Results: Best Mendelssohn Performance (7th Edition, 2023)

   

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 7th edition of the international competition for instrumentalists and singers Best Mendelssohn Performance.

Congratulations to all winners!

Best Mendelssohn 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 February 3, 2023 - 
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's 214th 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 II
 
FIRST PRIZE
 
Estelle Zhang
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Noah Ha
Australia, piano
 
 
Age Group III
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Ilaya Levy Schwartz
USA, violin
 
Jasmine Khalifa
USA, piano
 
Lisa Saito
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Anastasia Grunina
USA, piano
 
Emily Zhou
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group IV
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Amanda Kim
USA, piano
 
Jadon Wu
USA, piano
 
Sigrid, Yu-Hsi Liu
Taiwan, piano
 
Yuha Kim
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Della Lucinda Gardner
USA, violin
 
Emilia Lappalainen
Finland, violin
 
Grace Ji
USA, piano
 
Mae Paul
China/USA, piano
 
Radoslav Chalakov
Bulgaria, violin
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Brandon Wang
USA, violin
 
Rudhran Sathish
USA, violin
 
Patrick Liu
USA, violin
 
 
Age Group V
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Briana Sacker
Switzerland/USA, voice
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Andrei Badaruta
Romania, violin
 
 
Ensembles
 
Age Group IV
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Sentito String Quartet
Samantha Perez-Gonzalez, violin
Malinn Welch, violin
Joyce Cho, viola
Hillary Hankins, cello
USA
 
 
Age Group V
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Gifted Music School Conservatory Orchestra
Kate Boynton, cello
Cee Diamond, viola
Della Gardner, violin
Eliza Hart, violin
Sarah Kendell, violin
Robert Means, violin
Logan Purser,  viola
Kiersten Schaub, cello
Ezekiel Sokoloff, violin
USA
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Golden Street Trio
Jewelia Spjute, violin
Mckay Seiter, cello
Caleb Spjute, piano
USA
 
 
Age Group VII
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Aperto String Quartet
Magdalena Nawojska, violin
Alicja Dąbrowska, violin
Wiktoria Trzebowska, viola
Aleksandra Stolarek, cello
Poland