JSFest competition

THE WINNERS OF THE NINTH ON-LINE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC COMPETITION JSFest 2021
The winners of I, II, III, IV, V and VI degrees in each age group will receive diplomas.
 

PIANO 
Category A:  Instrumental performance (piano) with an obligatory composition by Jean Sibelius
A1 of age under 12
1st place – Jan Brożek, Warsaw, Poland                           

3rd place – Vladislav Makaev, Moscow, Russia                    

 

A2 of age 12-15
3rd place – Yang Kairui, China                                     

 

A3 of age 16-20
2nd place – Varvara Orleanskaia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia                  

 

A4 of age over 20 years old
2nd place – Darina Nikolova Dikova, Sofia, Bulgaria                         

Category B: Instrumental performance (piano) without an obligatory composition 
 

B1 of age under 12
1st place – Hrisiana Ivan Savova, Plovdiv,  Bulgaria                   

1st place – Phillip Angelov, Sofia, Bulgaria                           

2nd place – Elizabeth Elkina, Saint-Petersburg, Russia               

2nd place – Li Yunge, Beijing, China                                  

2nd place – Hao Yue Sun, Beijing, China                              

3rd place – Mariia Selina, Moscow, Russia                            

3rd place – Milos Dzikic, Belgrade, Serbia                             

4th place – Sophia Kexin Bai, Shanghai, China                         

4th place – Lena Vukasinovic, New Belgrade, Serbia                  

4th place – Uros Vukasinovic, New Belgrade, Serbia                          

4th place – Wang Yuan, China                                        

5th place – Jana Bokic, Belgrade, Serbia                              

 

B2 of age 12-15, piano 
3rd place – Mateja Ravilic, Belgrade, Serbia                           

4th place – Navendra Harenjit Marcelline, Colombo, Sri Lank          

4th place – Revan Abhayaratne, Colombo, Sri Lanka                  

4th place – Ilija Nikitovic, Belgrade, Serbia                            

 

B3 of age 16-20, piano 
1st place – Aleksandar Biserev Tomov, Sofia, Bulgaria                

1st place – Mario Bobotsov, Sofia, Bulgaria                                 

1st place – Nikolay Marinov, Plovdiv, Bulgaria                         

2nd place – Teodora Zaneva, Sofia, Bulgaria                          

2nd place – Katerina Radeva, Sofia, Bulgaria                          

2nd place – Martina Kuterovac, Vinkovci, Croatia                     

2nd place – Christopher Pan, Princeton, USA                         

2nd place – Ivan Pizzorno, Bulgaria and France                                 

 

B4 of age over 20 years old, piano 
1st place – Daniil Bashkin, Moscow, Russia                          

1st place - Julia Akimova, Saint-Petersburg, Russia    

2nd place – Kristina Hegeduš, Vukovar, Croatia                       

3rd place – Liu Yingnan, China                                       

3rd place – Irina Afonova, Smolensk, Russia                          

3rd place – Aleksandra Kozlova, Saint-Petersburg, Russia            

3rd place – Alexandra Akulina, Leon, Spain                           

4th place – Nimasha Malshani Ganegoda, Colombo, Sri Lanka         

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Category C: Instrumental performance (pianos duets “four hands”) 
C5 of age under 12
2nd place – Piano duet Egor Kaviazin and Maria Arefyeva, Saint-Petersburg, Russia           

C6 of age 12-15
2nd place – Elisaveta Khazina and Valentina Chernousova, Saint-Petersburg, Russia           

C8 of age over 20 years old
2nd place – Royal-quartet, Saint-Petersburg, Russia                  

 

Category K (for amateurs of age over 20 years old)
3rd place – Monika Masin, Vienna, Austria                 

 

Category I : Concertmasters performance The participants of this category can perform with the vocal participants together.  
I3: concertmasters of age over 20, piano
2nd place – Veronika  Khomich, Saint-Petersburg, Russia             

 

I4: concertmasters of age over 20, piano
1st place – Anna Balintne Jaczko, Röttenbach, Germany            

2nd place – Chen Baiyu, Petrozavodsk, China-Russia                

2nd place – Liang Xiaoxue, China-Russia      

 

VIOLIN
Category A: Instrumental performance (violin) with an obligatory composition by Jean Sibelius
A2 of age 12-15   
2nd place – Taisia Paliazhakina, Seville, Spain  

2nd place – Faina Metelica, Saint-Petersburg, Russia                  

A4 of age over 20 years old   
3rd place – Maria Muravyeva, Moscow, Russia                         

 

Category B: Instrumental performance (violin) without an obligatory composition
B1 of age under 12   
2nd place – Karina Saparova, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan                 

5th place – Anna Boliasova, Moscow, Russia                          

B2 of age 12-15  
1st place – Dalia Martin Cholakova, Sofia, Bulgaria                   

1st place – Denis Ryabovol, Windham, USA                           

2nd place – Wu Meiyu, Beijing, China                                 

2nd place – Shen Tianjun, Beijing, China                             

3rd place – Aliina Pirttikangas, Kankaanpää, Finland                 

B4 of age over 20 years old 
3rd place – Jillian Yang, London, Canada    

 

Category G1 of age 12-20: Chamber performance (duets, trios, quartets, and ensembles)  

2nd place – String Quartet, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, violin, violin, Alt, viola   

2nd place – Ensemble of violins, Ekaterinburg, Russia                       

3rd place – Dolce-trio, Kankaanpää, Finland, (violin, violin, cello)               

 

OBOE
Category B: Instrumental performance (oboe) without an obligatory composition
B1 of age under 12
2nd place – Agatha Barkova, Moscow, Russia                              

B2 of age 12-15
1st place – Angelika Vorozheeva,  Moscow, Russia           

SAXOPHONE 
Category E4 of age over 20 years old 
2nd place – Jun Liu, Hunan, China                               

FLUTE
Category B Instrumental performance (wind instruments: flute) without an obligatory composition  
B1 of age under 12
3rd place – Chuqiao Niu, China, Shanghai                   

B2 of age 12-15
1st place – Eva Barkova, Moscow, Russia                               

B3 of age 16-20
3rd place – Yizhe Xiao, Changhua, Taiwan                             

 

Category E: Instrumental performance (wind instruments: clarinet, flute) without an obligatory composition  

E2 of age 12-15
1st place – Marie-Sophie Kaufmann, Vienna, Austria                  

1st place – Bing Wang Wendy Ngai. Canada/China                    

1st place – CHENG-YI YUNG, TAICHUNG, R.O.C (Taiwan)              

2nd place – Chen Ye, Massachusetts, Brookline, United States         

2nd place – Sophie Zhu, Shanghai, China                              

2nd place – Zaria Donckel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg                

2nd place – Kenney Li, Shanghai, China                              

3rd place – Yin Huen Abigail Lee, Hong Kong, Hong Kong                                              

3rd place – Elina Gusenbauer, Vienna, Austria                        

3rd place – Veronica Rana, Shanghai, China                          

E3 of age 16-20
1st place – Bianco Alfonso, Italy                                      

2nd place – Alexandra Ershova, Cheboksary, Russia                   

2nd place – Caroline Linnemayr, Vienna, Austria                       

E4 of age over 20 years old
1st place – Yu-Yin WEI, New Taipei City, Taiwan(R.O.C)             

2nd place – Yingxue Xun, Wuhan, China                            

 

CLARINET
1st place – Liu Chongnan, Dalian, China      

1st place – Li Jiahui, Yuncheng, China         

2nd place – Fang Rui, Zhejiang, China         

 

Category K (amateur player - beginner): Instrumental performance (wind instruments: flute) without an obligatory composition.

2nd place – Regina Poschner, Vienna, Austria                       

2nd place – Wilma Hömstein, Vienna, Austria                       

3rd place – Birgit Braches, Vienna, Austria                          

3rd place – Jutta Tomek, Vienna, Austria                           

 

Category F: Instrumental performance (traditional/ folklore instruments) without an obligatory composition
F1 of age under 12
1st place – Mariuss Grencis, Valmiera, Latvia, Kokle                             

F3 of age 16-20
2nd place – Marija Alise Jenča, Limbažun. Aloja, Latvia, Kokle                    

F4 of age over 20 years old 
2nd place – Jozsef Terek, Hevizgyork, Hungary, Tarogato                         

2nd place – Mark Mihajlovich Vysotskiy, Tambov Russia, Balalajka               

 

Category G2 of age over 20 years old : Chamber performance (duets, trios, quartets, and ensembles) Ensembles can perform any instruments (string instruments, church music instruments). 
1st place – trio Gamblers, Saint-Petersburg, Russia                      

 

Category H2 of age over 20 years old : Chamber orchestras  
1st place – "Astra-duet ", Russia/Spain                                  

 

GUITAR
Category B: Instrumental performance (guitar) without an obligatory composition   
Category B1 of age under 12

3rd place – Daniil Nikitin, Tver, Russia               

B2 of age 12-15
1st place – Izabela Maciaszczyk, Pozowice, Poland                      

B4 of age over 20 years old
4th place – Anton Ponomarev, Tver, Russia        

 

Category G2 of age over 20 years old : Chamber performance (duets, trios, quartets, and ensembles of more than 5 people up to 12 people) Ensembles can perform any instruments (string instruments, church music instruments)

1st place – Harp Trio Chagall, Milano, Italy, harp, flûte, viola                

1st place – Gran quintet, Saint-Petersburg, Russia                       

2nd place – Duet Liang Xiaoxue-Gleb Rezvykh, China-Russia, piano, violin       

2nd place – ChromArt Ensemble, Málaga, Spain, flute, viola and harp    

ORGAN
Category D : Instrumental performance (organ)
D1 of age 12-15
2nd place – Brest Lenarcic, Slovenia         
1st place – Xiaofeng He, Beijing, China                                

1st place – Yijun Huang, Beijing, China                                 

3rd place – Fangfei Ding, Beijing, China                                  

3rd place – Tianyun Liu, Beijing, China                                  

3rd place – Shiye Guo, Shanghai, China                                  

4th place – Qiwen Shao, Shanghai, China                                

4th place – Ke Xu, Shanghai, China                                      

 

D3 of age over 20 years old
1st place – Magdalena Moser, Leoben, Austria                       

1st place – Sebastian Kuczynski, Warsaw, Poland                       

2nd place – Zixi Deng, Shanghai, China                                  

2nd place – Mirosława Cieślak, Gliwice, Poland                         

3rd place – Jie Ren, Hohhot, China                                       

3rd place – HanYu Jin, Shanghai, China                                 

 

D4  organ+ (instrumental ensembles where organ is presented)
2nd place – Fate chamber orchestra (Yihang Zuo&Mengge Hu), Beijing, China             

2nd place – Xuxin YANG, Qing XU, Beijing, China                   

VIOLONCELLO
Category A1 of age under 12: Instrumental performance (violoncello) with an obligatory composition by Jean Sibelius
1st place – Egons Malnačs, Riga, Latvia                           

Category B: Instrumental performance (violoncello) without an obligatory composition 
B1 of age under 12
2nd place – Darin Lambrev, Sofia, Bulgaria                           

2nd place – Kaya Ercan, Istanbul, Turkey                          

 

B2 of age 12-15
2nd place – Ali Aras Özcan, Istanbul, Turkey                          

2nd place – Zuzanna Augustyniak, Warsaw, Poland                   

2nd place – Vladislav Moiseev, Russia                                

3rd place – Nisan Aysever, Istanbul, Turkey                    

3rd place – Rüzgar Yalazan, Istanbul, Turkey                  

4th place – Dora Oral, Istanbul, Turkey                        

B3 of age 16-20
4th place – Melek Mavi Vural, Oslo, Norway    

B4 of age over 20 years old:
1st place – Beliz Güney, Istanbul, Turkey       

2nd place – Xu Chuhan, ShenYang, China                  

2nd place – Alexey Solonovich, Moscow, Russia          

HARP
Category A: Instrumental performance (harp) with an obligatory composition by Jean Sibelius
A1 of age under 12
1st place – Zarina Zaradna, Przezmierowo, Poland  

A2 of age 12-15
2nd place – Laura Hakobyan, Vienna, Austria                     

Category B: Instrumental performance (harp) without an obligatory composition
B 1 of age under 12
1st place – Agatha Barkova, Moscow, Russia                    

3rd place – Amparo Puchol Benet, Valencia, Spain                

3rd place – Ekaterina Proshina, Moscow, Russia                  

B2 of age 12-15
3rd place – Elsa Vázquez Roque, Seville, Spain                     

B3 of age 16-20
1st place – Victoria Markova, Sofia,  Bulgaria                    

2nd place – Paula Vicente Romero, Albacete, Spain               

3rd place – Claudia Feng Pedrajas García, Malaga, Spain         

 

 

 

THE WINNERS OF THE EIGHTH JSFest 2020 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC  COMPETITION

 

Special diplomas:

Diploma of the youngest participant - Sarina Wong, 11.04.2012, Hong Kong, harp 

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Diploma for Professionalism - Xingzhou Rong, Beijing, China, violin 

Diploma for Professionalism - Ilia Gorshkov, Moscow, Russia, saxophone

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Junior section (age groups under 12 years old and 12-15 years old)

 

Diploma of the Winner of the first degree:

Estere Dambite, Latvia, Riga, piano (А1)

Estere Dambite, Latvia, Riga, piano (В1)

Damians Dzina, Rīga, Latvija, cello

Varvara Orleanskaia, St.Petersburg, Russia, piano

Yixuan Han, Beijing, China, violin

Ivaylo Vassilev, Sofia, Bulgaria, piano

Congyu Yang, Beijing, China, cello

Igor Guznov, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, saxophone

 

Diploma of the Winner of the second degree:

Liudmila Dzhioeva, Russia, Rostov-on-Don, violin

Alexander Hoetzenecker, Linz, Austria, piano

Mariia Yermak, Kiev, Ukraine, piano

Sofia Molchanova, Moscow, Russia, saxophone

Mare Malvine Istena, Salacgriva, Latvia, violin

Angel Dimitrov Yalachkov, Sofia, Bulgaria, piano

Praskovya Polivtseva, Alatyr, Russia, flute

 

Diploma of the Winner of the third degree:

Bruno Tankelsons, Riga, Latvia, violoncello

Illia Darnytskyi, Kiev,Ukraine, piano

Henrik Hei Cheung Chan, Stabekk, Norway, piano

Andrew Wang, Asker, Norway, piano

 

Diploma of the Winner of the fourth degree:

Virginia Spiridonova, Sozopol, Bulgaria, piano

Aleksandra Kosulnikova, Russia, Saint-Petersburg, violin

Anorok quartet, Espoo, Finland, 2 violins, viola, violoncello

 

Diploma of the Winner of the fifth degree:

Sarina Wong, Hong Kong, harp

George Yaneev, Russia, Cheboksary, cello

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Senior section (age groups 16-20 and older than 20 years old)

 

Diploma of the Winner of the first degree:

Xingzhou Rong, Beijing, China, violin

Nikola Bogomilov, Sofia, Bulgaria, piano

Klara Maj, Salzburg, Austria, harp

Yun Tang, Changchun, China, piano

Nikolay Evgeniev Zhelyazkov, Rousse, Bulgaria, piano

Ignat Khlobystin, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, flute

Ilia Gorshkov, Moscow, Russia, saxophone

Olga Bestuzheva, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, organ

Piano Duo "Atmospheres", Sofia, Bulgaria, piano

 

Diploma of the Winner of the second degree:

Sherwin Ngan, Gjerdrum, Norway, piano

Daria Sleptsova, Moscow, Russia, saxophone

Shenghan Gao, Shanghai, China, organ

Tian Sun, Jinan, China, piano

Alina Pozniakova, Cheboksary, Russia, flute

Mikhail Kolesnik, Belgorod, Russia, saxophone

Jiaming Fan, Shanghai, China, organ

 

Diploma of the Winner of the third degree:

Kristina Tolok, Moscow, Russia, violin

Jakob Bjoennes, Sandefjord, Norway, рiano

 

Diploma of the Winner of the fourth degree:

Polina Poddyachaya, Cheboksary, Russia, flute

Roman Chistyakov, Moscow, Russia, piano

Zhao Yixuan, St Petersurg, Russia, piano

Li Jiahui, China, clarinet

Liu Chongnan, China, clarinet