This year, the NZSM Concerto Competition has six finalists on trumpet, piano, violin and guitar. The winning student will have the chance to perform their concerto with the NZSM Orchestra later in the year.

FINALISTS:

Isabella Thomas, trumpet: Tomasi, Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

William Berry, piano: Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 2

Bruno Guedea Fonseca, guitar: Villa-Lobos, Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra

Otis Prescott-Mason, piano: Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2

Sarang Roberts, violin: Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major

Peter Gjelsten, violin: Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major