AFYM 2025 Medal Winners 🎶✨
What a wonderful festival we had this year! The Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians 2025 was full of joyful performances, from the very first note to the last. Every single young musician who took part impressed us with their commitment, talent and enthusiasm.
As always, choosing medal winners was incredibly difficult. Our adjudicators were moved and delighted by so many performances.
It’s important to remember that winning isn’t the aim of AFYM: the festival is about learning, sharing and celebrating music together. Medals are simply an added bonus, a way of recognising those extra-special moments that stood out on the day.
With that in mind, we are thrilled to announce this year’s medal winners:
🎹 Piano
Grade 1 Piano Recital
- Gold: Betsi Marshall
- Silver: Jayden Gill, James Georgiev
Grade 2 Piano Recital
- Gold: Lucy Lajka
- Silver: Elijus Gliaubertas, Rebecca Andrews
Grade 3 Piano
- Gold: Freya Moore
- Silver: Elijah Moncerate, Phillippa Thomas
- Merit: Ellery Hung, Rebekah Buendia
Grade 4 Piano
- Gold: Eva Corr
- Silver: Daniel Wright
- Merit: Beya Zhang, Peyton Young, Rebekah Buendia
Grade 5 Piano
- Gold: Sohrab Destacamento
- Silver: Ruth Andrews, James Choung
- Merit: Megan Dalton, Matthew Wright
Grade 6 Piano
- Gold: Katie Zhang
- Silver: James Hou
- Merit: Elena Gould, Lewis Li
Grade 7 & 8 Piano
- Gold: Beca Richardson
- Silver: Rosie Ramos, Kandace DeQuito
- Merit: Tanya Bashir, Alea Del Rosario, Queenie Wanq, Megan Lina, Gwynfor Jones
Senior Piano Recital
- Gold: Tom Davies
- Silver: Evan Wakefield, Anna Sagrillo
- Merit: Alexander Bones
🎻 Bowed Strings & Harp
Grade 1 Recital
- Gold: Elijah Moncerate
- Silver: Amelie Williams
- Merit: Krishay Shetty
Grade 2 Recital
- Gold: Beth Tennant, Carys Powell
- Silver: James Georgiev, Thomas Georgiev, James Wendon
Grade 3
- Gold: Rhydian Howells
- Silver: Thomas Georgiev
- Merit: Lathika Udiawar, Shiloh Compelio, Lakshiya Balachandran
Grade 4
- Gold: Shiloh Compelio
Grade 5
- Gold: Trystan Edwards
- Silver: Eleanor Harker, Elena Gould
Grade 6
- Gold: Alice Thomas, Olivia Wohlschlegel
- Silver: Megan Marshall Dalton
- Merit: Levinia Sexton-Mwembeshi, Maya Petter
Grade 7/8 Recital
- Gold: Kandace DeQuito, Beca Richardson
- Silver: Lloyd Edwards, Lowri Keirl
Senior Recital
- Gold: Sage Taylor
- Silver: Kieran Flores, Sofia Ramos
🎺 Woodwind & Brass
Grade 1 & 2
- Gold: Millie Price
Grade 3 & 4
- Gold: Klara Hikary
- Silver: Lucy Lajka
Grade 5
- Gold: Rosie Ramos
- Silver: Carys Humphreys
Senior Recital
- Gold: Llywelyn Gannon
- Silver: Freya Moore
🌟 Special Classes
Concerto Class
- Gold: Llywelyn Gannon
- Silver: Kieran Flores, Alea del Rosario
Unaccompanied Bach
- Gold: Kandace DeQuito
- Silver: Lowri Keirl, Danny MacMillan
- Merit: Maya Petter, David Lina
🎶 Duets & Ensembles
Piano Junior Duets
- Gold: Ellie Mae & Rebecca
- Silver: Jayden & Noah, Charlotte & Eliana
Wind & Strings Junior Duets
- Gold: Mali Humphreys & Ruth Andrews
- Silver: Sebastian George & James Georgiev, Carys Powell & Thomas Georgiev
Intermediate Duets
- Gold: Sohrab Destacamento & Rebekah Buendia
- Silver: Lloyd & Trystan Edwards
Senior Duets
- Gold: Alea & Alicia
- Silver: Rosie & Sofia Ramos
Junior Ensembles
- Gold: Fynonne House Quintet
- Silver: The Koolits, Spices Girls, Georgiev Trio
Senior Ensembles
- Gold: SAL Ensemble – Sage, Lowri, Alea
- Silver: The Noisy Gang – Kandace, Raven, Alex
🌟 A big well done to every single performer. Whether you received a medal or not, your music brought joy to the festival and made this year so special. We can’t wait to see you again in 2026!
