The Victorian Flute Guild is delighted to announce the prize-winners of the 53rd Annual Leslie Barklamb Scholarship Competition.
The preliminary rounds were held at Camberwell Grammar School on Sunday 30 August, with the Intermediate and Senior finalists progressing to the Finals Concert at Armadale Baptist Church on Friday 4 September.
The Finals were adjudicated by Paula Rae and Caroline Almonte.
Congratulations to all our winners, finalists and competitors.
11 Years and Under
1st Place – Lesley Guo
2nd Place – Shuling Xie
Honourable Mentions:
Olivia Chen
Alexandra Marr
Jungwon Oh
Suzanne Siu
13 Years and Under
1st Place – Lucas Tang
2nd Place – Jayden Hui
Honourable Mentions:
Vihan Dalal
Megan Jiang
Shuling Xie
15 Years and Under – Margaret Brooke Award
1st Place – Daniel Yu
2nd Place – Simone Wei
Honourable Mentions:
Rebecca Gao
Clarence Lam
Kristina Li
VCE / IB Section
1st Place – Sophie Wong
2nd Place – Ruiling Cao
Honourable Mentions:
Margie Castles
Mai Wildsmith
Intermediate Section – Nariida Coleman Award
1st Place – Jamie Sun
Jamie performed Bach’s Siciliano from the Sonata in E Major and Enesco’s Cantabile et Presto, accompanied by Ying He.
2nd Place – Kristina Li
Kristina performed Bach’s Siciliano from the Sonata in E Major and the Habanera & Finale from Borne’s Fantasie Brillante sur Carmen, accompanied by Kevin Tamanini.
Finalists Alex Zhou and Heide Peng also gave outstanding performances in this section.
Senior Section – Leslie Barklamb Scholarship
1st Place – Braden Simm
Braden performed the Allemande from Bach’s Partita in A minor and Doppler’s Fantaisie Pastorale Hongrois, accompanied by Louisa Breen.
2nd Place – Ami Humphreys
Ami performed Kent Kennan’s Night Soliloquy, Axel Jørgensen’s Romance, and Gabriel Mălăncioiu’s Aulino for solo piccolo, accompanied by Louisa Breen.
Finalists Ahra Kim and Grace Gao also presented impressive performances.
Congratulations
Congratulations to every prize-winner, finalist and competitor in the 2026 Leslie Barklamb Scholarship Competition.
The Guild extends its sincere thanks to adjudicators Paula Rae and Caroline Almonte, our accompanists, teachers, volunteers and families whose support makes this important annual competition possible.
The Leslie Barklamb Scholarship continues to provide young flautists with an opportunity to perform, develop their musicianship and share their work with the Victorian flute community.