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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: November 2026

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The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests

Competition results

Australian cellist Benett Tsai, 23, has won the CHF10,000 (£9,000) Prix Jean-Nicolas Firmenich award for cellists at the Verbier Festival Academy in Verbier, Switzerland. Other prizewinners were the UK-based Fibonacci Quartet; German–Egyptian–Hungarian violinist Mariam Abouzahra, 18; South Korean violinist Hyunseo Kim, 16; and Swiss cellist Lyam Chenaux, 16. Each received CHF5,000 (£4,500)…

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