Gregynog Young Musicians Competition

Gregynog Young Musicians Competition began in 2005, originally as part of the Gregynog Festival, and more recently as a free-standing event. It is held at Gregynog Hall in Mid Wales and is open to instrumentalists aged 18 and under.^[1]

Gregynog Young Musician
Gregynog Hall, Tregynon in 2005 - competition venue
Awarded for	Exceptional musical talent
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Gregynog Young Musicians Committee
First award	2005
Final award	2021
Website	Gregynog Young Musician website

Winners have been:^[2]

Year	Winner	Instrument
2005	Cai Isfryn	Trumpet
2006	Helen Pugh	Piano
2007	Glain Dafydd	Harp
2008	Julia Hwang	Violin
2009	Steffan Morris	'Cello
2010	Chloe-Angharad Bradshaw	Flute
2011	Andrew Reynish	'Cello
2012	Tom Blomfield	Oboe
2013	Charlie Lovell-Jones	Violin
2014	Juliana Myslov	Harp
2015	Sheku Kanneh-Mason	'Cello
2016	Kirsty Chaplin	Piano
2017	Nikita Burzanitsa	Piano
2018	Willard Carter	'Cello
2019	Ellis Thomas	Piano
2020 (Held Online)	Sofia Matvienko	Flute
2021	Oliver Simpson	'Cello

Category Winners

In 2013, the structure of the competition was changed and 5 separate categories were introduced; 'Gregynog Young String Player of the Year', 'Gregynog Young Pianist of the Year', 'Gregynog Young Woodwind Player of the Year', 'Gregynog Young Brass Player' and 'Gregynog Young Harpist / Guitarist / Percussionist of the Year'. The 'Young Accompanist Prize' was also instituted for accompanists aged 23 and under. The competition rules allow joint winners in a single category should a winner not be identified in another category.^[1]

Category winners have been:^[2]

Year	Name	Category
2013	Charlie Lovell-Jones*[3]	Young String Player of the Year
	Iwan Wyn Owen[3]	Young Pianist of the Year
	Daniel Shao[3]	Young Woodwind Player of the Year
	Rhiannon Symonds[3]	Young Brass Player of the Year
	Louis Brookes[3]	Young Guitarist of the Year
2014	Juliana Myslov*[4]	Young Harpist of the Year
	Sheku Kanneh-Mason[4]	Young String Player of the Year
	Nurry Lee[4]	Young Pianist of the Year
	Epsie Thompson[4]	Young Woodwind Player of the Year
	Grady Hassan[4]	Young Brass Player of the Year
	Isata Kanneh-Mason[4]	Young Accompanist Prize and Chairman's Trophy
2015	Sheku Kanneh-Mason*[5]	Young String Player of the Year
	Benjamin Goldscheider[5]	Young Brass Player of the Year
	Daniel Scott[5]	Young Woodwind Player of the Year
	Alexandra Whittingham[5]	Young Guitarist of the Year
	Janeba Kanneh-Mason[5]	Young Pianist of the Year
2016	Kirsty Chaplin*	Young Pianist of the Year
	Benjamin Goldscheider	Young Brass Player of the Year
	Henry Newbould	Young Woodwind Player of the Year
	Isobel Howard	Young String Player of the Year
	Heledd Gwynant	Young Percussionist of the Year
	Conal Bembridge-Sayers	Young Accompanist Prize and Chairman's Trophy
2017	Nikita Burzanitsa*	Young Pianist of the Year
	Tianlang Zhou
	Chloe Ellen Jones	Young Woodwind Player of the Year
	George Strivens	Young Brass Player of the Year
	Willard Carter	Young String Player of the Year
	Hannah Brookes-Hughes
2018	Willard Carter*	Young String Player of the Year
	Joel Munday
	Chloe Ellen Jones	Young Woodwind Player of the Year
	Ewan Millar
	Huw Boucher	Young Harpist of the Year
	George Strivens	Young Brass Player of the Year
	Julian Trevelyan	Young Accompanist Prize
2019	Ellis Thomas*	Young Pianist of the Year
	Sofia Matvienko	Young Woodwind Player of the Year
	Danushka Edirisinghe	Young String Player of the Year
	Huw Boucher	Young Harpist of the Year
	Avishka Edirisinghe	Young Accompanist Prize
2020 (Held Online)	Sofia Matvienko*	Young Woodwind Player of the Year
	Hui Hing Ngai	Young Brass Player of the Year
	Owen Putter	Young Pianist of the Year
	Haru Ogiwara	Young String Player of the Year
2021	Oliver Simpson*	Young String Player of the Year
	Una Pavlovic-Alldridge
	Firoze Madon	Young Pianist of the Year
	Jessica Ellis	Young Woodwind Player of the Year
	Rosie Gill	Young Harpist of the Year

^*Overall Winner