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QYS 2013 Concert Series
More information on concert dates, programs and subscription prices here

Saturday 25 May 3.00pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
QYO3 & BBC Strings

Sunday 26 May 3.00pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
WE with Redeemer Lutheran College

Saturday 1 June 7.00pm
QPAC Concert Hall
Romeo and Juliet
With QYS, piano soloist Quang Hong Luu and conductor John Curro
Repertoire includes Moti Perpetuo by Lehmann, Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto and Romeo & Juliet Suite No. 2 by Prokofiev.

Saturday 8 June 5.30pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
JSE & WSSO

Saturday 15 June 5.30pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
QYO2

Sunday 16 June 4.00pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
WS & Canterbury College

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The Old Museum

Brisbane’s youth performing arts centre and home of QYO.

2013 NYCC

QYO’s National Youth Concerto Competition, Australia’s leading competition for string players aged 17 and under.
New date for the 2013 Finals Week: 5 - 13 October 2013.
More information here

Book tickets for QYS

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2013 National Youth Concerto Competition


General Information Previous Winners Conditions of Entry Application Form

 

Previous Winners

1976
1st:  Raffaela Acella (SA)
2nd:  Leone Zieger (NSW) & Harold Wilson (QLD)

1977
1st:  Howard Penny (ACT) & Deborah Fox (SA)
3rd:  Jane Hazelwood (NSW)
4th:  Hsu-Lee Tsund (QLD)

1978
1st:  Jane Peters (SA) & Steven Tsung (QLD)
3rd:  Stephanie Blake (VIC)
4th:  Peter Exton (WA) & Christine Lockwood (QLD)

1979
1st:  Nancy Tsung (QLD)
2nd:  John Rogers (QLD)
3rd:  Bernard Langham (WA)
4th:  Diane Froomes (VIC)

1980
1st:  Richard Tognetti (NSW)
2nd:  Anna Rex (QLD)
3rd:  Kirsten Williams (NSW)
4th:  Elizabeth Haydon (ACT)

1981
1st:   Sarah Shepherd (ACT)
2nd:  Kate Buchdahl (ACT)
3rd:  Douglas MacNicol (ACT)
4th:  Andrew Goodwin (VIC)

1982 (extended to all Commonwealth countries in 1982)
1st:   Kai Gleusteen (Canada)
2nd:  Kirsten Williams (Australia)
3rd:  Rowan Prior (NZ) & Anna Solomon (England)

1983
1st:  Alexandra Stender (NSW)
2nd:  Susan Collins (NSW) & Michael Milton (NSW)
3rd:  Matthew Kinmont (QLD)

1984
1st:  Neil Heyde (ACT)
2nd:  Graeme Jennings (QLD)
3rd:  Nicholas Milton (NSW)
4th:  Jacqueline Ardlie (ACT)

1985
1st:  Nicholas Milton (NSW)
2nd:  Elaine Twunoda (VIC)
3rd:  Anne Harvey (VIC)
4th:  Anna McMichael (SA)

1986
1st:  Anne Harvey (VIC)
2nd:  Julian Smiles (ACT)
3rd:  Theresa Schutz (ACT)
4th:  Catherine Gill (ACT)

1987
1st:  Kirsten Waters (QLD)
2nd:  Fenella Gill (ACT)
3rd:  Susannah Webb (SA)
4th:  Julian Martin (ACT)

1988
1st:  Myee Clohessy (NSW)
2nd:  Sofia Dodds (SA)
3rd:  Susannah Webb (QLD)
4th:  Christy Patton (NSW)

1989
1st:  Zoe Black (VIC)
2nd:  Sofia Dodds (SA)
3rd:  Rowan Harvey (NSW)
4th:  Melanie Dyball (VIC)

1990
1st:  Sofia Dodds (SA) & Clancy Newman (NSW)
3rd:  Natalie Chee (NSW)
4th:  Rowan Harvey (NSW)

1991
1st:  Natalie Chee (NSW)
2nd:  Li Wei Qin (VIC)
3rd:  Tania Davis (NSW)
4th:  Naomi Englbrecht (NSW)

1992
1st:  Hugh Won (NSW)
2nd:  Sally Cooper (SA)
3rd:  Katherine Brown (ACT)
4th:  Gregory Lee (QLD)

1993
1st:  Li Wei Qin (VIC)
Finalists:  Aaron Barnden (VIC), Sally Cooper (SA) & Dominique Gallery (VIC)

1994
1st:  Sally Cooper (SA)
Finalists:   Aaron Barnden (VIC) & Judith Hurst (ACT)

1995
1st:  Judith Hurst (ACT)
Finalists:  Louisa Breen (VIC) & Alexandra Mitchell NSW)

1996
1st:  Alexandra Mitchell (NSW)
Finalists:  Sunny Roh (NSW) & Patrick Wong (NSW)

1997
1st:  Alexandra Osborne (NSW)
Finalists:  Frank Bibic (ACT) & Brian Blackwell (QLD)

1998
1st:  Naoko Miyamoto (NSW)
Finalists:  Brian Blackwell (QLD) & Roslyn Nippita (NSW)

1999
1st:  Victoria Jacono (NSW)
Finalists:   Susannah George (QLD) & Pei-Sian Ng (SA)

2000
1st:  Kristian Winther (ACT)
Finalists:  Susan Cooper (SA) & Quyen Le (NSW)

2001
1st:  Emily Dellit (QLD)
Finalists:  Ayako Ishikawa (VIC) & Thomas Talmacs (NSW)

2002
1st:  Ray Chen (QLD)
Finalists:  Yelian He (VIC) & Richard Pollett (QLD)

2003
1st:  Suyeon Kang (NSW)
Finalists:  Yoshika Masuda (NSW) & Joey Neeman (ACT)

2004
1st:  Tessa Ho (NSW)
Finalists:  Xi May Zhen (NSW) & Bing Xiang (NSW)

2005
1st:  Lillian So (NSW)
Finalists:  Xi May Zhen (NSW) & Philip Brett (NSW)

2006
1st:  Kana Ohashi (VIC)
Finalists:  Xi May Zhen (NSW) & Christine Wang (QLD)

2007
Equal 1st:  Ben Farrands (VIC) & Xi May Zhen (NSW) & Jonathan Mui (NSW)

2008
1st:  Emily Sun (NSW)
Finalists:  Dasha Moloksher (VIC) & Christopher Mui (NSW)

2009
1st:  Rachel Siu (NSW)
Finalists:  Adele Xiang (VIC) & James Dong (VIC)

2010
1st:  Anna Lisa Da Silva Chen (NSW)
Finalists:  Kako Miura (NSW) and Eddy Chen (QLD)
Watch Anna’s performance of Wieniawski’s 2nd Violin Concerto on YouTube

2011
1st:  Wendy Kong (NSW)
Finalists: Lily Higson-Spence (QLD) and Stephanie Stamopoulos (VIC)
Watch Wendy’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto on YouTube

2012
1st: Harry Ward, NSW
Finalists: Grace Clifford (NSW) and Emma Zhuang (NSW)