Archive
Here are some of the previous Piano Festivals that we have held:
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2021
Having been rescheduled from 2020 due to Covid-19, the Festival in 2021 paid homage to Ludwig van Beethoven and his considerable pianistic legacy as we celebrated the 250th anniversary of his birth in 2020. Other festival themes include the centenary of Saint-Saëns’ death in 2021 and the promotion of new music from Wales.
Due to Covid-19 considerations, the Festival included a combination of virtual evening concerts streamed online and daytime live events at Galeri Caernarfon.
Competition Results:
Junior Solo Piano Competition:
1st – Benji Lock
2nd – Charlotte Kwok
Finalists – Firoze Madon, Safiye Sahin, Claire Wang
Most promising competitor not selected for final stage: Stella Vachtanidou
Adjudicators: Clara Rodriguez & Richard Ormrod
Senior Solo Piano Competition Results
1st – Tomos Boyles
2nd – Ellis Thomas
Finalists – Luke Jones & Connor Heraghty
Best performance of a piece by Beethoven: Connor Heraghty
Best performance of piece composed after 1950: Tina Pik-Ying Cheung
Adjudicators: Geraint Lewis, Robert Markham, Roy Howat
Piano Accompaniment Competition Results
Joint 1st – Ellis Thomas & Edward Leung
Finalists – Julia Klimek & Yiwei Ji
Best performance of the Welsh Song: Yiwei Ji
Adjudicators: Harvey Davies, Simon Phillippo, Richard Craig
Alys Roberts (soprano), Sara Trickey (violin), Ryan Vaughan Davies (tenor), Richard Craig (flute)
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2016
Competition Results
Senior Piano Solo Competition
1st Yulia Vershinina (Belgium)
Three finalists: William Bracken (England), Adam Davies (England) Domonkos Csabay (Hungary)
Junior Solo Piano Competition
1st Callum McLachlan (England)
2nd Lauren Zhang (America)
3rd William Bracken (England)
Finalists: Tomos Boyles (Wales) Ellis Thomas (Wales)
The two other pianists who reached the Final Round were:
Tomos Boyles (Wales), Ellis Thomas (Wales).
Piano Accompanists Competition
1st Domonkos Csabay (Hungary)
2nd Ana Monteiro (Portugal)
3rd Hsuan-Yu (Dewi) Liu (Taiwan)
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