London International Concerto Competition 2025

In collaboration with the London City Philharmonic.

2025 Competition results

Finalists performing on 20 July 2025 with the London City Philharmonic

Chaemun Im - Bottesini Double Bass Concerto No.2 b Minor 

Lin Tokura - Sarasate Zigeunerweisen 

Lorenzo Guida - Shostakovich Cello Concert no. 1 1st mov. 

Merumo Suzuki - Reinecke Flute concerto 1st mov.

Patricia Marchis - Pedro Iturralde Pequena Czarda for Saxophone 

Vasilisa Sokolova - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 1st mov.

Romain Jansen - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 1st mov.

Semifinalists

In alphabetical order

Piano

Alessandro Vaccarino - Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2

Celina Höferlin - Medelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1

Daniella Nassar - Saint-Saëns piano concerto No.2 

Daniel Strebulaev - Rachmaninoff, Concerto No 2 1st mov

Hao Bo Sun - Grieg Piano Concerto

Himawari Kita - Mozart Piano Concerto No.12 1st mov

Nanase Kuroki - Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3

Sofya Erukhimova - Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 2nd & 3rd mov


Special recognition prize for young pianist 

Maksut Mukhitdin - Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 2nd mov

Violin

Aika Oki - Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 1st mov.

Hana Shah - Dvorak Violin Concerto 1st mov.

Julika Lorenz - Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3

Nicholas Feng - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 1st mov. 

Nirvana Che-Lai - Pable de Sarasate  Zigeunerweise

Rosie Chang - Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 1st mov.

Simon Hagopian - Wieniawski Concerto No. 1 1st mov.

Yejin Kim - Sibelius Violin Concerto 1st mov. 


Special recognition prize for young violinist

Mark Chia Cheng Jun - Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 1st mov

Valerie Bai - Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 1st mov.


Viola

Elena Küssner - Paganini Sonata per la Grande Viola

Evangeline Lien - Stamitz Viola Concerto 1st mov

Mao Konishi - Bartok Viola Concerto


Cello

Jiahe Zhang - Bruch Kol Nidrei

Elliot Sloss - Dvorak Cello Concerto 1st mov.

Flora Valila - Elgar Cello Concerto 1st and 2nd mov 

Maria Clara Mandolesi - Elgar Cello Concerto 1st and 2nd mov

Natalia Dauer - Bruch Kol Nidrei

Yoko Afi - Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 1st mov. 

Harp

Kan Yuet - Gliere concerto 1st movement

Merve Kocabeyler - Handel Harp Concerto in B flat major

Flute

Eva Faganelj and Meret Louisa Vogel - Doppler Concerto en ré mineur pour 2 flûtes et orchestre

Jen Townsend - Khachaturian Flute Concerto

Julie Helgeland Davidsen - C. Ph. E. Bach: Flute Concerto in D minor, 2nd & 3rd mov.

Kiara Morishita-Lee - Chaminade Concertino for Flute

Kong Deyu - Chaminade Concertino for Flute

Ildiko Juhasz - Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto in C Major RV443

Oboe

Mason Tran - Handel Oboe Concerto in G Minor

Zofia Antonina Górnicka - Hummel Introduction, theme & variations op. 102

Clarinet

Ionas Mercadal Euler - Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 2 

Jinkyun Kim - Copland clarinet concerto 

Tomas Milerius - Crusell Clarinet Concerto No.2

Saxophone

Doron Hazan - Ibert Concertino da Camara for Alto Saxophone and eleven instruments

Jan Gričar - Tomasi Concerto pour saxophone alto et orchestre 

Peyton Allen Joffre - Tomasi Concerot for Alto Saxophone 

Zhiyuan Wu - Glazunov saxophone concerto


In collaboration with the London City Philharmonic
The London International Concerto Competition is a platform providing talented soloists with an opportunity to perform with a live orchestra in London.
Rules

The International Concerto Competitions 2024 is opened to the following instruments:

Piano

Violin, viola, Cello & Bass

flute

oboe

CLARINET

BASSOON & Saxophone

FRENCH HORN

TRUMPET

Repertoire List

Applicants must submit the video recording of one or more movements with orchestra, piano accompaniment or solo performance of the chosen concerto from the repertoire list page. Contestants may perform with the score or from memory (there is no advantage if you perform from memory).