Results: Best Debussy Performance (4th Edition 2020)

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 4th edition of the international competition for young performers Best Debussy Performance.

Congratulations to all winners!

Best Debussy 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 August 22, 2020 - Claude Debussy's 158th 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
 
FIRST PRIZE
 
Zijie Song
USA/China, piano
  

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Age Group II
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Celina Hoeferlin
Germany/Taiwan, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Katie Heron
United Kingdom, piano
 
Nicolette Ledford
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Averie Wu
USA, piano
  

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Age Group III
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Martin Tcvetkov             
Bulgaria, piano
 
Sophia Glicklich
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Adeline Shen
USA, piano
 
Ellie Nguyen
USA, piano
 
Kostadin Koshnicharov
Bulgaria, piano
 
Natalia Grozeva
Bulgaria, piano
 
Sarah Chen
USA, piano
 
Steven Chen
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Emma Zhang
USA, piano
 
Helen Zhu
USA, piano
 
James Zihao Zhou
USA/China, piano
 
Jessica Wang
USA, piano
                                                              

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Age Group IV
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Anna Stube
Latvia/Canada, violin
 
Aurora Lee
USA, piano
 
Marien Femerling
Mexico, piano
 
Nicholas Khong
Australia, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Andrew Huang
USA, piano
 
Julia Hrelja
Canada, piano
 
Sophia Taoyan Li
USA, piano
 
Trevor Hyun
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Angela Wang
USA, piano
 
Jamie Luu
USA, piano
 
Luke Frisoli
USA, piano
 
Rachel Gorelick
USA, piano
                                                              

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Age Group V
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Jacqueline Chen
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Vivian McDivit
USA, piano
 
Vivienne Tran
Australia, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Arianna Mancuso
USA, piano
 

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Age Group VI
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Jan Wachowski
Poland, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Molly Hennig
USA, soprano