The Cleveland Cello Society and Cleveland Museum of Art present Santiago Cañón-Valencia

Wednesday, October 21st, 2026

7:30 PM, Cleveland Museum of Art

2026 Scholarship Competition Results

Congratulations to all participants, and thanks to all the volunteers and judges

Collegiate Division:

Gold (Jean and Jim Triner Prize): to Krish Subramanian (student of Alan Rafferty; Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (CCM))

Silver (Y. Chen at Cleveland Violins Prize): to Kwabena Owusu (student of Alan Harrell; Harvard University)

Best Bach (Agnew Prize): to Eliott Watras (student of Alan Rafferty; CCM)

Senior Division:

Winner (Dually Noted Prize): to Sonya Moomaw (student of Sarah Kim; School for the Creative and Performing Arts)

Honorable Mention: to Nick Jacques (student of Alan Harrell; Hawken School)

Junior Division:

Winner (George Knobeloch Edwards Prize): to Brian Du (student of Abbey Hansen; Hawken School)

Honorable Mention: to Raven Gu (student of Derek Snyder; Hudson Montessori School)

Elementary Division:

Winner (Mary Margaret Kramer Prize): to Oliver Chapdelaine (student of Pamela Kelly; Boulevard Elementary School)

And now to the volunteers: the Cleveland Cello Society would like to express its gratitude to our wonderful judges, Anna Clift, Dmitry Kouzov, Cathy Meints, Bryan Ping, Brian Snow, and Julia Yang; and all of our terrific volunteers, Elaine Breiner, Holden Gilbert, Oliver Johansson, Glenn Mercer, Ida Mercer, Nora Prokop, and Bruce Tyler.

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