Naumburg Competition

Completed

2024 International Cello Competition

Results

Joint First Prize: Leland Ko and Jonathan Swensen.

Joint Second Prize: Aaron Wolff, Alexander Hersh and James Kim.

View the 2024 programs, round details and original competition requirements.

Schedule

The competition took place in New York City, October 15–20, 2024.

  • Preliminary round: October 15–17, Klavierhaus.
  • Semi-final round: October 18, Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music.
  • Final round: October 20 at 12:00 PM, Neidorff-Karpati Hall, Manhattan School of Music. Free and open to the public.

Participants

Competition rounds

Preliminary Round

October 15–17, 2024.

Klavierhaus, 790 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10019

Gabriel Martins

Zhihao Wu

Yushi Izumi

Tae-Yeon Kim

Shun-Ming Yang

Sydney Lee

Shengyu Meng

Sam Chung

Robin Park

Rainer Crosett

Peter Eom

Miriam Smith

Olivia Marckx

Michael Song

Mei Hotta

Megan Yip

Lila Holyoke

Leland Ko

Josh Halpern

Jonathan Swensen

Julia Lee

John-Henry Crawford

Johannes Gray

Jakob Taylor

James Kim

Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir

Elena Ariza

Edward Luengo

Daniel Hamin Go

Alexander Hersh

Connor Kim

Chase Park

Andrew Byun

Amy Goto

Andres Sanchez

Aaron Wolff

Jury