Results: Best Bach Performance (8th Edition, 2024)

  

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 8th 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, 2024 - 
Johann Sebastian Bach's 339th 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
 
Adelynn Li
USA, piano
 
Diana Gao
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Mitsuki Hara
Japan/USA, piano
 
 
Age Group II
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Hana Matsuda
Japan, piano
 
Isabel Eloise Elliott
Singapore, flute
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Adam Mihail Tudor
Romania, flute
 
Adele Lu
USA, piano
 
Bogdan Armin Zian
Romania, flute
 
Charli Hayashi
USA, piano
 
Jianing Guo
USA, piano
 
Penelope Kern
USA, violin
 
Rachel McPhie
USA, piano
 
Sawako Hara
Japan/USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Maria Cristina Stanescu
Romania, flute
 
Marin Agnes Sofia Ioana
Belgium/Romania, violin
 
 
Age Group III
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Ari Nemet
USA, piano
 
Avery Brandstetter         
USA, piano
 
Chloe Chan
USA, piano
 
Cynthia Lu
USA, piano
 
Emma Xia          
USA, piano
 
Haoran Qin
China, violin
 
Melody Jian
USA, violin
 
Wojciech Zrobek
Poland, piano
 
Zihan Tang
China, violin
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Agnus Cai
USA, piano
 
Alexie Koh
USA, violin
 
Alyssa Lin
USA, violin
 
Artemii Stepanenko
Ukraine/Poland, piano
 
Bethany Yung
Hong Kong/USA, piano
 
Colin Chu
USA, violin
 
Daria Ioana Cretu
Romania, flute
 
Emily Fang
USA, piano
 
Isabella Mariani
USA, violin
 
Kamil Jones Strachan
Canada, piano
 
Marissa Wang
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Alexis Shih
USA, cello
 
Bang Xiao
New Zealand/China, piano
 
Elijah Huang
USA, piano
 
Emily Zhou
USA, piano
 
Lucas Madden
USA, piano
 
Sophie Shih
USA, cello
 
 
Age Group IV
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Alexandr Anisimov
USA, piano
 
Anna-Lucia Mena Shevchenko
Spain/Canada, piano
 
Jaydon Zhuang
Canada, piano
 
Klaudia Kowalewski
USA, violin
 
Meghna Thumri              
USA, violin
 
Zhouyixin Yang
China, cello
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Aidan Chien
USA, cello
 
Alisia Elena Alexandru
Romania, flute
 
Alyssa Tang
USA, piano
 
Aryan Shrivastava
USA, classical guitar
 
Evalyn Yu
USA, violin
 
Kalina Toneva
Bulgaria, piano
 
Mateusz Galik
Poland, violin
 
Minerva Cao
Germany/USA, piano
 
Penelope Schweizer
USA, harp
 
Yuriy Rogachev
Germany/Russia/USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Alyssa Kwon
USA, piano
 
Anastasia Grunina
USA, piano
 
Joy Joo
USA, violin
 
Saanvi Sinha
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group V
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Courtney Y. Wu
USA, piano
 
Katherine Bauer
USA, piano
 
Lero Wang
USA, piano
 
Martyna Omachel
Poland, flute
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Annie Hyunbin So
South Korea/USA, cello
 
Brielle Lubin
USA, piano
 
Jewelia Spjute
USA, violin
 
Mirela Cercel
Romania, flute
 
Sam Vaillancourt
USA, violin
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Cosmin-Stefan Stanescu
Romania, violin
 
Marianna Lassner
USA, violin
 
Nishanth Joshi
USA, classical guitar
 
 
Age Group VI
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Nicolette Sullivan-Cozza              
USA, viola
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Andrew Salinas
USA, violin
 
Nicolette Sullivan-Cozza              
USA, piano