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

  

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

Congratulations to all winners!

Best Kabalevsky 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 30, 2021 - Dmitry Kabalevsky's 117th 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
 
Johnny Zhao
New Zealand, piano
 
Xin Tong Yang
USA, piano
 
Yirui Allison Tang
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Katy John
United Kingdom, piano
 
Lexi Lu
Australia, piano
 
Shaheer Khurram
USA, piano
                                                              
 
Age Group II
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Yugo Maeda
Japan/USA, violin
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Ananya Balaji
India, violin
 
Bella In
USA, piano
 
Ethan Kuo
Canada, piano
 
Lara Salvatierra
USA, piano
 
Lilian Ji
USA, piano
 
Owin Abeysinghe
USA, piano
 
Patrycja Bajda
Poland, piano
 
Songee Park
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Jude Bruce
USA, piano
 
Nikki Ouyang
Hawaii/USA, piano
 
 
Age Group III
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Ilaya Levy Schwartz
USA, violin
 
Kenton Chan
USA, piano
 
Veer Shah
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Amy Chen
USA, piano
 
Kate Vo
USA, piano
 
Likhitha Kosanam
USA, piano
 
Rebecca Tablis
USA, piano
 
Simon Kirjner
United Kingdom/USA, violin
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Joy Joo
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group IV
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Marcel Kosmala
Poland, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Ava Simon
USA, piano
 
Samuel Gwon
USA, piano
 
Yuqi Wang
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Eunji Ryu
South Korea/USA, cello
 
Madison Lung
USA, cello  

Age Group V
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                              
Fedor Petrov
Russia, cello
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Perry Tseng
USA, violin