2025 Competition Winners
2025 Finalists Winners Concert
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Lin Tokura
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 1st mov. Lorenzo Guida
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 1st mov. Vasilisa Sokolova
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 1st mov. Romain Jansen
Pedro Iturralde Pequena Czarda for Saxophone Patricia Marchis
Reinecke Flute concerto 1st mov. Merumo Suzuki
Finalists 2025
Performed on 20 July 2025 with the London City Philharmonic
Flute - Reinecke Flute concerto 1st mov / Merumo Suzuki
Saxophone - Pedro Iturralde Pequena Czarda for Saxophone / Patricia Marchis
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 1st mov / Romain Jansen
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto 1st mov / Vasilisa Sokolova
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 1st mov / Lorenzo Guida
Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen / Lin Tokura
Semifinalists 2025
In alphabetical order
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.
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
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
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