The Young Flute Player International Championship

2022 Results

Thank you for all the wonderful entries for The Young Flute Player International Championship 2022.

The judges enjoyed listening to your performances and commented on the high standard of entries.

It was also exciting to see so many entries in the new Creative Presentation section. The judges were inspired by your creativity and wish to commend every entrant in this section

Thank you very much to our amazing team of judges; we are very privileged to have their expertise and appreciate their time listening to all the videos and judging the performances:

Sir James and Lady Galway

Lorna McGhee

Joshua Batty

Dr. Brice Smith

The Young Flute Player International Championship 2022

Prize Winners

8 YEARS & UNDER Flute & Piano

1st prize: Cynthia Yang (New Zealand)

(Teacher: Natasha Chernousova)

2nd prize: Ted Geekie (Australia)

(Teacher: Briony Geekie)

3rd prize: Ananda Domínguez Kesselman (USA)

(Teacher: Prema Kesselman)

Highly Commended:

Sophie Chuang (USA)

(Teacher: Diana Desai)

ALL entrants aged 10 years or younger will receive a free 2023 subscription to the “Little Flute Magazine” from FlutePlay.

9 & 10 YEARS Flute & Piano

1st prize: Kiara Morishita-Lee (Australia)

(Teacher: Jocelyn Fazzone)

2nd prize: Catarina I. J. Oliveira (Portugal)

(Teacher: Raquel Silva)

3rd prize: Hanna Qin (Australia)

(Teacher: Sherene Nee)

Highly Commended:

Jocelyn Wu (Australia)

(Teacher: Sherene Nee)

9 & 10 YEARS Unaccompanied Flute

1st prize: Kiara Morishita-Lee (Australia)

(Teacher: Jocelyn Fazzone)

2nd prize: Isaac Jellett (UK)

(Teacher: Hannah Lang)

3rd prize: Zuzanna Górska (Poland)

(Teacher: Małgorzata Wasilewska)

Highly Commended:

Elisa Fowler (USA)

(Teacher: Wendy Stern)

Sophia Yu (USA)

(Teacher: Daniel Klicker)

11 & 12 YEARS Flute & Piano

1st prize: Louise Shen (New Zealand)

(Teacher: Natasha Chernousova)

2nd prize: Claire Kim (New Zealand)

(Teacher: Natasha Chernousova)

3rd prize: Andy Li (New Zealand)

(Teacher: Natasha Chernousova)

Highly Commended:

Mayukhjit Chakraborty (UK)

(Teacher: Caroline Li)

11 & 12 YEARS Unaccompanied Flute

1st prize: Claire Kim (New Zealand)

(Teacher: Natasha Chernousova)

2nd prize: Elizabeth Yeoh (USA)

(Teacher: Randolph Bowman)

3rd prize: Louise Shen (New Zealand)

(Teacher: Natasha Chernousova)

Highly Commended:

Andy Li (New Zealand)

(Teacher: Natasha Chernousova)

Anna Yawen Liang (China)

(Teacher: Yuting Huang)

Eva Mandić (Croatia)

(Teacher: Tomislava Karačić Šoljić)

Ziyu Wang (Australia)

(Teacher: Rose Gallagher)

TEACHER AWARDS

Teachers of 1st placed students in the Age Championship sections:

Natasha Chernousova, Jocelyn Fazzone, Carrie Hensel, Sara Tutland

Teacher with the most entries: Sherene Nee

13-15 YEARS Unaccompanied Flute

1st prize: Emme Hensel (UK)

(Teacher: Carrie Hensel)

2nd prize: Jack De Ravin (Australia)

(Teacher: Bridget Bolliger)

3rd prize: Shoshana Yugin-Power (UK)

(Teacher: Simon Diggens)

Highly Commended:

Saskia Scheib (Australia)

(Teacher: Bridget Bolliger)

Elana Sydenham (Australia)

(Teacher: Rosalie Bourne)

Chloe Lin (USA)

(Teacher: Juila Barnett)

Kevin Zhang (USA)

(Teacher: Ray Fuerta)

AMATEUR ADULT Unaccompanied Flute

1st prize: Susan Clark (USA)

(Teacher: Sara Tutland)

2nd prize: Caroline Gordon (USA)

(Teacher: Heidi Ruby-Kushious)

3rd prize: Kelly Mem Craig-Kapusuzoglu (Turkey)

Highly Commended:

Melissa den Boer (Australia)

(Teacher: Hannah Chiang)

Samuel Chamberlain (Australia)

(Teacher: Dr Karen Lonsdale)

12 YEARS & UNDER Ensemble Championship

1st prize: Josephine & Eloise Motum (Australia)

2nd prize: Mia Katić & Marta Šteter (Croatia)

(Teacher: Tomislava Karačić Šoljić)

3rd prize: Sarah Mo, Michelle Zhao & Hanna Qin (Australia)

(Teacher: Sherene Nee)

Highly Commended:

Sydney Grammar School St Ives Flute Ensemble (Australia)

(Teacher: Kellie Grennan)

Kara & Chantelle (Australia)

(Teacher: Heather Pisani)

Churchie Junior Flute Ensemble (Australia)

(Teacher: Dr Karen Lonsdale)

OPEN AMATEUR Ensemble Championship

1st prize: Penelope & Sawyer Chung (USA)

(Teacher: Emma Shubin)

Highly Commended:

Colby, Cora & Katelyn (USA)

(Teacher: Samantha Goes)

12 YEARS & UNDER Creative Presentation

1st prize: Lea Rahbek Arbjørn (Denmark)

(Teacher: Anne Fontenay)

2nd prize: Gaspard. A. Lal- Montigny (Australia)

(Teacher: Derek Galloway)

3rd prize: Elisa Fowler (USA)

(Teacher: Wendy Stern)

Highly Commended:

Sami Wilson (Australia)

(Teacher: Teegan Williams)

Shan Lu (Australia)

13-15 YEARS Creative Presentation

1st prize: Penelope Chung (USA)

(Teacher: Emma Shubin)

2nd prize: Emily Hansen (USA)

(Teacher: Elisabeth Pluth)

3rd prize: Elana Sydenham (Australia)

(Teacher: Rosalie Bourne)

CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES

ALL ENTRANTS received a Participation Certificate.

All Highly Commended winners received a certificate.

1st, 2nd & 3rd place Prize Winners received a certificate and a gift voucher.

ALL certificates and prizes have now been emailed - if you did not recieve your certificate and/or prize, please email info@allegromusicpublishing.com

Sponsors & Prizes

Thank you very much to all our sponsors for donating vouchers for prizes in the championship; we very much appreciate their generous support. To visit a sponsor's website, please click on their logo.