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Finalists in the 2025/26 competition, with the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Henry Michallat, the compere, Brian Snary, and the chair of the adjudicators: the conductor, music educator and writer Jonathan James (at the lectern) .

The Final of the 2025/26 competition was held on January 23rd 2026 in the Lantern Hall at the Beacon, Bristol. Five instrumentalists, performing on piano, violin, flute and oboe, provided the audience with an exciting and closely fought contest as well as a concert of a quite remarkable standard.

".... an evening of exceptional solo performing without like in the whole of the Bristol concert calendar ...." (School Head of Music, Bristol)

Finalists in the 2025/26 competition, with the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Henry Michallat, the compere, Brian Snary, and the chair of the adjudicators: the conductor, music educator and writer Jonathan James (at the lectern) .

Compere for the Final: Brian Snary, International Music Examiner

Final winner: Hannah Qian Yi Yap, with the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Henry Michallat

Heat in Henleaze, Bristol

An opportunity for Bristol area music students to test out their skills in front of adjudicators and an audience