Youth Concerto Competition Winners

Since 1988 the orchestra has held an annual Youth Concerto Competition which gives young musicians the opportunity to play a concerto with a symphony orchestra.

Year	Performer	Instrument	Music
2018	Grace Wu Audience Prize: Grace Wu	Violin	Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Op. 64 (mvt 1)
2017	Charlotte Miles Audience Prize: Charlotte Miles	Cello	Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo theme
2016	Clare Juan Charlotte Miles Audience Prize: Clare Juan	Piano Cello	Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 (mvts 2 and 3) Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor (mvt 1)
2015	Lily Higson-Spence Audience prize Conductor’s prize	violin	Sibelius: Violin Concerto (mvt 1)
2014	Yebin Yoo Audience prize Conductor’s prize	violin	Khachaturian: Violin Concerto (mvt 1)
2013	Karla Hanna	violin	Elgar: Violin Concerto
2013	Caleb Wong Audience prize	cello	Dvorak: Cello Concerto
2013	William Soo Conductor’s prize	piano	Saint Saens: Piano Concerto No 2
2012	Michael Li	piano	Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 (1st mvt)
2011	Kevin Liu	piano	Grieg: Piano Concerto mvt 1
2010	Magdalenna Krstevska	clarinet	Manevich: Clarinet Concerto
2009	Adele Xiang	cello	Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations for Cello
2008	Anne-Marie Johnson	violin	Bruch: Violin Concerto
2007	Dasha Oskolkov	violin	Khachaturian: violin concerto
2006	Xenia Deviatkina-Loh	violin	Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole op 21
2005	Kana OhashI	violin	Bruch: Violin Concerto
2004	Ben Xiang	violin	Tchaikowsky: Violin Concerto
2003	Reuben Lipohar	piano	Liszt: Piano Concerto No 2
2002	Cara-Jayne Beh	piano	Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1
2001	Tessa Ho	violin	Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No 2
2000	Eliza Quirit	violin	Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1
1999	Cameron Hill	viola	Walton: Viola Concerto

Past participants have included Li Wei Qin, Louisa Breen, Rohan de Korte, Eidit Golder, Aaron Barnden, Ngaire de Korte, Anna Condos, Ellen Mentiplay.