Manchester International Music Competition 2023
Online Competition - all Instruments, Voices, Conducting, Composition, Chamber Music
2023 Season 1 Results
Published in March 2023
WOMCF Multi Award Winners
Special Prizes
Excellent Interpretation Award
Mirei Kuroyanagi, Wannarath Kaewngarm, Felix Zhou, Waratchaya Kaewngarm, Yijie Ding, Au Tsz Ho Marcus, Aleksandra Mikołajczyk, Fangfei Ding, Linfei Yang, Wanting Peng, Aleksandra Stylok, Katarzyna Hejnowicz, Quanjun Liu, Tanya Ganesh, Zofia Trybus, Natalia Mazurek, Youjung Jang, Zefeng Chen, Zhengshi Liu, Elena Antonini
Excellent Musicianship Award
Zizhen Yang, Julia Zizhou Chen, Abigail Chen, William Liang, Yige Zhou, Zofia Sobczyk, Vimvarintorn Pornvattanakit, Jia Fangxing, Yuan Chang, Heng Liu, Rong Tian, Yan Wei, Yifan Zhu, Lixue Cheng, Yiqing Zhang, Tianyang Zhou, Di Hong
Excellent Technique Award
Chloe Hengyu Wang, Pavida Thiamchivasin, Phanthira Chirathivat, Wallace Xu, Barbara Jankowska, Michael Phillipe Andree, Anqi Chen, Yunxi Zhang, Agnieszka Michalik, Urszula Świerczyńska, Yihao Zhang, Haixiang Ge
Concerto
GOLD PRIZE
Haixiang Ge - Viola
Tanya Ganesh - Oboe
Chinnawat Themkumkwun - Guitar
Xu Zhongshi - Violin
SILVER PRIZE
Ming Chen - Vocal
Daniyal Owens - Violin
Jace Christie - Vocal
Xiaohui Yan - Harp
BRONZE PRIZE
Yang Liu - Vocal
Mei Chen - Piano
Lucas Martins - Violin
Kira Petrova - Guitar
Etude
GOLD PRIZE
Xiyue Cai / Wei Chen - Piano
SILVER PRIZE
Jiayi Lv - Flute
BRONZE PRIZE
Gabriel Senior - Piano
Jean-Pierre Dubois - Flute
Romantic A (Under Age 17)
GOLD PRIZE
Rufei Jiang - Flute
Swansea Siu - Violin
Wanting Peng - Harp
SILVER PRIZE
Felicia Caiazzo - Flute
Carys Ramos - Cello
Sushila Patel - Piano
BRONZE PRIZE
Kai Tanaka - Violin
Sophie Martin - Harp
Qi Zhang - Piano
Romantic B (Over Age 17)
GOLD PRIZE
Heng Liu / Yan Wei / Yifan Zhu - Vocal
Zefeng Chen / Tianyang Zhou - Piano
SILVER PRIZE
Arella Png Hui Yun - Piano
BRONZE PRIZE
Jace Christie - Clarinet
Maude Lam - Cello
Musical Theatre & Opera
GOLD PRIZE
Elena Antonini
Quanjun Liu
SILVER PRIZE
Yishuo Yang
BRONZE PRIZE
Michael Nguyen
Original Composition
GOLD PRIZE
Dominique Salloum, Jia Fangxing, Di Hong, Allan Fuller, Weijie Cai, Yuxin Li
SILVER PRIZE
Bolai Fang, Jincheng Liu, Natasha Rangel, Lai Xinyi, Lyuming Xu
BRONZE PRIZE
Su Yan, Bruno Nikolajsen, Sonia Hernández, Su Jae-Yong, Georgie Zuniga
Baroque
GOLD PRIZE
Natalia Mazurek - Viola
Fangfei Ding - Organ
Lian Xue / Lixue Cheng - Piano
SILVER PRIZE
Maude Lam - Cello
Nikolai Ivanov - Piano
BRONZE PRIZE
David Lee - Violin
Lauren Brown - Harp
Classical
GOLD PRIZE
Yiqing Zhang - Flute
Youjung Jang - Piano
Xinyu Cui - Vocal
SILVER PRIZE
Mohammad Hussein - Cello
Isabella Rossi - Piano
BRONZE PRIZE
David Lee - Violin
Zoe Lee / Manuela Costa - Piano
Modern
GOLD PRIZE
Yiqing Zhang - Flute
Haixiang Ge - Viola
Zhengshi Liu - Clarinet
SILVER PRIZE
Sofia Padilla - Violin
Lucka Urbanová - Vocal
BRONZE PRIZE
Sabrina Lopez - Harp
Jasper Finch / Yichen Feng - Piano
National Music
GOLD PRIZE
Dingfu Zeng / Dirui Hu / Wenhao Li
SILVER PRIZE
Xinran Qiao / Su Jae-Yong
BRONZE PRIZE
Diogo Silva / Lila Singh / Jia Chen
Sonata
GOLD PRIZE
Denys Maistruk / Minqi Shi - Piano
SILVER PRIZE
Davey Christensen - Cello
BRONZE PRIZE
Jasper Finch - Piano
Professional
GOLD PRIZE
Ana Belen Herrezuelo - Conducting
Tanya Ganesh - Oboe
Urszula Świerczyńska / Youjung Jang / Connor Mcquillan /
Huilin Gong / Yihao Zhang / Yuan Chang - Piano
Agnieszka Michalik / Huanling Qian / Mengyu Wang / Zofia Trybus - Violin
Andrej-Marek Kaňa / Mengyuan Fan - Vocal
SILVER PRIZE
Shuang Li - Conducting
Lixue Cheng / Rong Tian / Zefeng Chen - Piano
Davey Christensen - Cello
Jace Christie - Clarinet
Heng Liu / Yan Wei / Yifan Zhu / Lin Chen / Tang Yike / Jennifer Wilcox - Vocal
Byron Dalby - Harp
BRONZE PRIZE
Kae Sang Chul / Aidan Johns - Harp
Amanah Walter / Hye Eun Kwon /
Ding Yi Han / Sisi Lu - Piano
Aidan Jinfu CUI / Ruoran Liu /
Sheila Teixidó / Joss Mitchell - Vocal
Dexter Patrick - Flute
Advanced (Age 18-22)
GOLD PRIZE
Jia Fangxing - Composition
Aleksandra Stylok - French horn
Rong Tian / Tianyang Zhou / Xiaoyi Tang - Piano
Roksana Krechowiecka - Viola
Katarzyna Hejnowicz - Violin
Quanjun Liu / Baron Chen / Feihong Yu / Xiaofeng Hou - Vocal
SILVER PRIZE
Yun Kyung-Hu - Cello
CHUHE LING - Double Bass
Liu Xiangrui / Yiran Pang / Gavin Truong - Vocal
Jinhui Liang - Composition
Zhang Qi / Minglun Zhu / Layla-Rose Payne - Piano
BRONZE PRIZE
Sunny Zhang / Khalil Kim - Violin
Pong Ho-Sung / Giacomo Knapp - Vocal
Jordan-Lee Schaefer - Viola
Kexin Yu / Elettra Mula - Piano
Albert Obier - Composition
Young Artist (Age 14-17)
GOLD PRIZE
Vibhav Sugumar - Classical Guitar
Fangfei Ding - Organ
Maciej Bieńkowski / Pok Cheung (Timothy) Tsang / Vimvarintorn Pornvattanakit - Piano
Aleksandra Mikołajczyk / Zofia Sobczyk - Violin
Bowen Zhao / Linfei Yang - Vocal
Yiqing Zhang - Flute
Wanting Peng - Harp
SILVER PRIZE
Wanyi Cai - Trumpet
Juan Carlos Ramirez - Flute
Jialin Li / Siyu Chen - Vocal
Luke Jackson - Guitar
Nisha Patel / Milena Novak / Hugo Perez - Piano
BRONZE PRIZE
Jana Novakova - Violin
Alex Xinyue Hu - Harp
Anzhi Chen / Jack Wong / Hannah Park / Chuyi Wen - Piano
Nora Johansson - Flute
Ethan Thompson - Oboe
Zhou Shun - Cello
Youth (Age 11-13)
GOLD PRIZE
Anqi Chen - Cello
Au Tsz Ho Marcus - Clarinet
Yifei Zhong / Ziyu Ru / Yige Zhou - Flute
Rinnita Booranabanyat - Guitar
Michael Phillipe Andree / Yunxi Zhang - Piano
Barbara Jankowska / William Liang - Violin
SILVER PRIZE
Alessandro Rossi - Piano
Omer Devlin - Violin
Allen Yuzu Wong - Vocal
Yun Liu - Flute
Juan Rodriguez - Composition
BRONZE PRIZE
Leon Weber / Jue Wang - Piano
Reilly Baxter - Cello
Chen Li - Guitar
Anna Schmidt - Flute
Noah Davis / Ryan Chen - Clarinet
Zhu Yilong - Cello
Junior (Age 8-10)
GOLD PRIZE
Jinxuan Liu - Flute
Pavida Thiamchivasin - Harp
Felix Zhou / Phanthira Chirathivat / Wallace Xu / Julia Zizhou Chen - Piano
Chloe Hengyu Wang / Hayley Wu Zi Sum - Violin
Waratchaya Kaewngarm - Vocal
SILVER PRIZE
Haoyue Yang / Yijie Ding - Flute
Abigail Chen / Mei Ling Wong / Sofia Hernandez / Alexander Ivanov / Yu Meiquan - Piano
Sarah Johnson - Violin
BRONZE PRIZE
Riccardo Savio / Yara Abbas / Ethan Chen / Lily Chen - Piano
Shuwei Ma - Vocal
Qianyi Zhang - Cello
Benjamin Meyer - Violin
Prodigy (Age 7 and younger)
GOLD PRIZE
Wannarath Kaewngarm - Drums
Mirei Kuroyanagi / Zizhen Yang - Piano
SILVER PRIZE
Mia Zhen - Vocal
Ella Anderson - Violin
BRONZE PRIZE
Yuan Fei / Carlos Gonzalez - Piano
Shanai Lee - Vocal
Grand Prize
Agnieszka Michalik