Sonata Celebration 2024

The Judith Clark Sonata Celebration was held on September 7 and 8 at the Adam Concert Room. New Zealand School of Music – Te Kōkī. It was Adjudicated by Richard Mapp.

Age 14 years and under

1st – No. 23 William Ding 
2nd – No. 25 Edgar Watson (violin) & Samuel Yuan (piano) 
3rd – No. 16 Haoyuan Gu 
 
  • Finalists – No. 17 Caelum Ezekiel Zheng, No. 28 Miles Lin, and No. 36 Prinze Grose. 
  • VHC – No. 3 Kexin Liu, No. 11 Samuel Yuan, No. 15 Prinze Grose (violin). 
  • HC – No. 2 An Vinh Nguyen, No. 4 Simon Chen, No. 10 An Pham, No. 34 Samuel Yuan (violin), No. 37 Lincey Jiang, No. 39 Xi Rou Wang, No. 41 Stella Wang. 

Age 15 years and over

1st – No. 1 Zachary Thirkell 
2nd – No. 4 Etienne Desiles 
3rd – No. 15 Laura Cookson & Fleur Locke-Brook 
  • VHC – No. 5 Alina Mai 

Tertiary

1st – No. 5 Otis Prescott-Mason 
2nd – No. 6 Ziqian Xu 
3rd – No. 3 Tal Shiri 
  • VHC – No. 4 Ezra Gray

Thanks to our sponsors; ABRSM, Trinity College London, New Zealand Music Trust, Alistair’s Music, Freemasons; and to Te Kōkī – NZSM for providing the venue.