Australian Flute Festival Competitions: Past Winners

2006-2025

2025

Australian International Flute Competition:

First prize: Lily Bryant

Second prize: Alexander Byrne

Young Artist Competition:

First prize: Kai Simpson-Smith

Second prize: Kiara Morishita-Lee

Piccolo Competition:

First prize: Amily He

Second prize: Noam Adiv Blanario

Flute Trio and Quartet Competition:

Flute Trio First Prize: Bass Piccolo Trio (Monash Lal, Nathan Smith and Corina Palafox)

Flute Quartet First Prize: Jacaranda Flute Collective (Corina Palafox, Eline van Bruggen, Belinda Wong and Amanda Wong)

2025 Australian International Flute Competition Winner Lily Bryant

2023

Open Flute Competition:

First prize: David Silva

Second prize: Jessica Scott

Young Artist Competition winners:

First prize: Samuel de Kroon

Second prize: Ella Zhang

Composition Competition:

First Prize: John Shephard for Back in the High Country

Scond Prize: Carlin Hara-Crockford for Reconnection

Third Prize: Cate Ahrendt for Restoration Fantasy

Piccolo Competition:

First Prize: Adreinne Hanslow

Second Prize: Maria Hincapie Duque

2019

Open Flute Competition:

First prize: Brian Kim

Second prize: Jungah Yoon

Young Artist Competition winners:

First prize: Louis Liu

Second prize: Sarah Bradley

Composition Competition:

First prize: Michal Rosiak

2nd prize: Naomi Dodd.

2017

Flute Competition:

First prize - Anna Cooper

Second Prize - Eliza Shephard

Young Artist Competition:

First prize - Jordan Paterson

Second Prize - Laura Cliff

Composition Competition:

First Prize - Alex Manton

Second Prize - Tania Owens

2023 Piccolo Competition WInner Adrienne Hanslow

2017 Flute Competition Winner Anna Cooper

2015

Flute Competition:

First prize - Kim Falconer $2000

Second Prize - Rosie Gallagher $1000

Composer’s prize - Kim Falconer

Young Artist Competition:

First Prize - Brian Kim $1000

Second Prize - Nicholas McCabe $500

Composition Competition:

First prize: John Petersen - Emergence

Second prize - Leah Blankendaal - to the winding ancient stair

2013

Flute Competition:

First prize - Kiran Phatak $2000

Second Prize - Timothy Hagen $1000

Young Artist Competition:

First Prize - Brian Kim $1000

Second Prize - Nikolai Song $500

Orchestral Excerpts Competition:

First Prize - Kiran Phatak $500

Second Prize - Anna Cooper $250

Composition Competition:

First Prize - Jessica Lee

Second Prize - Alex Manton

Composition published, concert recorded.

2013 Young Artist Competition Winners Brian Kim (right) and Nikolai Song (left)

2011

Flute Competition:

First Prize - Laura van Rijn

Second Prize - Hugh Roberts

Piccolo Competition:

First Prize - Helen Seppelt

Second Prize - Melanie Walters

Young Artist Competition:

First Prize - Chloe Chung

Second Prize - Emelia Antcliff

2009

Flute Competition:

First prize - Krzysztof Kacska

Second prize - Jessica Jiang

Piccolo Competition:

First prize - Kate Rockstrom

Second prize - Georgia Lane

Young Artist Competition:

First prize - Latham Horn

Second prize - Soo-Jung Kim

Flute Ensemble Competition:

First prize - Lake Flute Quartet

Laila Engle, Adrian Failla, Kate Rockstrom, Emma Knight

Second prize - Flutter

Latham Horn, Emily Smith, Tara Dickinson, Clairice Boreham

Flute Choir Competition:

The Picnics

Rebekka Dertinger, Jenna Roberts, Sari Robertson, Nadine Hill

Tutti Flutti Flute Choir

Yung Cheuk Ling, Clare Leung, Kristie Ho, Valerie Hung, Vanessa Hung, Antonia

Chow, Clara Fong, Celeste Chan, Jasmine Tang, Jocelyn Ho, Larissa Li, Chan Yuen

Miu, Erica Lee, Angela Chan, Audrey Chang, Isabelle Ho, Cheung Ho Wai.

2007

Open Flute Competition:

Antares Boyle (Custom made Verne Q Powell flute valued at $19,950)

Open Piccolo Competition:

Kristine Healy (Verne Q Powell Signature piccolo valued at $5,250)

Young Artist Competition:

 Stephanie Vici (Pearl flute model 8800RBE valued at $9,950)

Flute Ensemble Competition:

Cordelia Quartet (Winner of a Pearl alto flute valued at $2,895)

Flute Choir Competition:

Melbourne Uni Flute Ensemble (Pearl alto flute valued at $2,895

Sydney Flute Festival 2006

Solo Flute Competition:

Mark Xiao

18 years and under:

Anna Cooper

15 years and under:

Rosie Gallagher

12 years and under:

 Eliza Giselle-Shepherd

Flute Ensemble Competition:

Kshema Flutes

Marita Craig won the two nights accommodation for two, in a Deluxe room at the

Swissotel valued at $1185.

2007 Flute Ensemble Competition Winner Cordelia Quartet (Elisabeth Gottstein, Melody Lin, Agnes Harmath-Parkin and Jasmin Sun)

2006 Solo Flute Competition Winner Mark Xiao