DEBUSSY MUSIC COMPETITION
2023 RESULTS
October 2023
Grand Prize Winner
Emel DOGAN UGURLU, Gonca YERLİKAYA
Special Prize Winners
Best Debussy Performance Special Award
Candidates who have given an exceptional performance of a work written by Claude Debussy.
Anna Kierzynkowska & Dawid Trawicki / Johanna Habersetzer / Maralmaa Bayarsaikhan / Stanley Hyun / WEI YUJING
Art of Musical Interpretation Special Award
Candidates who have demonstrated exceptional skill in interpreting and performing musical works, bringing their own unique perspective and artistry to the music.
GUO ZIXI / MELISA IBRAHIMI / Mirei Kuroyanagi / TAM SI WAN
Musical Sensibility Special Award
Candidates who have shown exceptional sensitivity and understanding of music, and have a deep appreciation for the nuances of musical expression.
Friderika Zwierzyńska / Jiachen Xu / Jiayi Shi / Leo Chen / Ludmila Pelahiy / Ong Xiang Ying / Tang Pui Man Frances / Vincent Yam / WEINA·YILIYA
Virtuosic Performance Special Award
Candidates who have demonstrated remarkable proficiency and command over their performance.
Hechengzi Li / Irene Messoloras / JINRONG ZHOU / Liu Sheng Yu / Wang Haiyun
Baroque A (Under Age 17)
First Prize
Jiayi Shi - Piano
Baroque B (Over Age 17)
Absolute First Prize
Emel DOGAN UGURLU, Gonca YERLİKAYA - Flute & Violin
Classical A (Under Age 17)
First Prize
Jiayi Shi - Piano
Second Prize
Maralmaa Bayarsaikhan - Piano
Third Prize
Qianyue Hu - Piano
Romantic A (Under Age 17)
First Prize
Jiayi Shi / Johanna Habersetzer - Piano
Romantic B (Over Age 17)
Absolute First Prize
Hechengzi Li - Piano
JINRONG ZHOU - Flute
Second Prize
Xinyu Ke - Piano
Third Prize
Alexander Ng - Piano
Modern A (Under Age 17)
First Prize
Vincent Yam - Piano
Second Prize
Yuting Lan - Piano
Modern B (Over Age 17)
Absolute First Prize
Tang Pui Man Frances - Harp
First Prize
Anna Kierzynkowska & Dawid Trawicki - Violin & Guitar
Second Prize
Yikun Lyu - Piano
Concerto
Absolute First Prize
Jiachen Xu - Violin
First Prize
Tang Pui Man Frances - Harp
Second Prize
Tianqi Shen - Piano
Original Composition
Absolute First Prize
Carlos Cotto Clemente
Radosław Broda
Ruichao Wu
First Prize
Gracie Dundee
Shiliang Luo
SOOYEON SIM
Yi-Chi (Chi chi) Wang
Second Prize
Junyi Wu
Tianxing Ma
Xuanyu Wang
Duo Performance
Absolute First Prize
Emel DOGAN UGURLU, Gonca YERLİKAYA - Flute & Violin
Second Prize
Timmy Zhao & Vicky Zhao - Piano Duo
Musical Theatre / Opera
Absolute First Prize
WEINA·YILIYA
First Prize
YIXUAN ZHOU
Second Prize
Alina Cheung
Third Prize
Dan He
National Music
Absolute First Prize
XINYUAN ZHAO - Vocal
Orchestra
First Prize
Shanghai Student Starlight Orchestra
Professional (No age limit)
Absolute First Prize
Liu Sheng Yu - Cello
Meijun Chen - Clarinet
Irene Messoloras - Conducting
Hechengzi Li - Piano
Jiachen Xu - Violin
Charity Mapletoft - Vocal
First Prize
JINRONG ZHOU - Flute
Tang Pui Man Frances - Harp
Cencen Zhou / Ludmila Pelahiy / WEI YUJING - Vocal
Second Prize
Jenny Ye - Piano
Anna Dong - Violin
HONGJIE PU / Xiangjing Ding - Vocal
Advanced (Age 18-22)
Absolute First Prize
Wang Haiyun - Cello
MELISA IBRAHIMI - Piano
Young Artist (Age 14-17)
Absolute First Prize
GUO ZIXI - Cello
First Prize
Huang Li Yang James / TAM SI WAN - Piano
Dylan Lin - Saxphone
Second Prize
Jiayi Shi / Joyce Lumeng - Piano
Third Prize
Ailun Zhao - Piano
Youth (Age 11-13)
Absolute First Prize
Stanley Hyun - Piano
First Prize
Johanna Habersetzer - Piano
Leo Chen - Trumpet
Second Prize
Nuo chen / Ong Xiang Ying - Piano
Third Prize
Yiyang Cheng / Yuexi Cao - Piano
Junior (Age 8-10)
Absolute First Prize
YULIA WEI - Harp
Friderika Zwierzyńska - Piano
First Prize
Kayshana Ram / Mirei Kuroyanagi / Vincent Yam - Piano
Second Prize
ZHANYU ZHANG - Clarinet
Jiyue Bi - Piano