Alex Zhang from New South Wales takes home the first prize for 2022.

First Prize

$22k – The City of Greater Shepparton Prize
$5k – The Daphne and Ross Turnbull Bursary for music career development
Awarded to: Alex Zhang

Second Prize

$10k – The Fairley Foundation Prize
$3k – The Daphne and Ross Turnbull Bursary for music career development
Awarded to: Paul Cheung

Third Prize

$5k – The Beleura, John Tallis Prize
$2k – The Daphne and Ross Turnbull Bursary for music career development
Awarded to: Yasmin Rowe

Special prizes

$1k – The Max Cooke Encouragement Award sponsored by the Australian National Piano Award
Awarded to: Raymond Shon

$1k – The Shepparton News Prize for best performance: Bach
Awarded to: Paul Cheung

$1k – The Leona and Bruce Sterling Prize for best performance: Mozart or Beethoven
Awarded to: Bowen Li

$1k – The Jenny Houlihan Prize for best performance: Haydn or Schubert
Awarded to: Alex Zhang

$1k – The Pam Wells Prize for best performance: Chopin
Awarded to: Joshua Hooke

$1k – The Horton Family Prize for best performance: Romantic era (excluding Chopin) or 20th century music up to 1950
Awarded to: Alex Zhang

$5k – The Andreadis Family Australian Composition Commission Prize for best performance for music composed after 1950
Awarded to: Paul Cheung

$5k – The Lorna Speechley Memorial Prize for best performance as voted by the audience
Awarded to: Alex Zhang