What is the Maidstone Young Musician Competition?
Maidstone Young Musician (MYM) is an annual competition and performing opportunity for talented young musicians, held in Maidstone.
Maidstone Young Musician is run by the Rotary Club of Maidstone Dawn Patrol.
Maidstone Young Musician 2025 – George Hall
Promising young performers (school age) from the Maidstone Music Festival 2024 were chosen as finalists in the Maidstone Young Musician Competition 2025.
It was held at Invicta Grammar School on Sunday 1st December 2024.
The three adjudicators were Prof. Grenville Hancox, Flo Peycelon and Ciara Considine
Previous competitions
Maidstone Young Musician 2024
Competition Winner: Ameli Sakai-Ivanova
Maidstone Young Musician 2023
Competition Winner: Alma-Constance Denis-Smith
Maidstone Young Musician 2022
Competition Winner: Oliver Moh
Maidstone Young Musician 2021
Competition Winner: Hannah Runting
Maidstone Young Musician 2020
Competition Winner: Daniel Pengelly
Maidstone Young Musician 2019
Competition Winner: Matthew Hua
Maidstone Young Musician 2018
Competition Winner: Joseph Pickard
Earlier competitions
The competition was in abeyance 2016-17
2015 George Harrington tuba
2014 Will Scott guitar
2013 Laurence Long piano
2012 Tabitha Reynolds voice
2011 Sarah Johnson horn
2010 Joe Atkin-Reeves clarinet
2009 Sarah Hughes cello
2008 Kirsty Nimmo flute
2007 Grace Scott Deuchar oboe
2006 Elspeth Robertson recorder
2005 Lucia D’Avanzo violin
2004 Tom Bettley cello
2003 Rebecca Garland oboe
2002 Viola Wilmsen oboe
2001 Eason Kumarasingham tabla
2000 Harry Winstanley flute
1999 Natalie Holt violin
1998 Chris Spencer clarinet
1997 Robert Simmons violin
1996 Fiona Wight voice