We are thrilled to announce the results of the 1st edition of the international competition Best Beethoven Performance.
Congratulations to all winners!
Best Beethoven 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 December 17, 2017 - Ludwig van Beethoven's 247th anniversary. Happy Birthday!
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
SECOND PRIZE
Sachet Abeysinghe
USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Mary Johnson
USA, piano
Age Group II
FIRST PRIZE
Zhen Wei Wong
Singapore, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Christian Gerald Esteban
USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Tilly Ricard
Canada, violin
Age Group III
FIRST PRIZE
Abigail Leong
USA, cello
Alex Chen
USA, piano
Camelia Chen
Indonesia, piano
Marien Femerling
Mexico, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Katerina Radeva
Bulgaria, piano
Katharine Vari
USA, piano
Louise Turnbull
Australia, violin
Riley Kong
USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Fiona Sechrist
USA, piano
Maya Lily Knoller
USA, piano
Sanni Saari
Finland/USA, piano
Taramit Heng
UK, piano
Age Group IV
FIRST PRIZE
Boris Uzunov
Bulgaria, piano
Gabriel Sun
USA, piano
Timothy Liang
USA, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Ethan Sherman
USA, piano
Joey Zhu
USA/Canada, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Albert Chen
USA, piano
Amanda Meng
USA, piano
Caleb Spjute
USA, piano
Emily Livitz
USA, piano
Age Group V
FIRST PRIZE
Christine Cheng
USA, piano
David Kotler
USA, piano
Emily Monroe
USA, violin
SECOND PRIZE
Helir Hernández
Mexico, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Harrison Wynn
USA, piano
Joshua Paaske
USA, piano
Age Group VI
SECOND PRIZE
Hugo Adrián Bermúdez Ledesma
Mexico, piano
René Marines Lechuga
Mexico, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Claire Tan
USA, piano
Age Group VII
FIRST PRIZE
Christine Bernsted
Denmark, violin
SECOND PRIZE
Hyunjin Wang
USA/South Korea, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Isabella Howe
South Africa, cello