Prizewinners announced on Friday 14 July

Interpretation First Prize and Gold Medal: Sunkyung Noh

Presented by The Countess of Verulam and Derek Bird, representing the Williams Church Music Trust

Improvisation First Prize: awarded jointly to Samuel Gaskin and Niklas Jahn

Presented by Cllr Annie Brewster

Interpretation Second Prize and Audience Prize: Julian Emanuel Becker

Presented by The Countess of Verulam

Douglas May Award: Ben Bloor

Presented by the Mayor of St Albans

Judith Weir Prize: Magdalena Moser

Prsented by the composer of the commissioned work, Judith Weir CBE

Peter Hurford Bach Prize: Johannes Krahl


Interpretation Finalists, announced on Wednesday 12 July

The three Interpretation Finalists were:

Julian Emanuel Becker 
Magdalena Moser 
Sunkyung Noh 

Improvisation Finalists, announced on Tuesday 11 July

The three Improvisation Finalists were:

Julian Emanuel Becker 
Samuel Gaskin 
Niklas Jahn 

Interpretation Semi-Finalists, announced on Saturday 8 July

The eight Interpretation Semi-Finalists, selected from 16 competitors at the Quarter-Finals stage, were:

Julian Emanuel Becker 
Ben Bloor 
Samuel Gaskin 
Johannes Krahl 
Charles Maxtone-Smith 
Magdalena Moser 
Sunkyung Noh 
Alden Wright 

Improvisation Semi-Finalists, announced on Friday 7 July

All five Improvisation Quarter-Finalists were selected to advance to the Semi-Finals:

Julian Emanuel Becker 
Samuel Gaskin 
Bernhard Hauk 
Jakob Schönborn-Dietz 
Niklas Jahn