Year
Finalist
Location
Instrument
Concerto
2024
Peter Gjelsten
Wellington
Violin
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius
Ben van Leuven
Lower Hutt
Clarinet
Concerto for Clarinet by Aaron Copland
Hazuki Katsukawa
Auckland
Violin
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius
2023
Yu zhang Wu
Auckland
Piano
Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini, Op. 43 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Henry Meng
Auckland
Piano
Piano Concert No. 3 in D minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Madeleine Xiao
Auckland
Piano
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 by Frederic Chopin
2021
Catherine Kwak
Auckland
Cello
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 4 by Antonin Dvorak
Hyein Kim
Auckland
Cello
Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125 by Sergei Prokofiev
April Ju
Christchurch
Violin
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius
2020
Lixin Zhang
Christchurch
Piano
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb Minor, Op. 23 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Leon Chen
Auckland
Piano
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 5 - Johannes Brahms
Ashani Waidyatillake
Auckland
Piano
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22 - Camille Saint-Saёns
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/ 3Ut venenatis laoreet eros. Nullam varius vulputate sapien, a porta urna interdum in. Aliquam suscipit dui sit amet orci ornare, quis ultrices nunc blandit. Donec tempus a urna vitae iaculis.
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/ 3Ut venenatis laoreet eros. Nullam varius vulputate sapien, a porta urna interdum in. Aliquam suscipit dui sit amet orci ornare, quis ultrices nunc blandit. Donec tempus a urna vitae iaculis.
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/ 3Ut venenatis laoreet eros. Nullam varius vulputate sapien, a porta urna interdum in. Aliquam suscipit dui sit amet orci ornare, quis ultrices nunc blandit. Donec tempus a urna vitae iaculis.
2019
Diane Huh
Auckland
Violin
Concerto in D Minor Op. 47, - Jean Sibelius
Isabella Gregory
Christchurch
Flute
Flute Concerto - Ibert
Hyein Kim
Hamilton
Cello
Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33 - Tchaikovsky
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/ 2Ut venenatis laoreet eros. Nullam varius vulputate sapien, a porta urna interdum in. Aliquam suscipit dui sit amet orci ornare, quis ultrices nunc blandit. Donec tempus a urna vitae iaculis.
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/ 2Ut venenatis laoreet eros. Nullam varius vulputate sapien, a porta urna interdum in. Aliquam suscipit dui sit amet orci ornare, quis ultrices nunc blandit. Donec tempus a urna vitae iaculis.
2018
Modi Deng
Auckland
Piano
Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Opus 30, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lixin Zhang
Wellington
Piano
Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major, S. 124, Franz Liszt
Muse Ye
Christchurch
Piano
Concerto in G Major, Maurice Ravel
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/ 2Ut venenatis laoreet eros. Nullam varius vulputate sapien, a porta urna interdum in. Aliquam suscipit dui sit amet orci ornare, quis ultrices nunc blandit. Donec tempus a urna vitae iaculis.
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/ 2Ut venenatis laoreet eros. Nullam varius vulputate sapien, a porta urna interdum in. Aliquam suscipit dui sit amet orci ornare, quis ultrices nunc blandit. Donec tempus a urna vitae iaculis.
2017
Matthais Balzat
Auckland
Cello
Concerto No. 1 in Eb major, Op. 107, Dmitri Shostakovich
Hyein Kim
Hamilton
Cello
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Antonin Dvorak
Delvan Lin
Auckland
Piano
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Op. 43 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Siyu Sun
Christchurch
Piano
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Sergei Rachmaninoff
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/ 2Ut venenatis laoreet eros. Nullam varius vulputate sapien, a porta urna interdum in. Aliquam suscipit dui sit amet orci ornare, quis ultrices nunc blandit. Donec tempus a urna vitae iaculis.
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/ 2Ut venenatis laoreet eros. Nullam varius vulputate sapien, a porta urna interdum in. Aliquam suscipit dui sit amet orci ornare, quis ultrices nunc blandit. Donec tempus a urna vitae iaculis.
2016
Sam Lucas
Hamilton
Cello
Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hebraique for Violoncello and Orchestra by Ernest Bloch
Heather Lewis-Baker
Wellington
Cello
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 by Edward Elgar
Kate Oswin
Christchurch
Violin
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius
2015
Bradley Wood
Christchurch
Piano
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Kent Isomura
Auckland
Piano
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 by Sergei Prokofiev
Liam Wooding
Wanganui
Piano
Piano Concerto in G major by Maurice Ravel
2014
Arna Morton
Christchurch
Violin
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 by Karol Szymanowski
Matthias Balzat
Auckland
Cello
Cello Concerto by William Walton
Nathaniel Smorti
Taupo
Clarinet
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73 by Carl Maria von Weber
2013
Andrew Leathwick
Hamilton
Piano
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Stephen Watson
Christchurch
Piano
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major
Kent Isomura
Auckland
Piano
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102
2012
Santiago Canon-Valencia
Hamilton
Cello
Hilary Hayes
Canterbury
Violin
Blythe Press
Wellington
Violin
2011
Jason Bae
Auckland
Piano
Grace Francis
Auckland
Piano
Tina Kim
Auckland
Piano
2010
Edward King
Auckland
Cello
Emma Yoon
Canterbury
Violin
Harry Ellerm
Canterbury
Violin
2009
John-Paul Muir
Auckland
Piano
Joong-Han Jung
Auckland
Piano
Jason Bae
Auckland
Piano
2008
Yoshiko Tsuruta
Wellington
Marimba
Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido
Canterbury
Cello
Alexandra Lomeiko
Canterbury
Violin
2007
Chen (Tony) Lin
Canterbury
Piano
Joo Hae Kim
Auckland
Piano
Leigh Kereopa
Palmerston North
Piano
2006
Amalia Hall
Auckland
Violin
Blythe Press
Wellington
Violin
Christabel Lin
Auckland
Violin
Serenity Thurlow
Canterbury
Viola
2005
Fei Ran
Auckland
Piano
Jun Bouterey-Ishido
Canterbury
Piano
Jae Yeon Jung
Auckland
Piano
2004
Benjamin Morrison
Canterbury
Violin
Malavika Gopal
Auckland
Violin
Simon Brew
Wellington
Saxophone
2003
Joanna (Jae-Wan) Yi
Canterbury
Piano
Angela Mi Young Lim
Canterbury
Piano
Chi-Ting Kuo
Canterbury
Piano
2002
Kerry Martin
Rangiora
Violin
Victoria Simonsen
Auckland
Violin
Chia-Nan Hung
Canterbury
Violin
2001
Beth Chen
Wellington
Piano
Hamish Robb
Canterbury
Piano
Kirsten Simpson
Canterbury
Piano
2000
Natalia Lomeiko
Canterbury
Violin
Simone Roggen
Auckland
Violin
Mark Cookson
Canterbury
Clarinet
1999
Alistair Watson
Dunedin
Piano
Carolyn Wu
Canterbury
Piano
Oonoori Lee
Auckland
Piano
1998
Yoonjung Kim
Canterbury
Cello
Chia-Nan Hung
Canterbury
Violin
Lara Hall
Auckland
Violin
Ben Hoadley
Auckland
Bassoon
1997
Pei-Yu (Betty) Lee
Auckland
Piano
Kenji Fugimura
Melbourne
Piano
Mike Cheng-Yu Lee
Auckland
Piano
1996
Julie Platt
Canterbury
Cello
Dana Parkhill
Wellington
Flute
Kirstin Eade
Wellington
Flute
Rachel McLarin
Lower Hutt
Saxophone
1995
Henry Wong Doe
Auckland
Piano
Ellen Pan
Wellington
Piano
Mariko Yamagishi
Canterbury
Piano
1994
Ashley Brown
Canterbury
Cello
Bridget Miles
Wellington
Clarinet
Bridget Douglas
Wellington
Flute
1993
Rachel Thomson
Wellington
Piano
Catherine McKay
Canterbury
Piano
Robert Loretz
Auckland
Piano
1992
Elizabeth Hirst
Auckland
Flute
Robert Orr
Kapiti Coast
Oboe
Huy-Nguyen Bui
Canterbury
Violin
1991
Marcus McLaren
Wellington
Piano
Karen Chang
Wellington
Piano
Catherine McKay
Hawkes Bay
Piano
1990
James Bush
Canterbury
Cello
Christine Bowie
Auckland
Viola
Dianna Cochrane
Auckland
Violin
1989
Nicola Melville
Wellington
Piano
Graeme Cosslett
Upper Hutt
Piano
Karen Chang
Masterton
Piano
1988
Hamish McKeich
Canterbury
Bassoon
Martin Riseley
Canterbury
Violin
Second equal
Tanya Haddock
Auckland
Oboe
Second equal
Katherine Hebley
Canterbury
Cello
1987
Jill Pears
Canterbury
Piano
Timothy Emerson
Canterbury
Piano
Siu Dea Law
Auckland
Piano
1986
Mark Menzies
Hawkes Bay
Violin
Simon Ansell
Auckland
Violin
Catherine Bowie
Auckland
Flute
1985
Richard Chandler
Canterbury
Piano
Louise Baker
Wellington
Piano
Lois Van Waardenberg
Auckland
Piano
1984
Rachel Thompson
Wellington
Viola
Jane Dawson
Dunedin
Flute
John Robinson
Wellington
Clarinet
1983
Read Gainsford
Auckland
Piano
Denis King
Wellington
Piano
Fiona Steedman
Canterbury
Piano
1982
Mary Scott
Wellington
Clarinet
Ruthchen Evans
Wellington
Violin
Anthony Lawrence
Canterbury
Cello
1981
Sharon Joy Vogan
Sydney
Piano
Paul Maskill
Canterbury
Piano
Robert Logan
Wellington
Piano
1980
Peter Barber
Wellington
Viola
Sally-Anne Brown
Auckland
Cello
Craig Williams
Auckland
Violin
1979
David Butler
Canterbury
Piano
Catherine Riley
Auckland
Piano
Bronwen Murray
Wellington
Piano
1978
Rachel Skinner
Canterbury
Flute
Wilma Smith
Wellington
Violin
Alison Catanach
Canterbury
Flute
1977
Patrick O'Byrne
Auckland
Piano
Terence Dennis
Canterbury
Piano
Sharon Joy Vogan
Dunedin
Piano
1978
Roger Brown
Canterbury
Cello
Kenneth Young
Canterbury
Tuba
Wilma Smith
Auckland
Violin
1975
Christopher Norton
Wellington
Piano
David Guerin
Auckland
Piano
Stephen Lewis
Canterbury
Piano
Denis King
Wellington
Piano
1974
Keith Spragg
Canterbury
Clarinet
Peter Laurence
Canterbury
Horn
Mark Walton
Canterbury
Saxophone
Vere Smyth
Canterbury
Trumpet
1973
Stephen Collins
Wellington
Piano
First equal
Richard Mapp
Canterbury
Piano
First equal
Mary Tzambiras
Wellington
Piano
1972
Anthony Ferner
Canterbury
Flute
Brian Shillito
Canterbury
Viola
Belinda Bunt
Canterbury
Violin
1971
Michael Houstoun
South Canterbury
Piano
Richard Mapp
Canterbury
Piano
Patrick O'Byrne
Auckland
Piano
Chrstine Lockwood
Palmerston North
Piano
1970
Peter Wilton
Wellington
Oboe
First equal
Ivan Andrews
Auckland
Cello
First equal
Felicity Bunt
Canterbury
Flute
Alison Kay
Auckland
Violin
1969
Michael Redshaw
Auckland
Piano
Suzanne Purnell
Canterbury
Piano
Michael Houstoun
South Canterbury
Piano
1968
Christine Cuming
Auckland
Piano
David Bloom
Wellington
Flute
Suzanne Purnell
Canterbury
Piano
Martin Lamb
Canterbury
Piano
Pauline Drain
Canterbury
Clarinet
Joan Wallace
Wellington
Cello