Congratulations to all our participants! We have had a lovely start to the Festival with very fine playing.
Friday 12 April
Section 107: Cello or D’Bass 10 yrs & Under
- 1st: Jacob Niessl
- Highly Commended: Bernice Chua, Joshua Lee
Section 106: Violin or Viola 10 yrs & Under
- 1st: Miriam Niessl
- 2nd: Mila Haydon
- 3rd: Kaipo Tkalcic
- Highly Commended: Sam Jenkin, Sarah Zhu, Lina Lee
Section 108: Violin or Viola 12 yrs & Under
- 1st: Daniella Lee
- 2nd: David Hii
- 3rd: David Yang
- Highly Commended: Yi-Ming Zeng, Annabel Mulcahy, Ariana Barzinpour
Section 110: Violin or Viola 14 yrs & Under
- 1st: Jimmy Park
- 2nd: Yi-Jing Zeng
- Highly Commended: Anna Vladimirov, Donica Tran, Daniella Lee
Section 201: AMEB Grade 1
- 1st: Niamh Blake
- 2nd: Naomi Fifield
- Highly Commended: Jasmin Oren, Kiran Myutel-Mansur, Cassandra Linares
Section 202: AMEB Grade 2
- 1st: Alexandra Peters
- 2nd: Laura Lovatt
- Highly Commended: Anjali Brisbane
Section 200: AMEB preliminary
- 1st: Katie Dakin
- 2nd: Josef Chua
- Highly Commended: Isabella Wah
Section 203: AMEB Grade 3
- 1st: Sarah Zhu
- 2nd: Cedar-Rose Newman
- 3rd: Daniel Feng
- Highly Commended: Joshua Lee
Section 601: String Duo or Trio 12 yrs & Under
- 1st: Grace Kemp & Sam Kemp
- 2nd: Sam Jenkin, Isabella Gillespie & Hannah Walker Kent
Section 204: AMEB Grade 4
- 1st: Lina Lee
- 2nd: Kaipo Tkalcic
Saturday 13 April
Section 112: String Solo 16 yrs & Under
- Equal 1st: Joy Liu & Emma Rayner
- Highly Commended: Amy Kono, Julian Teh
Section 501: Stringed Instrument Recital 15 yrs & Under
- 1st: Julian Teh
- 2nd: Miriam Neissl
- Highly Commended: Jimmy Park, Georgina Chan
Section 503: Stringed Instrument Recital OPEN
- 1st: Mia Stanton
- 2nd: Alys Rayner
- 3rd: Emma Rayner
- Highly Commended: Alexina Hawkins, Kyle Daniel
- People’s Choice Award: Estelita Rae
ACT Accompanist’s Guild Prize: to the most proficient accompanist for the Open Recital Section
- Anthony Smith
Section 113: String Solo 18 yrs & Under
- 1st: Alys Rayner
- 2nd: Mia Stanton
- Highly Commended: Reuben Oddy, Tobias Aan
Section 402: String Solo Australian Composition OPEN
- 1st: Alys Rayner
- 2nd: Reuben Oddy
- Highly Commended: Anna Harrison
Section 114: String Solo OPEN
- 1st: Emma Rayner
- 2nd Joseph Eisinger
- 3rd: Alys Rayner
- Highly Commended: Reuben Oddy
Section 208: AMEB Grade 8
- 1st: Reuben Oddy
- 2nd: Donica Tran
- Highly Commended: Anika Piira, Yi An Lai, Olina Goodman-Viereck
Section 502: Recital 18 yrs & Under
- 1st: Alys Rayner
- 2nd: Tobias Aan
- Highly Commended: Reuben Oddy, Emma Rayner
Section 404: Solo Bach OPEN
- 1st: Alexina Hawkins
- 2nd: Mia Stanton & Alys Rayner
- Highly Commended: Reuben Oddy
Section 207: AMEB Grade 7
- 1st: Mila Haydon
- 2nd: Laura Nuttall
- Highly Commended: Anna Vladimirov
Section 205: AMEB Grade 5
- 1st: Joseph Cordero
- 2nd: David Hii
- 3rd: Jonathan Lee
- Highly Commended: Bernice Chua, Sam Philipse
Section 206: AMEB Grade 6
- 1st: Hiroki Hunter
- 2nd: Sam Jenkin
Section 602: String Duo or Trio 18 yrs and Under
- 1st: Alys & Emma Rayner
- 2nd: Yi-Ming & Yi-Jing Zeng
- Highly Commended: Laura Nuttall & Frances Lafferty
Section 604: String Quartet OPEN
- 1st: Estelita Rae, Jane Cameron, Tobias Chisnall & Julia Janiszewski
- 2nd: Alys Rayner, Toby Aan, Chloe Sinclair & Emma Rayner