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Our 2025 Finalists. From left to right, Bruce Hodgson, Patron HTowers Charitable Trust, Ozan Biner-McGrath (piano), Portia Bell (cello), Roy Zhang (piano). Our 2025 Adjudicators: Sam Jacobs, Principal Horn, Sydney Symphoney Orchestra, Monique Lapins, former Second violinist NZ String Quartet and Lecturer at the NZ School of Music- Te KĹkÄŤ, Victoria University of Wellington and Dr Jian Liu, Deputy Head of School, Head of Piano Studies, Associate Professor New Zealand School of Music-Te KĹki, Victoria University of Wellington.
The Competition is generously supported by the HTowers Charitable Trust and the Bill and Clare Hodgson Bequest.
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Preliminary Rounds: Friday, 7 March to Sunday, 9 March 2025
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Finalists' Concert with Orchestra: Friday, 16 May 2025, 7.30pm, Dunedin Town Hall
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Entries for the 2025 Competition are now CLOSED.
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1st Prize $7 000; 2nd Prize $5 000; 3rd Prize $3 000.
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Additional prizes for competitors not in the final to the value of $5 000
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