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2026 National Liederfest Results

First Prize – Henkell Brothers Award Alastair Cooper-Golec

Geoffrey Parsons Accompanist Prize Sean Kim

Robert Salzer Foundation Award           Hans & Petra Henkell Award

 Eleni Gerostamoulos                               Jack Bolton

David Allen Memorial Award

Nic Wallace

 Lynette Casey Brereton Award                         Brian Hansford Award

  Dallas Tippet                                             Silas Gregory

Merlyn Quaife Award                                     Loris Synan Award

Zhuoyang (Sunny) Li                                  Lily Flynn

‘Songmakers Australia Prize’

Zhuoyang (Sunny) Li & Sean Kim

Dr Jonathan Clarke Peoples Choice Award

Jack Bolton

Kaye Allen Memorial Award                          Ian Field Memorial Award

          Dallas Tippet                            Alastair Cooper-Golec

Hedy Holt & Roger Prochazka Memorial Award

Jinhao Guo

Alan McArthur Memorial Award                Frank Lasslett Memorial Award

Chloe James & Zachary Hamilton-Russell                    Lily Flyn

Joan Arnold & Bettine McCaughan Memorial Encouragement Awards

                    Amalia Safonova                  Nicholas Massouras

Margaret Schofield Memorial Accompanist Awards

Heats – Po Goh                     Final – Sean Kim

Other accompanists reaching the Final

Artemii Safonov, Jacob Fowler, Zachary Hamilton-Russell

Encouragement Award – Artemii Safonov