Awards Ceremony
Marimba Festiva
Winners of the International Marimba Festiva Competition 2021
AG 1A
1 Prize – Jiayi Sun – China
2 Prize – Ayara Yamaguchi – Japan
3 Prize – Gabor Mscisz – Germany
Gordon Stout Special Prize – Ayara Yamaguchi – Japan
Young Performance Yamaha Prize – Gabor Mscisz – Germany
AG 1B
1 Prize – Dai Jin – China
2 Prize – David Hsieh – USA
3 Prize – Jonathan Yuen – USA
Honorable Mentions:
Jiajun Chen – China and Kyle Yuen – USA
AG 2
1 Prize – Zimo Liu – China
2 Prize – BoYang Zhang – China
3 Prize – Gabriel Michaud – Switzerland
3 Prize – Luis Robles – Germany
Marimba Festiva Special Prize – Luis Robles – Germany
Honorable Mention for outstanding interpretation of „Land“ by Takatsugu Muramatsu
Alenka Jezernik – Slovenia
Honorable Mention for outstanding interpretation of „Mirage“ by Yasuo Sueyoshi
Antonin Jaccard – Switzerland
AG 3
1 Prize – Tomasz Herisz – Poland
2 Prize – Grzegorz Chwalinski – Poland
3 Prize – Jonas Elmiger – Switzerland
AG 4
1 Prize – Yu Hagihara – Japan
1 Prize – Diego Casado Rodriguez – Spain
3 Prize – Pablo Mor Lillo – Spain
3 Prize – Jakub Krawczyk – Poland
Morgan Mallets Special Prize – Diego Casado Rodriguez – Spain
Marimba Festiva Special Prize – Yu Hagihara – Japan
Honorable Mention for outstanding interpretation of „Chaconne“ – by J.S. Bach
Diego Casado Rodriguez – Spain
AG 5
1 Prize – Ruri Kudo – Japan
2 Prize – Simeon Popov – Bulgaria
3 Prize – Yukari Yagi – Japan
Bayerischer Rundfunk Special Prize – Ruri Kudo – Japan
Gordon Stout CD Prize – goes to ALL PARTICIPANTS of the Competition
