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

     

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 8th edition of the international competition Best Beethoven Performance.

Congratulations to all winners!

Best Beethoven 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 17, 2024 - Ludwig van Beethoven's 254th 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
 
Alexa Brinton
USA, piano
 
Kai Zavislak
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Alex Shih
USA, piano
 
Christian Pang
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group III
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Aiden Shim
USA, piano
 
Philip Yim
USA, violin
 
Rebecca Ding
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Amy Zhou
USA, piano
 
Eliana Shao       
USA, piano
 
Elliot Chernis
USA, piano
 
Josias Chan
USA, piano
 
Nathan Liu         
USA, piano
 
Rick Wang
China/USA, piano
 
Ryan Miller        
USA, piano
 
Tirzah Nguyen
USA, piano
 
Tony Michael Chen
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Hannah Balonov
USA, piano
 
Jaden Liu
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group IV
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Darren Lee
USA, cello
 
Garrett Cai
USA, piano
 
Helen Xie           
USA, piano
 
Ruiwen Ge
USA, piano
 
Sophie Gang
USA, piano
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Colin Chu
USA, violin
 
Lucas (Zihe) Wang
China/USA, piano
 
Olivia Zeng
USA, piano
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Henry Tsai
USA, piano
 
Joel Sohn           
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group V
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Raymond Tangning Zhang
Canada, voice
 
Sam Vaillancourt
USA, violin
 
 
SECOND PRIZE
 
Jewelia Spjute
USA, violin
 
Sarah Nguyen
USA, voice
 
 
THIRD PRIZE
 
Yildiz Orens
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group VI
 
FIRST PRIZE
                                                          
Caleb Spjute
USA, piano
 
 
Age Group VII
 
SECOND PRIZE
                                                          
Jin Tiantian
China, violin
 
 
 
Ensembles
 
Age Group V
 
FIRST PRIZE
 
Popham Trio
Sam Vaillancourt, violin
Will Lauricella, piano
Leyna Kitahama, cello
USA