We are thrilled to announce the results of the 1st edition of the international competition for young instrumentalists, singers, and ensembles Best Schubert Performance.
Best Schubert 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 31, 2017 - Franz Schubert's 220th anniversary. Happy Birthday Schubert!
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
No prizes awarded
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Jadon Wu
USA, piano
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Christina Nicole Danford
USA, piano
Robert Shlyakhtenko
USA, piano
Singers
FIRST PRIZE
Abigail Fletcher
USA
Arjun Chhabra
Singapore
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Ishan Loomba
USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Caleb Spjute
USA, piano
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Matthew Calderon
Philippines/USA, piano
Meghan Rhoades
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Lydia Melnikov
USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Tycho L Gormley
USA, piano
Singers
FIRST PRIZE
Anna Truax
USA
Nicole Leung
Canada
SECOND PRIZE
Brooke Wexler
USA
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Kai Ono
USA, piano
Leah Hansen
USA, cello
Mindy Cheng
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Hyrum Arnesen
USA, piano
Singers
FIRST PRIZE
Claire Powling
UK/USA
SECOND PRIZE
Cooper Joseph Kendall
USA
Ensembles
SECOND PRIZE
Unnamed Trio
USA
Madeleine Folkerts, horn
Nicholas Swanson, tenor
Stella Zhizhi Li, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Red River Trio
USA
Diego Rodriguez, Cello
John Gangelhoff, Violin
Matthew Sebald, Piano
Age Group VII
Instrumentalists
FIRST PRIZE
Marla Nistico
USA, flute
Michael Guida
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Verina Chen
USA, piano
Singers
FIRST PRIZE
Darius Taylor
USA
THIRD PRIZE
Erik Hagfors
USA
