Former winners of the WMSO Young Musician Concerto Competition, current activity as of February 2023
Year | Winner | Instrument | What are they doing now? |
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2022 | Ryan Wang | Piano | Ryan is a pupil at Eton College. |
2019 | Fangwei Zhao | Piano | Fangwei is studying at the Royal Northern College of Music. |
2018 | Harvey Lin | Piano | Harvey is studying music at Harvard. |
2017 | Ewan Millar | Oboe | Ewan won woodwind category final in the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2020. He gained a First Class degree in music at Oxford, and now studies at Royal Academy. He gives numerous concerto and recital performances. |
2016 | Rebecca Leung | Piano | Rebecca is currently studying music at the Kunst-Universität Graz, Austria. |
2015 | Polina Makhina | Violin | Polina is a soloist and piano and violin teacher in London. |
2014 | Dominic Degavino | Piano | Dominic has given solo performances at the Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre, London as a Park Lane Group artist, at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and the Lichfield and Edinburgh festivals. Concerto appearances include performances with the Manchester Camerata and RNCM Symphony Orchestra. |
2013 | Joel Ashford | Horn | Joel has played for many of the UK’s leading orchestras including ENO (including Principal), BBC SO, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, CBSO, English Chamber Orchestra, English National Ballet, London Chamber Orchestra, LPO, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, RPO, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. He is currently on trial as Sub-Principal with the BBC Concert Orchestra. |
2012 | Martin James Bartlett | Piano | Martin reached the keyboard finals of the BBC Young Musician of the Year twice, becoming the outright winner in 2014. In 2015 he was one of the youngest ever soloists to debut at the BBC Proms. He signed a recording contract with Warner Classics in 2019: his debut album "Love and Death" contains works by Prokofiev, Bach, Liszt, Schumann, Wagner and Granados. |
2012 | Akito Goto | Cello | Akito has appeared as a soloist with London Mozart Players, has performed at Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Barbican Centre, Royal Festival Hall, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall and Hakuju Hall. He was the youngest ever winner of the Izuminomori Cello Contest and the youngest participant selected to compete in the 9th Rostropovich Competition. He recently took 1st Prize in the Japan Player's Contest. |
2011 | Katy Smith | Violin | Katy was the string finalist in BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2010. She has performed as soloist for many leading orchestras and is currently studying at RAM. |
2010 | Joshua Batty | Flute | Joshua was principal flute in the RTE orchestra Ireland until 2019; he is now principal flute in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. |
2009 | Jihye Lee | Violin | Jihye leads the second violins in the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. |
2008 | Ana Nedobora | Violin | Ana is co-principal second violin in the Amsterdam Philharmonie. |
2007 | Jozefien Vanherpe | Cello | Jozefien is Assistant Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Leuven, in Belgium. |
2006 | Ed Leech | Tuba | Ed is a freelance orchestral player, chamber musician, pianist and teacher. Has played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera, the Aldeburgh World Orchestra and the Britten-Pears Orchestra. |
2002 | Caroline Woodhouse | Clarinet | Caroline is Head of Music at St Gabriel’s School, Newbury. |
2000 | Alexandra Wood | Violin | Alexandra is a concerto soloist and has appeared with the City of London Sinfonia, Philharmonia, Britten Sinfonia, BBC Philharmonic and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. She is Leader and creative director of City of London Sinfonia and Leader of Aurora orchestra. She regularly guest-leads other ensembles, including the RPO, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BCMG, London Sinfonietta and London Mozart players. |
1997 | Anna Tadmin-Robins | Cello | No information available |
1993 | Simon Crawford-Phillips | Piano | Simon is a concert pianist and director of a number of music festivals. His own ensembles include The Kungsbacka Piano Trio and Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble, resident artists at Stockholm Konzerthus. |