4 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS (1 in each instrument):

 

GUITAR: Antal Pusztai — Budapest, Hungary | Video #1 | Video #2

PIANO: Giorgi Mikadze — Tbilisi, Georgia (Boston) | Video #1 | Video #2

BASS: Dywane Thomas Jr. “MonoNeon” — Tennessee, USA | Video #1 | Video #2

DRUMS: Kenneth Salters — New York, USA | Video #1 | Video #2

 

GUITAR CATEGORY WINNERS/FINALISTS:

CLASSICAL GUITAR:

Classical Winner:  Antal Pusztai  — Budapest, Hungary | Video #1 | Video #2

• 1^st Runner Up: Silviu Ciulei  — Florida, USA  (Romania) | Video #1 | Video #2
• 2^nd Runner Up: Mak Grgic — California, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 3^rd Runner Up: Jonathan Smith — Florida, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 4^th Runner Up: Ray Zhou — Connecticut, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 5^th Runner Up: Katrin Endrikat — Connecticut, USA | Video #1 | Video #2

JAZZ/FUSION GUITAR:

Jazz Winner:  Roman Nochevnyy — Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | Video #1 | Video #2

• 1^st Runner Up:  Lake Jiroudek — Oregon, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 2^nd Runner Up:  Djalma Barbosa de Lima Filho — Sao Paulo, Brazil | Video #1 | Video #2
• 3^rd Runner Up:   Naoto Suzuki — Tokyo, Japan | Video #1 | Video #2
• 4^th Runner Up:   Marcio Philomena — Porto Alegre, Brazil | Video #1 | Video #2
• 5^th Runner Up:  Teemu Viinikainen — Helsinki, Finland | Video #1 | Video #2

ROCK GUITAR:

Rock Winner:  Damir Puh — Tetovo, Macedonia | Video #1    Video #2

• 1^st Runner Up:   Pablo Romeu  — Pernambuco, Brazil | Video #1 | Video #2
• 2^nd Runner Up: Aleksandar Dordic — Serbia (Boston, MA) | Video #1 | Video #2
• 3^rd Runner Up: Timo Somers — Drunen, Netherlands | Video #1 | Video #2
• 4^th Runner Up: Keven Eknes — Rogaland, Norway | Video #1 | Video #2
• 5^th Runner Up: Brandon Brown — Hamilton, UK | Video #1 | Video #2

ACOUSTIC GUITAR:

Acoustic Winner:  Max Godman — Mumbai, India | Video #1 | Video #2

• 1^st Runner Up:  Maneli Jamal — Toronto, Canada | Video #1 | Video #2
• 2^nd Runner Up: Gary Lutton — Belfast, UK | Video #1 | Video #2
• 3^rd Runner Up: Raf Qu — Puglia, Italy | Video #1 | Video #2
• 4^th Runner Up: Ian Lam — Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | Video #1 | Video #2
• 5^th Runner Up: Kyle Horn — New York, USA | Video #1 | Video #2

 

COUNTRY GUITAR:

Country Winner: Brooks Robertson — Oregon, USA | Video #1 | Video #2

• 1^st Runner Up: Calum Graham — Toronto, Canada | Video #1 | Video #2
• 2^nd Runner Up: Jamie Dupuis — Ontario, Canada | Video #1 | Video #2
• 3^rd Runner Up: Brad Bailey — North Carolina, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 4^th Runner Up: Jonathan Brown — Tennessee, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 5^th Runner Up: Trevor Collins — New York, USA | Video #1 | Video #2 

 

BLUES GUITAR:

Blues Winner-   Johan Borgh — Stockholm, Sweden | Video #1 | Video #2

• 1^st Runner Up: Noe Socha — Massachusetts, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 2^nd Runner Up: Sam Shepherd — Queensland, Australia | Video #1 | Video #2
• 3^rd Runner Up: Sebastian Fernandez | Video #1 | Video #2
• 4^th Runner Up: Tom Euler — Virginia, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 5^th Runner Up: Gary Cain — Ontario, Canada | Video #1 | Video #2

 

PIANO/KEYBOARDS:

Piano Winner: Giorgi Mikadze  — Tbilisi, Georgia (Boston) | Video #1 | Video #2 

• 1^st Runner Up: Niccolo’ Ielasi — Naples, Italy (Boston) | Video #1 | Video #2 
• 2^nd Runner Up: Francisco Morales — Caracas, Venezuela (Netherlands) | Video #1 | Video #2
• 3^rd Runner Up: Riyoko Takagi — Tokyo, Japan | Video #1 | Video #2 
• 4^th Runner Up: Eric Finland — New York, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 5^th Runner Up: Misha Bigos — California, USA | Video #1 | Video #2

BASS:

Bass Winner: Dywane Thomas Jr. “MonoNeon” — Memphis, TN, USA | Video #1 | Video #2

• 1^st Runner Up: Andres Rotmistrovsky — Buenos Aires, Argentina (NY) | Video #1 | Video #2
• 2^nd Runner Up: Francisco Ojeda — Florida (Boston) | Video #1 | Video #2
• 3^rd Runner Up: Trevor James — California, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 4^th Runner Up: Bryan Ladd — New York, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 5^th Runner Up: Taylor Lee — North Carolina, USA | Video #1 | Video #2

DRUMS:

Drum Winner Kenneth Salters — New York, USA | Video #1 | Video #2 

• 1^st Runner Up: Jordan Rose — New York, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 2^nd Runner Up: Tito Pascoal — Cascais, Portugal (Tennessee) | Video #1 | Video #2
• 3^rd Runner Up: Adrian Cota — Guasave Sinaloa, Mexico | Video #1
• 4^th Runner Up: Daniel Nadeau — Massachusetts, USA | Video #1 | Video #2
• 5^th Runner Up: Daniel Susnjar — Dianella, Western Australia | Video #1 | Video #2

*Please Note about BERKLEE scholarships:  Applicants considered by Berklee for the scholarships that indicated interest on the registration form includes all winners, semi-finalists as well as applicants not placed in the semi-finals. Berklee will contact applicants directly inviting them to apply.