Below are listed First Prize winners for each year.
To see a full list of prize winners please click on the year.
2024
- Clarinet – Alice McDonald
- Saxophone – Haven Kahn
- Jazz – Daniel Cohen (tenor sax)
2023
- Clarinet – In Soo Oh
- Saxophone – Isaac Boone
- Jazz – Evan Kappelman (tenor sax)
2022
- Clarinet – Michael Miller
- Saxophone – Maria Torres-Melgares
- Jazz – Jason Arkins (alto sax)
2021
2021 Prize Winner, Anton Derevyanko
- Clarinet – Jay Shankar
- Saxophone – Walt Puyear
- Jazz – Anton Derevyanko (tenor sax)
2020
- Clarinet – Ángel Martín Mora
- Saxophone – Robert Stine II
- Jazz – Santosh Sharma (tenor sax)
2019
- Clarinet – Ning Zhang
- Saxophone – Sean Miller
- Jazz – Rico Jones (tenor sax)
Read the article: 2019 VEA WINNERS TELL ALL: COMPETITION PREP, TRIP TO FRANCE, AND WORLD PREMIERES
2019 Prize Winner, Ning Zhang
2018
- Clarinet –Ryan Toher
- Saxophone – Julian Velasco
- Jazz – David Milazzo (alto sax)
Read the article: ADVICE FROM THE 2018 VANDOREN EMERGING ARTIST COMPETITION WINNERS
2017
- Clarinet – Eric Abramovitz
- Saxophone – Colin Crake
- Jazz – Tim Struven (tenor sax)
Click here to read an interview with the 2017 VEA winners!
2016
- Clarinet – Yoonah Kim
- Saxophone – Aiwen Zhang
- Jazz – Gunnar Gidner (tenor sax)
2016 Prize Winner, Aiwen Zhang
2015
- Clarinet – Christopher Pell
- Saxophone – Tyler Wiessner
- Jazz – Shai Golan (alto sax)
2014
- Clarinet – Taylor Marino
- Saxophone – Sean Xue
- Jazz – Greg Jung (alto sax)
2013
- Clarinet – Samuel Almaguer
- Saxophone – Wonki Lee
- Jazz – Kevin Sun (tenor sax)
2012
- Clarinet – Liam Burke
- Saxophone – Matt Amedio
- Jazz – Felix Peikli (clarinet)
2012 Prize Winners, Brian Clancy & Felix Peikli
2011
- Clarinet – Emil Khudyev
- Saxophone – Phil Pierick
- Jazz – Brian Clancy (tenor sax)
