We are thrilled to announce the results of the 5th edition of the international competition for instrumentalists and singers Best Bach Performance.
Congratulations to all winners!
Best Bach 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 March 21, 2021 -
Johann Sebastian Bach's 336th 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
Guillaume Benoliel
France, piano
SECOND PRIZE
Siyan Huo
USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Matthew Davies-Venn
USA, violin
Sawako Hara
Japan/USA, piano
Toan "Harold" Nguyen
USA, piano
Viraat Karre
USA, violin
Age Group II
FIRST PRIZE
Caden Wang
USA, piano
Cara Wang
USA, cello
Eric Wang
USA, piano
Leonardo Dinner
USA, piano
Peter Parra
USA, piano
Ryan Yang
USA, cello
Sylvia Pine
USA, violin
Yugo Maeda
Japan/USA, violin
Zarema Sitshayeva
Ukraine, violin
SECOND PRIZE
Allison Tsai
Taiwan/Australia, piano
Amos Bankhead
USA, piano
Colin He
USA, piano
Estelle Zhang
USA, piano
Hinckley Hassan
USA, piano
Ian Kim
South Korea/USA, piano
Julia Gabriel
USA, piano
Kaicheng Xie
China, cello
Kaitlyn Roa Lee
USA, cello
Max Wang
USA, piano
Nathan Kim
USA, piano
Nica Oishi
USA, piano
Serena Li
USA, piano
Shanshan Liu
USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Bella In
USA, piano
Caitlin Leininger
USA, piano
Cecilia Zheng
Australia, piano
Chloe Cheng
USA, piano
Daniella Nguyen
USA, piano
Dylan Huang
USA, piano
Elisha Kang
USA, piano
Emma Cheung
USA, piano
Ethan Dreizin
Kyrgyz Republic/USA, voice
Isla McAlea
USA, piano
Kara Nguyen
USA, piano
Lucas Madden
USA, piano
Marcus Dinh
USA, piano
Nathan Davies-Venn
USA, violin
Ozzy Tang
USA, piano
Serena Li
USA, cello
Age Group III
FIRST PRIZE
Abigail Chang
USA, piano
Emma Sophia Lam
USA, piano
Justin K. Park
USA, violin
Lars Jimin Han
USA, voice
Micah Chan
USA, piano
Roger Guo
USA, piano
Yulania Wang
USA, piano
Yumi Park
USA, violin
SECOND PRIZE
Alexander Kosorukov
USA, piano
Anastasia Grunina
USA, piano
Annie Rhew
USA, cello
Aryan Shrivastava
USA, classical guitar
Beloslava Petrova
Bulgaria, violin
Boris Trifonov
Bulgaria, piano
Claire Rong
USA, piano
Dan Gnip
USA, piano
Daniel Stang
Germany, piano
Effie Li
USA, piano
Emily Hu
USA, piano
Hana Snead
USA, violin
Kristen Kim
USA, cello
Meghna Thumri
USA, violin
Michelle Dong
USA, piano
Olivia Zhang
USA, piano
Rayna Kim
USA, piano
Sanchali Banerjee
USA, piano
Sela Sumii
Japan/USA, piano
Wynn Huang
USA, piano
Zhengyu Yin
China/USA, piano
THIRD PRIZE
Anli Ishida
USA, cello
Anushka Mukherjee
USA, piano
Claire Huang
USA, piano
Helen Hoang
USA, piano
Jacob Park
USA, cello
Julia Wen
USA, cello
Leeza Ciccarone
USA, piano
Rachel Yang
USA, flute
Trevor Dinh
USA, piano
Uma Raghavan
USA, piano
Ved Karre
USA, violin
Viviann Wang
USA, piano
Ensembles
SECOND PRIZE
Blue Jays
Agatha Anukhin, flute
Irina Belotserkovsky, flute
Sofia Shulga, flute
Angela Samoylovich, flute
Anna Proskuryakova, flute
Christine Deng, flute
USA
The Violin Angels
Anna Van Praet, violin
Faith Divya Moey, violin
Megan Sin, violin
Singapore
Age Group IV
FIRST PRIZE
Amber Wang
USA, piano
Courtney Y. Wu
USA, piano
Evan Wu
USA, piano
Grace van der Sloot
Canada, viola
Helaine Zhao
USA, piano
Jason Cheung
Hong Kong/USA, piano
Kevin Cho
Canada, violin
Mehana Ellis
USA, piano
Pandora Heywood
Bulgaria, piano
Sammi Li
USA, piano
Sarah Lee
USA, cello
Sophia Flagg
USA, cello
Tiara Abraham
USA, voice
Wiktor Gasior
Spain, piano
Yuyang Liu
China, cello
SECOND PRIZE
Abigail Wen
USA, cello
Arav Santhanam
USA, piano
Caitlyn Jin
USA, piano
Caren Wang
USA, marimba
Chelsia Kwon
USA, piano
Claire Youn
USA, violin
David Lee
USA, piano
Ellie Kim
USA, violin
Elliot Shiwota
USA, piano
Emily Lai
USA, piano
Evan Chan
USA, violin
Fangyu Zhang
China, violin
Howard Dai
USA, piano
Ian Lee
USA, marimba
Isabel Li
USA, violin
Isabelle L. Bruening
USA, piano
Jose Andres Alvarez Garcia
Mexico, piano
Joshua Ong
Australia, piano
Julia Gendin
USA, piano
Loni Yin
USA, cello
Lucas Das
USA, cello
Nathan Jeong
USA, cello
Sarah Bao
USA, piano
Sophia Taoyan Li
USA, piano
William Jin
USA, piano
Yoanna-Lora Vasileva
Bulgaria, piano
Yuri Ishida
USA, violin
THIRD PRIZE
Athena Zapantis
USA, piano
Ethan Chang
USA, piano
Eunji Ryu
South Korea/USA, cello
Jaeyee Jung
South Korea/USA, violin
Jie Liang
China/New Zealand, piano
Kinga Kaluza
Poland, violin
Morgan Loper
USA, piano
Nathan Kim
USA, piano
Nathan Yang
USA, piano
Richard Wen
USA, cello
Therese Tran
USA, piano
Zhong An Feng
Hong Kong/China, piano
Ensembles
SECOND PRIZE
Bellovio
Anna Jun, violin
Eunice Lee, violin
Sean Lee, viola
Erin Kim, cello
USA
THIRD PRIZE
Famous Nameless
Sasha Bahdanava, alto flute
Peter Tupitsyn, flute
Esther Kim, flute
Leah Freeman, flute
Aarohi Torvi, flute
Ranton Hui, bass flute
Q-Tang Huyhn, flute
Sophia Bagley, flute
USA
Age Group V
FIRST PRIZE
Allison Yun
USA, piano
Benedykt Symon
Poland, piano
Franklin Ho
USA, piano
Grace Wang
USA, piano
Kaitlyn Ng
USA, cello
Kartika Santoso
USA, harp
Kiana Alvarez
USA, violin
SECOND PRIZE
Brian Kim
USA, piano
Ellie Hikima
USA, violin
Iskra Atanasova – Mitush
North Macedonia, piano
Jennifer Liu
USA, piano
Lang Le
USA, classical guitar
Miriam Powróslo
Poland, violin
THIRD PRIZE
Allison Peng
USA, piano
Gene Liu
USA, cello
Samantha Staudinger
USA, piano
Age Group VI
FIRST PRIZE
Hanbo Wang
China, violin
Keyu Wu
China, violin
Wenfu Wang
China, oboe
SECOND PRIZE
Chia-Yu Hsu
Taiwan/Germany, flute
Emily Palmer
USA, violin
Ruijie Guo (Jesse)
China/Canada, percussion
Ensembles
THIRD PRIZE
TAMUK Strings
Juana Villanueva, violin
Brenda Hernandez, violin
USA
Age Group VII
FIRST PRIZE
Shuning Li
China, piano
Zheer Bai
China, organ
SECOND PRIZE
Diana Gemborys
Poland, voice
THIRD PRIZE
Tongtong Lei
China, violin
Ensembles
FIRST PRIZE
PianoDuo
Agata Uran and Agnieszka Kujawska
Poland
SECOND PRIZE
Bellovio
Anna Jun, violin
Eunice Lee, violin
Sean Lee, viola
Erin Kim, cello
USA
THIRD PRIZE
Famous Nameless
Sasha Bahdanava, alto flute
Peter Tupitsyn, flute
Esther Kim, flute
Leah Freeman, flute
Aarohi Torvi, flute
Ranton Hui, bass flute
Q-Tang Huyhn, flute
Sophia Bagley, flute
USA
Age Group V
FIRST PRIZE
Allison Yun
USA, piano
Benedykt Symon
Poland, piano
Franklin Ho
USA, piano
Grace Wang
USA, piano
Kaitlyn Ng
USA, cello
Kartika Santoso
USA, harp
Kiana Alvarez
USA, violin
SECOND PRIZE
Brian Kim
USA, piano
Ellie Hikima
USA, violin
Iskra Atanasova – Mitush
North Macedonia, piano
Jennifer Liu
USA, piano
Lang Le
USA, classical guitar
Miriam Powróslo
Poland, violin
THIRD PRIZE
Allison Peng
USA, piano
Gene Liu
USA, cello
Samantha Staudinger
USA, piano
Age Group VI
FIRST PRIZE
Hanbo Wang
China, violin
Keyu Wu
China, violin
Wenfu Wang
China, oboe
SECOND PRIZE
Chia-Yu Hsu
Taiwan/Germany, flute
Emily Palmer
USA, violin
Ruijie Guo (Jesse)
China/Canada, percussion
Ensembles
THIRD PRIZE
TAMUK Strings
Juana Villanueva, violin
Brenda Hernandez, violin
USA
Age Group VII
FIRST PRIZE
Shuning Li
China, piano
Zheer Bai
China, organ
SECOND PRIZE
Diana Gemborys
Poland, voice
THIRD PRIZE
Tongtong Lei
China, violin
Ensembles
FIRST PRIZE
PianoDuo
Agata Uran and Agnieszka Kujawska
Poland
