2022 Contestants and Conductor, Gerald Keuneman OAM
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Overall Winner: Ben Fu Audience Prize: |
Piano
Violin |
Prokofiev Concerto no 3, 1st movement
Mendelssohn Violin concerto in E minor, 1st movement |
| 2021 | – | – | No contest held due to COVID |
| 2020 | – | – | No contest held due to COVID |
| 2019 | Overall Winner: Leon Fei Audience Prize: Leon Fei |
Violin | Tchaikovsky violin concerto in D (mvts 2 and 3) |
| 2018 | Overall Winner: Grace Wu Audience Prize: Grace Wu |
Violin | Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Op. 64 (mvt 1) |
| 2017 | Overall Winner: Charlotte Miles Audience Prize: Charlotte Miles |
Cello | Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo theme |
| 2016 | Overall Joint Winners: Clare Juan Charlotte MilesAudience 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 |
2016 Contestants and Conductor at Northcote Town Hall
Cameron Hill
Adele Xiang
Michael Li
Past participants have included Li Wei Qin, Louisa Breen, Rohan de Korte, Eidit Golder, Aaron Barnden, Ngaire de Korte, Anna Condos, Ellen Mentiplay.
