Lindisfarne College is very pleased to announce that this year’s winner of the Hawke’s Bay Young Musician of the Year 2021 is Quinn Le Lievre (Y12). The finals for this prestigious competition took place on Friday under Alert Level Two conditions which meant that only 50 people including the performers and the technical team could be in attendance. In spite of these restrictions, the small audience was treated to virtuoso performances from the six finalists, three of whom were Lindisfarne boys; Quinn, Kevin Lu and Leo Guo.

Kimbali Harding, Head of Performing Arts at Hastings Girls’ High School, was the adjudicator for the final competition and commented that Quinn gave a remarkable performance that showed an admirable level of musical maturity. Quinn was presented with the Freemasons District $1500 gold ribbon prize and the Peter and Valerie Williams Cup. Quinn studies piano with Jan Beck and passed the ATCL piano recital diploma with distinction last year.

Congratulations to all our musicians and particularly to Quinn for winning this extremely competitive final.

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Article added: Wednesday 22 September 2021