2015 Winner: Lloyd Van't Hoff

Clarinetist
Queensland

The Grand Final of the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards was held on 7 November 2015 in the Federation Concert Hall in Hobart.

Lloyd was named the winner after his stunning performance of the Copland Clarinet Concerto accompanied by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch. The concert also included thrilling performances from two other Finalists, Chris Cartlidge (VIC) performing the Rubbra Viola Concerto and Lily Higson-Spence (QLD) performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto.

Lloyd van't Hoff studied the clarinet in Brisbane under the tutelage of Paul Dean and Floyd Williams. In 2011, he graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with Bachelor of Music (Honours) in advanced performance.

During his studies, Lloyd was a soloist with the Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra. He also travelled to Beijing as an ambassador for the Queensland Conservatorium of Music at the Beijing International Modern Music Festival, and won the Queensland Conservatorium Postgraduate Award. Lloyd has been Principal clarinet of the Queensland Youth Symphony and  Principal clarinet of the Australian Youth Orchestra.

Catherine Hewgill - Principal Cello, SSO

Catherine talks about the importance of the competition in this country.
Finalists

Our finalists demonstrate the promising future and continued excellence of Australian music.

Adjudicators were impressed by the high standard overall, and the exceptional technical ability and maturity displayed by these young musicians.

Previous Winners & Finalists
2010 - 2014
2014
  • Winner - Grace Clifford, Violin, NSW
  • Finalist - Anna Da Silva Chen, Violin NSW
  • Finalist - Andrew Kawai, Obeo, VIC
2014 Australia Cello Awards
  • Winner - Yelian He
  • Finalist - Edward King
  • Finalist - Ruben Palma
2013
  • Winner - Hoang Pham, Piano, VIC
  • Finalist - Stephain Cassomenos, Pianist, VIC
  • Finalist - Andrew Kawai, Obeo, VIC
2012
  • Winner - Katerina Nazarova, Violin, TAS
  • Finalist - Young Kwon Choi, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Som Howie, Clarinet, NSW
2011
  • Winner - Nicholas Russoniello, Saxophone, NSW
  • Finalist - Nicholas Young, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Emily Sun, Violin, NSW
2010
  • Winner - Oliver She, Piano, QLD
  • Finalist - Richard Pollett, Violin, QLD
  • Finalist - Ashley William Smith, Clarinet, WA
2000 - 2009
2009
  • Winner - Ji Won Kim, Violin, NSW
  • Finalist - David Papp, Obeo, NSW
  • Finalist - Bo An Lu, Piano, NSW
2008
  • Winner - Maxwell Foster, Piano, QLD
  • Finalist - Rebecca Chan, Violin, VIC
  • Finalist Jessica Foot, Oboe, VIC
2007
  • Winner - Shaun Lee Chen, Violin, WA
  • Finalist - Benjamin Kopp, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Tristan Williams, Trumpet, VIC
2006
  • Winner - Cameron Hill, Violin, VIC
  • Finalist - Brieley Cutting, Piano, QLD
  • Finalist - Shefali Pryor, Oboe, NSW
2005
  • Winner - Suyeon Kang, Violin, VIC
  • Finalist - Oliver Le Mang She, Piano, QLD
  • Finalist - Mark Gaydon, Bassoon, SA
2004
  • Winner - Amy Dickson, Saxophone, NSW
  • Finalist - Chen Gu, Violin, NSW
  • Finalist - Edward Neeman, Piano, ACT
2003
  • Winner - Richard Haynes, Clarinet, QLD
  • Finalist - Olivia Sham, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Nicole Vasilakis, Violin, NSW
2002
  • Winner - David Fung, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Jamie Adam, Marimba, SA
  • Finalist - Kristian Winther, Violin, ACT
2001
  • Winner - Pei-Jee Ng, Cello, QLD
  • Finalist - Kristian Chong, Piano, VIC
  • Finalist - Emma Scholl, Flute, NSW
  • Finalist - Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano, WA
2000
  • Winner - Sophie Rowell, Violin, NSW
  • Finalist - Grace Kim, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Meg Sterling, Flute, ACT
1990 - 1999
1999
  • Winner - Claire Edwardes, Percussion, NSW
  • Finalist - Andrea Lam, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Alexandra Osborne, Violin, NSW
  • Finalist - Göknur Ray, Soprano, NSW
1998
  • Winner - Simon Tedeschi, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Sarita Kwon, Violin, NSW
  • Finalist - Nicole King, Bassoon, VIC
  • Finalist - Caroline Chown, Soprano, QLD
1997
  • Winner - Philip Arkinstall, Clarinet, NSW
  • Finalist - Kirsten Le Strange, Violin, NSW
  • Finalist - Fabian Russell, Tuba, VIC
  • Finalist - Lance Coburn, Piano, QLD
  • Finalist - Mezzo-soprano, VIC
1996
  • Winner - Andrew Day, Flute, VIC
  • Finalist - Lachlan Redd, Piano, ACT
  • Finalist - Susie Park, Violin, NSW
  • Finalist - Catherine Carby, Mezzo-soprano, VIC
1995
  • Winner - Alison Eddington, Percussion, NSW
  • Finalist - David Tong, Piano, VIC
  • Finalist - Sally Cooper, Violin, SA
  • Finalist - Leanne Kenneally, Soprano, QLD
1994
  • Winner - Elowyn Leonard, Clarinet, ACT
  • Finalist - Margot Lee, Bassoon, SA
  • Finalist - Shan Deng, Piano, QLD
  • Finalist - Fiona Campbell, Mezzo-soprano, WA
1993
  • Winner - Liwei Qin, Cello, VIC
  • Finalist - Rebecca Chambers, Piano, VIC
  • Finalist - Sarah Warner, Bassoon, WA
  • Finalist - Emma Lysons, Soprano, WA
1992
  • Winner - Natalie Chee, Violin, NSW
  • Finalist - Caroline Almonte, Piano, VIC
  • Finalist - Steve Rossé, Tuba, NSW
  • Finalist - Lisa Brown, Soprano, WA
1991
  • Winner - Tamara-Anna Cislowska, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Zoë Black, Violin, VIC
  • Finalist - Kathryn McCuster, Soprano, WA
1990
  • Winner - Clemens Leske Jr, Piano, SA
  • Finalist - Anna McMichael, Violin, SA
  • Finalist - Markus Lutz, Percussion, QLD
  • Finalist - Andrew Collis, Bass-baritone, QLD
1980 - 1989
1989
  • Winner - Antony Chesterman, Oboe, NSW
  • Winner - Duncan Gifford, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Melissa Barnard, Cello, NSW
  • Finalist - Louise Page, Soprano, ACT
1988
  • Winner - Virginia Taylor, Flute, ACT
  • Finalist - Julian Smiles, Cello, ACT
  • Finalist - Yanghee Kim, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Ian Vayne, Bass-baritone, QLD
1987 (Name changes to ABC Young Performers Award)
  • Winner - Bernadette Harvey, Piano, NSW
  • Finalist - Amanda Parsons, Horn, WA
  • Finalist - Patricia Ayling, Cello, NSW
  • Finalist - Karen Robertson, Mezzo-soprano, VIC
1986 (Name changed to ABC Young Performers’ Competition. State finals converted to four category finals. Young Performer of the Year receives extra cash and minimum of three concert performance with ABC orchestras.)
  • Winner - Alison Lazaroff, Violin, NSW
  • Finalist - Philip Mayers, Piano, QLD
  • Finalist - Frances Barzyk, Tuba, VIC
  • Finalist - Anna Connolly, Soprano, QLD
1985
  • Winner - Diana Doherty, Oboe, VIC
  • Finalist - Cameron Retchford, Cello, QLD
  • Finalist - Yasuko Toba, Piano, WA
  • Finalist - Miriam Gormley, Soprano, QLD
1984
  • Winner - Adele Anthony, Violin, SA
  • Finalist - Katrina Brown, Piano, SA
  • Finalist - Warwick Tyrrell, Trombone, NSW
  • Finalist - Susan Dunn, Soprano, QLD
1983
  • Winner - Joan Qiong Shih, Violin, TAS
  • Finalist - Deborah de Graaff, Clarinet, NSW
  • Finalist - Paul Ford, Piano, VIC
  • Finalist - Margaret Schindler, Soprano, QLD
1982
  • Winner - Ian Munro, Piano, VIC
  • Finalist - Ivan James, Cello, NSW
  • Finalist - Geoffrey Payne, Trumpet, VIC
1981 (Award for most outstanding competitor introduced)
  • Winner - Jolanta Nagajek, Mezzo-soprano, WA
  • Finalist - John White, Marimba, SA
  • Finalist - Brett Dean, Viola, QLD
  • Finalist - Robert Zocchi, Piano, ACT
1980
  • Sue-Ellen Paulsen, Cello, QLD
  • Stephen Emmerson, Piano, QLD
  • Claire Primrose, Soprano, VIC
  • Michael Mulcahy, Trombone, VIC
1970 - 1979
1979
  • Keith Birchley, Piano, QLD
  • Liza Cheshire, Flute, NSW
  • Adele Nisbet, Soprano, QLD
  • Howard Penny, Cello, ACT
1978 (Four categories introduced: Vocal, Orchestral Strings, Keyboard, Other Instrumental)
  • Amelia Fonte, Mezzo-soprano, QLD
  • Laurien Kennedy, Cello, VIC
  • Victor Sangiorgio, Piano, VIC
  • Peter Veale, Oboe, SA
1977
  • Susan Blake, Cello, NSW
  • Robyn Cantle, Soprano, NSW
  • Jenni Flemming, Piano, QLD
1976
  • Anthony Halliday, Piano, VIC
  • Rosamund Illing, Soprano, SA
  • Peta Lowe, Violin, SA
1975
  • Graham Godfrey, Tenor, QLD
  • Alan Vivian, Clarinet, VIC
  • Lesley Young, Piano, QLD
1974
  • Virginia Inkratas, Piano, NSW
  • Wendy Verco, Mezzo-soprano, NSW
  • Michele Walsh, Violin, SA
1973
  • Jeffrey Crellin, Oboe, SA
  • Jonathan Summers, Baritone, VIC
  • Renate Turrini, Piano, SA
1972
  • Andrew Peter Bowman, Male alto, QLD
  • Keith Crellin, Viola, TAS
  • Rosalie Myers, Piano, WA
1971
  • Rodney Lowe, Trumpet, VIC
  • Margot Wall, Soprano, VIC
  • Ormsby Wilkins, Piano, VIC
1970
  • Anthony Newcombe, Piano, SA
  • Julie Raines, Harp, VIC
1960 - 1969
1969
  • Gustave Fenyö, Piano, NSW
  • Margaret Garrett, Soprano, NSW
  • Tanya Hunt, Cello, VIC
1968 (Preliminary recital stage introduced. Instrumental categories divided into Keyboard and ‘Other’. Name changed to Instrumental and Vocal competition.)
  • Tom Pommerel, Piano, QLD
  • Nathan Waks, Cello, NSW
  • James Whitbread, Baritone, VIC
1967
  • Robert Davidovici, Violin, NSW
  • Glenys Fowles, Soprano, WA
  • Ian Morgan, Clarinet, VIC
  • Thomas Ungar, Piano, NSW
1966
  • Margaret Crawford, Flute, SA
  • Elizabeth Drake, Piano, VIC
  • Janice Taylor, Soprano, VIC
1965
  • Pamela Bryce, Violin, QLD
  • Vernon Hill, Flute, QLD
  • Janet Lasscock, Soprano, SA
  • Elizabeth Leslie, Piano, NSW
1964
  • Paul Curtis, Flute, NSW
  • Brian Hanly, Violin, WA
  • Elizabeth Tippett, Mezzo-soprano, VIC
  • Roger Woodward, Piano, NSW
1963
  • Althea Bridges, Soprano, NSW
  • Geoffrey Madge, Piano, SA
  • Phillip Miechel, Clarinet, VIC
  • Kerry Smith, Violin, QLD
1962
  • Charmian Gadd, Violin, NSW
  • Janet Gare, Piano, TAS
  • Janice Hearne, Soprano, SA
1961
  • Ruth Gurner, Soprano, SA
  • Rodney Sigston, Piano, VIC
  • Michael Wentzell, Organ, VIC
1960
  • Nance Grant, Soprano, VIC
  • Stephen McIntyre, Piano, VIC
1950 - 1959
1959
  • Gloria McDonall, Soprano, VIC
  • Irene Pang, Piano, NSW
1958
  • Lynette Howieson, Soprano, WA
  • Geoffrey Michaels, Violin, WA
1957
  • Patricia Connop, Soprano, WA
  • Stanley Ritchie, Violin, NSW
1956
  • Russell Cooper, bass-baritone, NSW
  • Janette Hamilton, Piano, NSW
1955
  • Barbara Hoad, Clarinet, QLD
  • Neil Warren-Smith, Bass-baritone, VIC
1954
  • Donald Thornton, Piano, WA
  • Patricia Wyatt, Soprano, WA
1953
  • Lynette Kierce, Soprano, VIC
  • Donald Westlake, Clarinet, VIC
1952
  • Marjorie Conley, Soprano, NSW
  • Max Olding, Piano, VIC
1951
  • Kevin Miller, Tenor, SA
  • Audrey White, Piano, SA
1950 (Awards inaugurated for singers and instrumentalists. Name changed to ABC Concerto and Vocal Competition.)
  • Commonwealth Winner - Ronald Price, Piano, VIC
  • Trevor Lewis, Baritone, NSW
  • Elise Longwill, Soprano, WA
  • Leslie Miers, Piano, VIC
  • Kevin Miller, Tenor, SA
  • Enid Strong, Piano, NSW
1944 - 1949
1949 (Commonwealth Finals first held)
  • Commonwealth Winner - Donald Weekes, Violin, VIC
  • Sylvia Biddle, Soprano, QLD
  • Lyall Duke, Piano, TAS
  • Pamela Flower, Soprano, WA
  • Ronald Jackson, Bass, NSW
  • Pamela Main, Piano, SA
  • Helen McKinnon, Contralto, QLD
1948
  • Juilliard Scholarship Winner - Frances Moran, Piano, WA
  • Norma Cornelius, Soprano, QLD
  • Laurence Davis, Piano, NSW
  • Berenice Lehmann, Piano, SA
1947
  • Juilliard Scholarship Winner - Dallas Haslam, Piano, VIC
1946
  • Juilliard Scholarship Winner - Manfred Clynes, Piano, VIC
  • British Council Scholarship Winner - Beryl Kimber, Violin, NSW
  • Juilliard Scholarship Winner - Sybil Willey, Contralto, QLD
1945
  • No winner selected
1944 (An annual state based competition was organised)
  • Richard Farrell, Piano, NSW
  • Betty Munro George, Piano, WA
  • Audrey White, Piano, SA