The Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition 2025 results are in. With a large amount of applicants, the level of performance was extremely high. Thank you all that applied.
Without further delay, the winners are:
1st Place Winner Classical Clarinet Abraham Schenck
2nd Place Winner Classical Clarinet Zhiwei Ni
3rd Place Winner Classical Clarinet Pablo López Ortega
Honorable Mention Classical Clarinet Marian Mayan
Honorable Mention Classical Clarinet Harrison Kim
1st Place Winner Classical Saxophone Hudson O’Reilly
2nd Place Winner Classical Saxophone Zachary Costello
3rd Place Winner Classical Saxophone Lucas Wiese Ibarra
Honorable Mention Classical Saxophone Sofia Ferreira
Honorable Mention Classical Saxophone Dillon Martin
1st Place Winner Jazz George Rogers
2nd Place Winner Jazz Connor MacLeod
3rd Place Winner Jazz Aidan Siemann
Honorable Mention Jazz Henry Scamurra
Honorable Mention Jazz Rei Kaneko
Congratulations to all and thank you for your continued support of the Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition.
Repertoire for the 2026 VEA Competition will be announced in April… stay tuned.
