Previous Winners
Alex Lindsay Award
VIOLIN
2021 | April Ju, Claudia Tarrant-Matthews
2020 | Olivia McNeil, Diane Huh
2016 | Joella Pinto
2015 | Anabel Drummond
2014 | Kate Oswin
2013 | Jonathan Tanner
2013 | Arna Morton
2012 | Salina Fisher
2010 | Jessica Alloway
2009 | Ben Morrison
2008 | Sarah Drake
2006 | Jennifer Banks, Blythe Press
2005 | Malavika Gopal
2004 | Megan Allison
2003 | Julia Dibley, Kerry Martin
2002 | Simeon Broom
2000 | Lara Hall
1999 | Emma Barron, Lara Hall
1998 | Joseph Harrop, Martyn Hentschel
1997 | Isoa Chapman
1992 | Justine Cormack, Sarah McClelland
1991 | Sam Konise, Martin Riseley
1987 | Mark Menzies
1981 | Rosemary Harris
1979 | Donald Armstrong, Anthony Cuncannon, Wilma Smith
1977 | Mary Allison
VIOLA
2016 | Alexa Thomson
2015 | Alexander McFarlane
2014 | Bryony Gibson-Cornish
2011 | Helen Bevin
2005 | Serenity Thurlow
2004 | Amander Verner
1996 | Susan Fullerton-Smith
CELLO
2016 | Jacky Siu
2007 | Paul Rah
2002 | Mok-hyun Gibson-Lane
2001 | Victoria Simonsen
2000 | Victoria Simonsen
1999 | Mok-hyun Gibson-Lane
1997 | Julie Platt
1995 | Ashley Brown, Christopher Hutton
1993 | Kathryn Owen
1989 | James Bush
1983 | Katherine Staniforth
1979 | Sally-Anne Brown, Josephine Young
1977 | Sally-Anne Brown
1974 | Robert Ibell
DOUBLE BASS
2023 | Oliver Spalter
2009 | Lachlan Radford
2007 | Annabella Leslie
1995 | Zane Saunders
1994 | Matthew Fieldes
1985 | Michael Steer
FLUTE
2024 | Emica Taylor
2022 | Isabella Gregory
2017 | Zoe Stenhouse-Burgess
2014 | Hye-Won Suh
2012 | Hugh Roberts
2010 | Lucy Anderson, Leah Channon
2009 | Hannah Darroch
2004 | Liam Mallett
2000 | Kirsten Johnstone
1997 | Kirsten Eade
1996 | Julia Grenfell
1995 | Simone Madden-Grey
1993 | Bridget Douglas
1992 | Karen Batten
1987 | Catherine Bowie
1983 | Alexa Still
1977 | Marya Martin
OBOE
2018 | Gemma Price
2017 | Noah Rudd
2008 | Gregory Pharo
2000 | Rainer Gibbons
1992 | Robert Orr
1989 | Victoria Still
CLARINET
2022 | Benedict Van Leuven
2017 | Kenny Keppel
2014 | David McGregor
1999 | Mark Cookson
1993 | Andrew Uren
1984 | John Robinson
1983 | Rachel Nicholson
BASSOON
2012 | Todd Gibson-Cornish
2008 | Alexandra Chan
2002 | Jane Kircher
1998 | Kate Goldstone
1996 | Ben Hoadley
1991 | Selena Barkle
SAXOPHONE
2015 | Reuben Chin
HORN
2024 | Henry Close
2023 | Kate King
2018 | William McNeil
2006 | Emma Richards
1992 | Philip Foster
1987 | Nicola Averill
1981 | Peter Sharman
1979 | Melanie Harris
1977 | Heather Clark
TRUMPET
2024 | Nina Noble
2022 | Lewis Grey
2019 | Toby Pringle
2012 | Daniel Kirgan
2005 | Bede Williams
2002 | Bede Williams
1996 | Benjamin Cooper
1993 | Vance Woolf
1984 | David Armstrong
1977 | Grant Cooper
TROMBONE
2024 | Sarah Rathbun
2013 | Julian Kirgan
2011 | Mark Davey
2010 | Mark Davey
TUBA
1992 | Jonathon Baker
TIMPANI & PERCUSSION
2019 | Dominic Jacquemard
2003 | Joel Batson
1995 | Stephen Harker
1994 | Jeremy Fitzsimons
HARP
2007 | Ingrid Bauer
1989 | Helen Webby
Michael Monaghan Award
2024 | Lauren Jack, Viola
2023 | William Taber, Double Bass
2022 | Christine Lee, Violin
2021 | Olivia McNeill, Violin
2020 | Caroline Norman, Viola
2019 | Claudia Tarrant-Matthews, Violin
2018 | Lavinnia Rae, Cello
2017 | Claudia Tarrant Matthews, Violin
2016 | Julie Park, Viola
Giese Flute Grant
2024 | Keeson Perkins-Treacher
2023 | Emica Taylor
2022 | Ainslee Smithers
2021 | Isabella Gregory
2020 | Yune-Sang Yune
2019 | Zoe Stenhouse-Burgess
2018 | Anna Cooper
2017 | Anna Cooper
2016 | Samantha McSweeny
2015 | Hugh Roberts
Alex Lindsay NZSO NYO Special Prize
2024 | Nina Noble, Trumpet
2023 | Emica Taylor, Flute
2022 | Bella Thomas, Trumpet
2021 | Eli Holmes, Bassoon
2020 | William Taber, Double Bass
2019 | John Moon, Double Bass
2018 | Toby Pringle, Trumpet
2017 | Natasha Portman, Bassoon
2016 | Jacky Siu, Cello
2015 | Matthew Lee, Flute
2014 | Bryony Gibson-Cornish, Viola
2013 | David McGregor, Clarinet
2012 | Salina Fisher, Violin
2011 | Natalie Harris, Clarinet
2010 | Mark Davey, Trombone
2009 | Amalia Hall, Violin
2008 | Amber Rainey, Piano
2007 | Barrett Hocking, Trumpet
2006 | Annabella Leslie, Double Bass
2005 | Joy Liu, Oboe
2004 | Blair Sinclair, Trombone
2003 | James Andrewes, Violin
2002 | Joel Batson, Percussion
2001 | Christiaan van der Zee, Percussion
2000 | Stacey Dixon, Oboe