Results: Best Rachmaninoff Performance (5th Edition, 2021)

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 5th edition of the international competition for instrumentalists Best Rachmaninoff Performance.

Congratulations to all winners!

Best Rachmaninoff 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 April 1, 2021 -
Sergei Rachmaninoff's 148th 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 Bénoliel
France, piano

Age Group II

SECOND PRIZE

Avinash Panda
USA, voice

Age Group III

FIRST PRIZE

Martin Tcvetkov
Bulgaria, piano

Violetta Borecka
Poland, piano

SECOND PRIZE

Angelina Chen
Taiwan/USA, piano

Effie Li
USA, piano

Mila Lafazanska
Bulgaria, piano

Age Group IV

FIRST PRIZE

Angela Gao
USA, piano

Ethan Chang
USA, piano

Jie Liang
New Zealand/China, piano

Reade Park
USA, classical guitar

William Huang
USA, piano

SECOND PRIZE

Ginger Lam
Canada, piano

Howard Dai
USA, piano

Vivian Zhu
USA, piano

Zackary Li
USA, piano

THIRD PRIZE

Aidan Silva
USA, piano

Juan Torres
Colombia/USA, piano

William Zhu
USA, piano

Zsofia von Gordon
USA, piano

Ensembles

SECOND PRIZE

KATT Quartet
Alexander McDowell, violin
Katarina Dobrosky, violin
Tina Zhang, viola
Tristen Johnson, cello
USA

Age Group V

FIRST PRIZE

Feng Ban Hou
China, piano

Ensembles

FIRST PRIZE

Trío Súbito
Daniel Bravo, violin
Claudia Barrio, cello
Mar Cano-Lasso, piano
Spain