WORLD BACH COMPETITION 2020 WINNERS, HONORABLE MENTIONS, AND AUDIENCE FAVORITES

VOCAL PROFESSIONAL:

1st Place

Claire McCahan, mezzo-soprano, USA 

William Shelton, countertenor, United Kingdom/France  

2nd Place

Erin Roth Thomas, mezzo-soprano, USA

3rd  Place

Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano, USA

Honorable Mention:

Jennifer Perez, soprano, USA

Audience Favorite:

Andrew Egbuchiem, countertenor, USA

 

VOCAL UNIVERSITY:

1st Place

Ingrid Johnson, mezzo-soprano, USA 

2nd Place

Mara Riley, soprano, USA

3rd Place

Hakeem Henderson, tenor, USA

Sindhura Kondaveeti, soprano, USA

Honorable Mention:

Lucas Ludwig Coura, countertenor, USA

Audience Favorite:

Hakeem Henderson, tenor, USA

 

VOCAL HIGH SCHOOL:

1st Place and Audience Favorite 

Hannah Kang, soprano, USA

 

VOCAL COMMUNITY:

1st Place

Karoline Guerin, mezzo-soprano, USA 

2nd Place

Jennifer Burks, soprano, USA

3rd Place

Muriel Maclay, soprano, USA

Honorable Mention and Audience Favorite:

Kyoon-tae Kim, tenor, South Korea

 

KEYBOARD & PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS

PROFESSIONAL:

1st Place

Thomas Schwan, piano, USA 

2nd Place

Raphael Attila Vogl, organ, Germany

Elena Toponogova, piano, United Kingdom

Misuzu Tanaka, piano, USA

3rd Place

Victoria Suchodolski, harpsichord, USA

Giorgia Comelli, accordion, Italy

William Johnston, classical guitar, United Kingdom

Honorable Mention and Audience Favorite:

Pier Andrea Capoccia, classical guitar, Italy

 

KEYBOARD & PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS

UNIVERSITY:

1st Place

Hilda Huang, piano, USA 

Reuben Johnson, piano, Australia 

2nd Place

Jiajun David Lai, piano, USA

Jascha Obieta, piano, The Philippines

3rd Place

Yang Li, piano, China/USA

Gwenyth Aggeler, classical guitar, USA

Honorable Mention:

Aoshuang Li, piano, USA

Tomoka Shigeno, piano, Japan

Johannes Festerling, theorbo, Germany

Audience Favorite:

Jiajun David Lai, piano, USA

 

KEYBOARD & PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS

HIGH SCHOOL:

1st Place

Anisa Dazhaeva, piano, Russia 

Madeleine Hehn, piano, USA 

2nd Place

Yinuo Lu, piano, China

3rd Place

Ethan Boyers, classical guitar, USA

Melody Chang, piano, USA

Honorable Mention:

Victoriia Smetana, harp, Ukraine

Torsten Fras, harpsichord, USA

Audience Favorite:

Ayushman Choudhury, piano, USA

 

KEYBOARD & PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS

COMMUNITY:

1st Place

Zachary Weiner, piano, USA 

2nd Place

Lisa Tyler, organ, USA

3rd Place

Claire Meissner-Bernard, piano, Switzerland

Robin Stanton, piano, USA

Audience Favorite:

Lisa Tyler, organ, USA

 

INSTRUMENTAL

PROFESSIONAL:

1st Place

Zachary Mowitz, cello, USA 

2nd Place

Nadia Lesinska, baroque violin, Bulgaria, USA

Julia Glenn, violin, USA

3rd Place

Edoardo Lega, bass clarinet, Italy

Alexander Lipay, flute, USA

Honorable Mention:

Ayane Kondo, hammered dulcimer, Japan

Matthew Ryan Kilgore, marimba, USA

Audience Favorite:

Luciano Pontes, viola, Brazil

 

INSTRUMENTAL

UNIVERSITY:

1st Place

Teresa Deskur, recorder, USA 

2nd Place

Julien de Balbine, marimba, France

Hana Mundiya, violin, USA

3rd Place

Nina Bernat, double bass, USA

David Bernat, violin, USA

Honorable Mention:

Xiang Han, violin, China

Aditya Chander, violin, USA

Whitney Takata, violin, Japan

Iñes Pinto, flute, Portugal

Audience Favorite:

Janel Najafli, violin, Azerbaijan

 

INSTRUMENTAL

HIGH SCHOOL:

1st Place

Katya Moeller, violin, USA 

Steije Maurer, marimba, The Netherlands 

2nd Place

Sophie Chung, violin, China

Nicholas Kim, clarinet, USA

3rd Place

Yangyang Liang, viola, China

Samantha Washecka, violin, USA

Honorable Mention:

Sointu Aalto, cello, Canada

Audience Favorite:

Natalie Kwok, cello, USA

 

INSTRUMENTAL

COMMUNITY:

1st Place

Jordan Witherspoon, viola da gamba, USA 

2nd Place

Arielle Pollatschek, violin, Israel

3rd Place and Audience Favorite:

Carl Gutowski, flute, USA

 

 

Jurors:

Melissa Givens, soprano

Mina Gajić, piano and historical keyboards

Terrence Wilson, piano

Jordan Bak, viola

Zachary Carrettín, conductor, violin, viola, cello da spalla