Results: Best Saint-Saëns Performance (4th Edition, 2020)

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

Congratulations to all winners!

Best Saint-Saëns 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 October 9, 2020 - Camille Saint-Saëns' 185th 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

Age Group II

FIRST PRIZE

Haoyu Gu
China, cello

THIRD PRIZE

Ayman Bourar
USA, cello

Age Group III

FIRST PRIZE

Chloe Frisco
USA, cello

Josephine Velez
USA, cello

Shavaun Toh
Singapore, cello

Yiqi Chen
China, cello

SECOND PRIZE

Cheng Qian
China, cello

Florence Wei
USA, cello

Nika Meiring
South Africa, piano

Xinchen Zhang
USA/Philippines, cello

Xinyue Liao
China, violin

Zihan Zhu
China, violin

THIRD PRIZE

Emily Ava Wan
Australia, oboe

Ingrid Chan
Hong Kong, harp

Ryan Lee
USA, cello

Age Group IV

FIRST PRIZE

Jiale Wang
China, cello

Katherine Kim
USA, clarinet

Ruiying Lin
China, violin

Zachary Allen
USA, oboe

Zhuorui Xu
China, violin

SECOND PRIZE

Benjamin Zhao
USA, piano

Daniel Lu
USA, piano

Nathan Choe
USA, cello

Nathanelle Laura Tan
Singapore, violin

THIRD PRIZE

Dana Kim
USA, cello

Sabine Bechtiger
Switzerland, violin

Age Group V

FIRST PRIZE

Miaoke Hu
China, violin

SECOND PRIZE

Lauren Nelson
USA, oboe

THIRD PRIZE

Minji Kim
USA/South Korea, violin

William Baik
USA, violin