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WINNERS
Star Cluster Music Competition
Summer 2024

Audience Award Winner

Ayala Kaminski, United States, Piano (91 votes)

Special Trophy Award Will Be Sent to:

Ayala Kaminski, United States, Piano - Audience Award Winner

Competition Winners

Parin Puapatanakajorn, Thailand, Piano

First Place with Honours

Young Musicians Category, 5 - 6 years old

Keyboard Competition

Carl Czerny, Etude Op. 599 No. 18

Teacher: Koranit Dhanachoksiri

Chan Ching Nok Quintus, Hong Kong, Harp

First Place with Honours

Young Musicians Category, 5 - 6 years old

Strings Competition

Skaila Kanga, Sound the Trumpets

Teacher: Maise Au

Muyuan Li, China, Pipe Organ

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Young Musicians Category, 7 - 8 years old

Keyboard Competition

Davie German, Festive Trumpet Tune; Chailes Gounod, Ave Maria, & Edvard Grieg, In the Hall of the Mountain King

Teacher: Yanjiao Wu

Irene Gao, United States, Piano

First Place with Special Honours

Young Talent Award

Young Musicians Category, 7 - 8 years old

Keyboard Competition

William Gillock, Valse Etude

Teacher: Dr. Qian Yin

Jayden Wong, Australia, Cello

Second Place with Special Honours

Young Musicians Category, 9 - 10 years old

Strings Competition

Alan Haughton, Skateboard Ride

Teacher: Ben Scott

Karnpichcha Rungraungsakul, Thailand, Voice

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Voice Competition

Alicia Keys, If I ain't got you

Teacher: Miss Nattamon Kanokgarnjanar

Izabela Wiktoria Oliwia Torfs, Belgium/Poland, Composition

First Place with Special Honours

Creative Composition Award

Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Composition Competition

Contrasting Worlds

Ayala Kaminski, United States, Piano

First Place with Honours

Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Keyboard Competition

Amy Fairchild, Waterlily

Teacher: Miriam Ginzburg

Katie Hsu, Taiwan, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours

Rising Star Award

Junior Category, 11 - 12 years old

Concerto Competition

Joseph Haydn , Piano Concerto in G Hob: XVIII:9, First movement

Teacher: Mary Ko

Nantapat Klampaiboon, Thailand, Piano

First Place with Special Honours

Lyrical Performance Award

Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Keyboard Competition

Franz Liszt, Liebestraum S. 541 No. 3

Teacher: Dr. Tarin Supprakorn

Nicholas Wong, Australia, Flute

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Junior Category, 13 - 14 years old

Woodwinds and Brass Competition

Pamela Wedgwood, Tequila Sunrise

Teacher: Julianne Schmid

Kamila Makasheva, United States, Piano

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Keyboard Competition

Isaac Albeniz, Granada (Serenata) from Suite Espanola no. 1, op. 47

Teacher: Zoia Golofeeva

Juan Pablo Carrillo Jimenez, United States, Piano

First Place with Special Honours

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Keyboard Competition

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, First movement

Teacher: Dr. Pablo Martinez Martinez

Radha Achar, United States, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours

Intermediate, 15 - 16 years old

Keyboard Competition

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in E Major, Op. 14 no. 1, Second movement

Teacher: Maria Brodsky

Ya Chun Yang, Taiwan, Piano

Second Place with Special Honours and Distinction

Intermediate, 17 - 18 years old

Keyboard Competition

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in A, K.331, Third movement: Alla Turca - Allegretto

Teacher: Polly Chiu

Edgar Ekshian, United States, Piano

First Place with Special Honours and Distinction Plus

Musical Storyteller Award

Musicians without a professional degree, 18+

Keyboard Competition

Frederic Chopin, Etude Op. 25 no. 5

Teacher: Narine Avagyan

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