (Under Age 17)
Absolute First Prize
Jakob Schuler - Piano
Jingxuan Tang - Bassoon
First Prize
Nuttamon Chandavimol, Kaycee Kim - Vocal
Second Prize
Leung Nim Hei - Clarinet
Third Prize
Tao Zhu - Flute
Romantic B (Over Age 17)
Absolute First Prize
Dayeon Kim - Piano
Junjian Liao, Ma Boyi - Clarinet
Ethan Fasnacht - Vocal
First Prize
Peterus Thajeb, alias Dao-En Dai - Vocal
Ganying Duan - Bassoon
Jingyi Xu - Flute
Modern A (Under Age 17)
Absolute First Prize
Gunnar Small - Classical Guitar
Daniel Beal - Piano
First Prize
Leung Nim Hei - Clarinet
Second Prize
Chin Le Yun Shennah - Piano
Third Prize
Yeji Lu - Piano
Modern B (Over Age 17)
Absolute First Prize
XIAODONG WANG - Saxophone
Klára Zaykova - Violin
Emma Ritto - Vocal
Lidia Pozo-Pérez - Composition
First Prize
VU VIET HAI - Piano
Second Prize
Wang Yuanyuan - Piano
Chen Quan - Violin
National Music
Absolute First Prize
Jinzhe Tian - Clarinet
Chiyo Hagiwara - Senzonshō
Musical Theatre
Absolute First Prize
Yixi Wu
First Prize
LI Xumin
Second Prize
HengXu Deng
Duo Performance
Absolute First Prize
Gin and Cristiana Duo,
AndEs Piano Duo - Andreas Landstedt & Esther Jihye Han - Piano
Second Prize
Xiyue Cai & Kristy Tsz Wing So - Piano
Third Prize
pan zhijing & zhang mengting
Concerto
Absolute First Prize
Noa Michaels - Harp
Zhuang Zhu - Piano
LAI JO WEI - Percussion
Guo Ru - Violin
Seyoung Bang - Clarinet
XIAODONG WANG - Saxophone
First Prize
Byuri Kim - Violin
Second Prize
Goh Wee Leng Sarah - Piano
Third Prize
Sunjingqi, Zhongwen Tian - Piano
Sonata
Absolute First Prize
FERDINANDO ZUDDIO - Piano
First Prize
Qingzhen Wang - Clarinet
Eliana Shaham - Piano
Second Prize
Leung Nim Hei - Clarinet
Third Prize
Ziyi Yang - Piano
Etude
First Prize
CHOU HSIN-YU - Trumpet
Second Prize
Shuhuan He - Piano
Professional (No age limit)
Absolute First Prize
Mary-Victoria Voutsas, Jin Du, Can Cui, Lam, Ching Yi - Piano
Byuri Kim, Jiachen Xu - Violin
Ethan Fasnacht, Ludmila Pelahiy, LINGYAN LI - Vocal
Jingqian Xiu - Saxophone
Hayk Gurgenyan - Trumpet
Anna Gaweł - Flute
Meijun Chen - Conducting
LI RITIAN - Trombone
First Prize
Dr Connor McQuillan, Wang Yan - Piano
DOMENICO PETRUZZIELLO - Violin
Tian Qiu - Clarinet
CHAOHUI LIANG, Tom Watson - Drums
Guannan Chen - Vocal
Second Prize
Masakazu Nagaishi, Xianze Li, Roksana Nikolenko, Wenjun Wang - Piano
Yi-Chun, Yeh - Vocal
Third Prize
Tianyi Yu - Vocal
TU MINGXIE, Lijia Yuan - Piano
Advanced (Age 18-22)
Absolute First Prize
Leo Cudré-Mauroux - Piano
Feier Deng - Cello
SHINYEONG YOON - Oboe
CHOU HSIN-YU - Trumpet
Ganying Duan - Bassoon
WANG HANLU - Vocal
First Prize
Zhengyu Zhou - Composition
Yuhan Jiang - Piano
Second Prize
Yulia Ji - Piano
Yixuan Xie - Cello
Third Prize
Yenna Chen - Piano
Young Artist (Age 14-17)
Absolute First Prize
Belle Joyce Chi, Eliana Shaham - Piano
Eidee Laurel Tan - Violin
Noa Michaels, Choi Yan Hei - Harp
Linyi Li, Tang Jia Xin Kimberly - Cello
Jingxuan Tang - Bassoon
Nuttamon Chandavimol, Kaycee Kim - Vocal
Jinzhe Tian - Clarinet
Shunyue Zhuang - Oboe
First Prize
Adelie Lim Ern Yee, Huang Li Yang James, Jakob Schuler - Piano
Rui Qu - Viola
Inga Wygant, Lucas Saehyun Ro - Vocal
Sisi Li - Flute
Second Prize
Alice Pei - Flute
Andrew Enyue Chan - Piano
Third Prize
Tianzhe Cai - Piano
Yihan Shi - Flute
Youth (Age 11-13)
Absolute First Prize
William Feng, Ashley Zhu - Piano
Pranciskus Kurauskas, Leeel Kwak, Diana Viktoria Cel - Violin
Marta Anna Rosińska - Flute
TZU-CHI, HUANG - Cello
Tiancheng Feng - Marimba
Liam Moon - Vocal
First Prize
YULIA WEI - Harp
Jocelyn Chen, Thongthit Thepkanjana, LINYI CHEN, Ahran Cho, JINXIN CAI, Nathan Yuen - Piano
Trin Chaisaen - Violin
Leung Nim Hei - Clarinet
Emma Soo - Vocal
Second Prize
Chan Ngan Yi Bethie - Double Bass
Cheng Zing Ethan, YELIN CHEN - Piano
Cheng Zing Ethan - Cello
Junior (Age 8-10)
Absolute First Prize
David Lay, Albert Tham, Mirei Kuroyanagi - Piano
Wong Sheriel - Viola
Jeffrey Shi - Flute
Jin Kuvijitsuwan - Percussion
Rahda Chaisiri - Violin
First Prize
Mi Zixian, Kennedy Tham, Naradee Rocharungsat, Devie Lay, Arin Supasatitkul, LEYAN FANG, Adia Lim Kai Yee, Olivia Tianrong Zhang - Piano
Kiera Chow - Cello
Jian Shin - Vocal
TRISTAN KUNG - Bassoon
Cheung Yan Ching - Clarinet
Second Prize
Singha Mathuraporn, Lee Huen, Muhan Lou, Cheng Tung Alyssa, Amber Shen, Noah K. Jeon - Piano
Cheng Tung Alyssa - Cello
LIAN JIANG YI - Flute
Prodigy (Age 7 and younger)
Absolute First Prize
Calista Fei Ong - Piano
First Prize
Edward Maiden - Vocal
Natrada Ungsomboon, JAOMARUAI CHOTITAWAN - Piano
Second Prize
Beren TANBOĞAN - Piano
Kim Kyurim - Violin
Lang Fan - Cello
Grand Prize
Hayk Gurgenyan