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Concerto Final – Saturday 8th March 2014 – Results – Updated 10th March 2014
A wonderful evening was held on Saturday night with three young, very talented musicians. They all performed superbly!
The results are as follows:
Joint Winners were:
![Joint Winner - Arna Morton (Christchurch) - Violin who played Violin Concerto No. 1, Op35 by Karol Szymanowski](http://musiccant3009.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-Concerto-0051.jpg)
and
![Joint Winner - Matthias Balzat (Auckland) - Cello who played Cello Concerto by William Walton](http://musiccant3009.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-Concerto-007.jpg)
Third Prize
![Third Prize - Nathaniel Smorti (Taupo) - Clarinet who played Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op.73 by Carl Maria von Weber](http://musiccant3009.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-Concerto-009.jpg)
People’s Choice prize went to Matthias Balzat
Junior Jury prize went to Nathaniel Smorti
Semi-Finalists Not Chosen for the Finals – December 2013
![The three semi-finalists (not chosen for the finals) from left to right are:](http://musiccant3009.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-Concerto-0011.jpg)
– Stella Kim (Violin) from Auckland
– Heather Lewis (Cello) from Wellington
– Hye-Won Suh (Flute) from Auckland
Also awarded were the:
Most promising performer not selected for the semi-final –
Maia–Dean Martin (Violin) from Whangarei
Most promising Cantabrian not selected for the semi-final –
Diane Huh (Violin) from Christchurch
![The Adjudicators for the Preliminaries and Semi-Finals left to right are:](http://musiccant3009.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-Concerto-011.jpg)
Dr Curt Thompson (Melbourne), Samuel Jacobs (Wellington) and Andrew Joyce (Wellington)