OMNI Music Competition

The jury awarded three Grand Prizes to the young performers who stood out the most in their age category, from all the instrument categories of the Competition.

1. Éli Turmel, bass trombone (Montreal, QC)

François Schubert Grand Prize 

$5,000 scholarship awarded to the winner in the 15-17 years old category

2. Brandon Bing, piano (Blainville, QC)

Hydro-Québec Grand Prize 

$2,000 scholarship awarded to the winner in the 12-14 years old category

3. Sacha Jorba-Wu, violin (Calgary, AB)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Grand Prize 

$2,000 scholarship awarded to the winner in the 7-11 years old category

First places: 3 Canimex prizes ($1,000 scholarships)

1. Jessie Sun, violin (Montreal, QC)

Canimex Strings Prize: 15 to 17 years old

2. Louis-Jacob Chandonnet, harp (Trois-Rivière, QC)

Canimex Strings Prize: 12 to 14 years old

3. Iza Kamnitzer, violin (Montreal, QC)

Canimex Strings Prize: 7 to 11 years old

3 Wilder & Davis Étude prizes ($500 gift certificates)

1. Ethan Hyo Jeon, cello (Toronto, ON)

Wilder & Davis Étude Prize: 15 to 17 years old

2. Eva Guan, violin (Longueuil, QC)

Wilder & Davis Étude Prize: 12 to 14 years old

3. Torrence Wei, cello (Montreal, QC)

Wilder & Davis Étude Prize: 7 to 11 years old

Third place: 3 Hélène Brodeur and François Lafortune prizes ($200 scholarships)

1. Elliot Tsai, cello (Montreal, QC)

Hélène Brodeur and François Lafortune Prize: 15 to 17 years old

2. EX AEQUO Salma Khakimov, violin (Toronto, ON) / Janiya Wong, violin (Toronto, ON)

Hélène Brodeur and François Lafortune Prizes: 12 to 14 years old (two $200 scholarships)

Encouragement prizes ($150 scholarships)

1. Michael Sun (Montreal, QC)

Encouragement prize: 12 to 14 years old

2. Azat Vartanian (Montreal, QC)

Encouragement prize: 15 to 17 years old

First places: 3 Stingray All-Star prizes ($1,000 scholarships)

1. EX AEQUO Flavie Lacoste, oboe (Montreal, QC) / Wanning Ye, French horn (Montreal, QC)

Stingray All-Star prize: 15 to 17 years old (two $500 scholarships)

2. Lucien Jaimes, trumpet (Montreal, QC)

Stingray All-Star prize: 12 to 14 years old

3. Colin Lu, xylophone (Mont-Royal, QC)

Stingray All-Star prize: 7 to 11 years old

Second places: Twigg Music & Yamaha Canada prizes

1. Étienne d’Aragon, percussion (Montreal, QC)

Twigg Music & Yamaha Award: 15 to 17 years old

$500 gift certificate to Twigg Musique or $1,000 rebate on a Yamaha 7000 to 9000 series professional instrument.

2. Matthias Sutton, clarinet (Montréal, QC)

Twigg Musique & Yamaha prize: 12 to 14 years old

$350 gift certificate to Twigg Musique or $500 rebate on the purchase of a Yamaha intermediate or professional instrument, 4000 to 9000 series.

Third place: 3 Usi-Pompes prizes ($200 scholarships)

1. Simone Marchand, flute (Montreal, QC)

Usi-Pompes Prize: 15 to 17 years old

2. EX AEQUO Tara Marceau, French horn (Chicoutimi, QC) / Salah Guelmami,  flute (Mont-Royal, QC)

Usi-Pompes Prize: ages 12 to 14 (two $200 scholarships)

Scholarship In Memory of Lise Beauchamp: $280 scholarship

1. EX AEQUO Flavie Lacoste, oboe (Montreal, QC) and Wanning Ye, French horn (Montreal, QC)

1. EX AEQUO Flavie Lacoste, oboe (Montreal, QC) and Wanning Ye, French horn (Montreal, QC) (two $140 bursaries)

Twigg Music & Yamaha Encouragement prize

Anouk Marceau, flute (Chicoutimi, QC)

Gift certificate worth $250 from Twigg Musique or $200 off a Yamaha 200 or 300 series student instrument

First places: 3 Canimex prizes ($1,000 scholarships)

1. Barron Jiyu Jiang, piano (Montreal, QC)
Canimex Prize: 15 to 17 years old

2. Sunny Ritter (Vienna, Austria)
Canimex Prize: 12 to 14 years old

3. Yixuan Angela Miao, piano (Candiac, QC)
Canimex Prize: 7 to 11 years old

Second prizes: 3 Lorraine Bérubé prizes ($500 scholarships)

1. TIE Danita Zhang, piano (Richmond Hill, ON) / Kotoka Mori, piano (Pincourt, QC)
Lorraine Bérubé Prize: ages 15 to 17

2. Chelsea Gu, piano (Ajax, ON)
Lorraine Bérubé Prize: ages 12 to 14

3. Jonathan Wang, piano (Richmond Hill, ON)
Lorraine Bérubé Prize: ages 7 to 11

Nicole Fortin Award, favorites of the Orchestre Métropolitain volunteers (3 scholarships of $350)

1. Kotoka Mori, piano (Pincourt, QC)
2. Étienne d’Aragon, percussion (Montreal, QC)
3. Jessie Sun, violin (Montreal, QC)