Gregynog Young Musicians Competition began in 2005, originally as part of the Gregynog Festival, and more recently as a free-standing event. It is held at Gregynog Hall in Mid Wales and is open to instrumentalists aged 18 and under.
Winners have been:
Year Winner Instrument 2005 Cai Isfryn Trumpet 2006 Helen Pugh Piano 2007 Glain Dafydd Harp 2008 Julia Hwang Violin 2009 Steffan Morris 'Cello 2010 Chloe-Angharad Bradshaw Flute 2011 Andrew Reynish 'Cello 2012 Tom Blomfield Oboe 2013 Charlie Lovell-Jones Violin 2014 Juliana Myslov Harp 2015 Sheku Kanneh-Mason 'Cello 2016 Kirsty Chaplin Piano 2017 Nikita Burzanitsa Piano 2018 Willard Carter 'Cello 2019 Ellis Thomas Piano 2020 (Held Online) Sofia Matvienko Flute 2021 Oliver Simpson 'Cello
Category Winners In 2013, the structure of the competition was changed and 5 separate categories were introduced; 'Gregynog Young String Player of the Year', 'Gregynog Young Pianist of the Year', 'Gregynog Young Woodwind Player of the Year', 'Gregynog Young Brass Player' and 'Gregynog Young Harpist / Guitarist / Percussionist of the Year'. The 'Young Accompanist Prize' was also instituted for accompanists aged 23 and under. The competition rules allow joint winners in a single category should a winner not be identified in another category.
Category winners have been: YearNameCategory 2013 Charlie Lovell-Jones* Young String Player of the Year Iwan Wyn Owen Young Pianist of the Year Daniel Shao Young Woodwind Player of the Year Rhiannon Symonds Young Brass Player of the Year Louis Brookes Young Guitarist of the Year 2014 Juliana Myslov* Young Harpist of the Year Sheku Kanneh-Mason Young String Player of the Year Nurry Lee Young Pianist of the Year Epsie Thompson Young Woodwind Player of the Year Grady Hassan Young Brass Player of the Year Isata Kanneh-Mason Young Accompanist Prize and Chairman's Trophy 2015 Sheku Kanneh-Mason* Young String Player of the Year Benjamin Goldscheider Young Brass Player of the Year Daniel Scott Young Woodwind Player of the Year Alexandra Whittingham Young Guitarist of the Year Janeba Kanneh-Mason Young Pianist of the Year 2016 Kirsty Chaplin* Young Pianist of the Year Benjamin Goldscheider Young Brass Player of the Year Henry Newbould Young Woodwind Player of the Year Isobel Howard Young String Player of the Year Heledd Gwynant Young Percussionist of the Year Conal Bembridge-Sayers Young Accompanist Prize and Chairman's Trophy 2017 Nikita Burzanitsa* Young Pianist of the Year Tianlang Zhou Chloe Ellen Jones Young Woodwind Player of the Year George Strivens Young Brass Player of the Year Willard Carter Young String Player of the Year Hannah Brookes-Hughes 2018 Willard Carter* Young String Player of the Year Joel Munday Chloe Ellen Jones Young Woodwind Player of the Year Ewan Millar Huw Boucher Young Harpist of the Year George Strivens Young Brass Player of the Year Julian Trevelyan Young Accompanist Prize 2019 Ellis Thomas* Young Pianist of the Year Sofia Matvienko Young Woodwind Player of the Year Danushka Edirisinghe Young String Player of the Year Huw Boucher Young Harpist of the Year Avishka Edirisinghe Young Accompanist Prize 2020 (Held Online) Sofia Matvienko* Young Woodwind Player of the Year Hui Hing Ngai Young Brass Player of the Year Owen Putter Young Pianist of the Year Haru Ogiwara Young String Player of the Year 2021 Oliver Simpson* Young String Player of the Year Una Pavlovic-Alldridge Firoze Madon Young Pianist of the Year Jessica Ellis Young Woodwind Player of the Year Rosie Gill Young Harpist of the Year *Overall Winner
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