2023 Winners

2023 Ringwood Eisteddfod Winners

Instrumental Grand Final Award

Winner  –  Ting Lo

Aria Grand Final Award

1st male winner  – James Emerson

1st female winner  –  Billie Tumarkin

2nd male winner  –  Metehan Pektas

2nd female winner  –  Lisette Bolton

3rd male winner  –  Cen Wei

3rd female winner  –  Kate Pengelly

Special Awards

Peter Chapple Memorial Award

Winner   –  Kate Pengelly

Lynette-Casey Brereton Award

Winner  –  Isabella Hincksman

E.M. Taylor Memorial Trophy Award

Winner  –  Kate Pengelly

Sadie Brown Memorial Trophy Award

Winner  –  Melody Huang

Janet Perkins Memorial Award

Winner  –  Kate Pengelly

R & M Dipnall Memorial Trophy

Winner  –  Ting Lo 

Senior Classical Vocal

Section 49A, Art Song

Winner  –  Nuolin Ouyang

Sponsor  – ANATS

Section 49B, Art Song

Winner  –  Lucy Schneider

Sponsor  – ANATS

Section 50, Oratorio

Winner  –  Tessa McKenna

Sponsor  –  Peter Churchland

Section 51, Australian Composition

Winner  –  Samantha Hargreaves

Sponsor  –  Susan Breen Clarke

Section 52, Lieder

Winner  –  Kate Pengelly

Sponsor  –  Peter Chapple

Section 53, Opera Ensemble

Winner  –  James Emerson

Sponsor  –  More than Opera

Open Section Winners

Section 10A, Orchestral Strings

Winner  –  Christopher Ran

Sponsor  –  Aughtersons Law

Section 10B, Orchestral Strings

Winner  –  Derek Wei

Sponsor  –  Aughtersons Law

Section 14, Contemporary Voice

Winner  –  Madeline Price

Sponsor  –  Croydon-Mooroolbark Lions Club

Section 17, Chamber Ensemble

Winner  –  Syndal Quintet

Sponsor  –  Maureen Milton  

Section 29A, Pianoforte

Winner  –  Haoqing Leo Liu

Sponsor – Loraine Baldock

Section 29B, Pianoforte

Winner  –  Ben Fu

Sponsor – Loraine Baldock

Section 40, Woodwind & Brass

Winner  –  Jiayi Angela Yin

Sponsor  –  Mark Dipnall

Section 43, Musical Theatre / Light Opera

Winner  –  Carla Venkataya

Sponsor  –  More Than Opera

Section 56, Classical Guitar

Winner  –  Ting Lo

Sponsor  –  ANZCA

Section 58, Classical Organ

Winner  –  Darby Lee

Sponsor  –  Society of Organists

Winners of 2023 (Download PDF)