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| Left: Mozart c. 1780, detail from portrait by Johann Nepomuk della Croce, Public Domain; Right: Postcard, undated ( ca.1914 ). Title: "Salzburg, seen from Mönchsberg", Public Domain |
We are thrilled to announce the results of the 1st edition of the international competition for young instrumentalists, singers, and ensembles Best Mozart Performance.
Best Mozart Performance is a member of Best Performance Competition Series. All of the competitions in this series are designed in such a way that the award winners will be announced annually on the composers' birthdays. Today is January 27, 2017 - Mozart's 261st anniversary. Happy Birthday Mozart!
And congratulations to all winners!
We encourage all of the participants who didn't make it to the final round. Don't lose hope, keep trying.
RESULTS
Age Group I
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Cary Wang
USA, piano
Siqi Cao
Australia, piano
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Alina Qian
USA, piano
Freya Pang
USA, piano
Julin S. Cheung
USA, flute
Kevin Liu
Taiwan/Canada, piano
Naomi Rockower
USA, piano
Sophia Jiang
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Chloe Palmes
USA, piano
Clari Ma
Canada, piano
Gracelynne Hao
USA, piano
Jacob Rockower
USA, piano
Lea Marie Terziyska
Germany, piano
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Anna Isabel Audenis
USA, piano
Clara Henne
USA, flute
Jairus Joseph-Sioeli Rhoades
USA, piano
Jessica Jiang
USA, piano
Phillippe Kosyagin
USA, violin
Zander Majors
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Madeline Hodge
USA - Hawaii, piano
Vivian Zhu
USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Anna Xie
USA, piano
Elizabeth Vaitl
USA, piano
Zhenghao Li
China/USA, piano
Singers
FIRST PRIZE
Aliyah Douglas
USA
Arjun Chhabra
Singapore
SECOND PRIZE
Abigail Fletcher
USA
Instrumentalists / Ensembles
FIRST PRIZE
Arda Mustafaoglu
Macedonia, piano
Emily Palmer
USA, violin
Mikołaj Gajdzis
Poland, horn
Sophia Li
USA, piano
Yannie Tan
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Constance Horng
USA, violin
KA Ode Trio
USA
Sydney Jung, Violin
Gina Lee, Piano
Elias Lee, Cello
Miriam Wagstaff
USA, violin
THIRD PRIZE
Josette Huang
USA, piano
Howard Yan
Canada, piano
Marcus Cacho
Canada, piano
Singers
FIRST PRIZE
Aimee Banks
Ireland
Francesca Power
UK
SECOND PRIZE
Bryanna Cuthill
Canada
Kaitlyn Eve Naff
USA
Lauren Katie Cerbin
UK/USA
THIRD PRIZE
Alexandra Bentkowska
USA
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Sophia Zervas
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Elizabeth Li
USA, horn
Jarrett Mitsuhiro Takaki
USA, piano
Singers
FIRST PRIZE
Cassidy McCleary
USA
Daphne Maddock
Greece/Australia
SECOND PRIZE
Gwyneth Campbell
USA
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Amanda Dame
USA, flute
Josh Goo
USA, clarinet
SECOND PRIZE
Eder Jonatán Rivera Acosta
Honduras/USA, oboe
Jiwon Lee
South Korea/USA, flute
Mary Grace Johnson
USA, violin
Yunzhi Guan
China, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Wasin Kosonrat
Thailand, flute
Singers
FIRST PRIZE
Cailin Gwaltney
USA
Claire Powling
UK/USA
Colin Geaghan
USA
Julia Massicotte
USA
Lauren Gibson
USA
SECOND PRIZE
Emily Chen
USA
Viktorija Dunauskaite
Lithuania
THIRD PRIZE
Marlaina Owens
USA
Sarabeth Belon
USA
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Hanna Rzepka
Germany, flute
SECOND PRIZE
Grace Burns
USA, piano
Kaitlyn Mesic
USA, violin
THIRD PRIZE
Melissa Taddie
USA, violin
Singers
FIRST PRIZE
Jiyoon Nho
South Korea
SECOND PRIZE
Clara Zepeda
Germany/USA
