Bassoon Photography Competition 2022: winner announcement!

October 17th, 2022

We are hugely excited to announce the winners of our Bassoon Photography Competition 2022!

We would like to thank everyone who submitted photos for the competition, and we are excited to announce the overall winners, children's category winners and runners-up after a period of hard decision making. 

We have had a huge number of entries for the competition, and were blown away by their quality and creativity. Bassoonists from all over the world have put a lot of time and effort into taking these beautiful photos, and we are grateful for the opportunity to share them with the wider bassoon community.

Adults' category - winners

1st place winner: 

Josue D. Piñango L. 

2nd place winner:

Pierre Bats 

3rd place winner:

Nyketa DiCesare

Adults' category - runners-up 

Runner-up:

Tom Bittinger 

Runner-up:

Joop Bremer 

Runner-up:

Ann Blair 

Runner-up:

Tanya Campbell

Runner-up:

Donna Rowan Gold 

Runner-up:

Katharine Dexter

Special mention for creativity: 

David Pryor 

This oak carving of an angel playing the bassoon was carved by David Pryor, who submitted the photo. David is a bassoonist in the UK. 

Children's category - winners

1st place winner:

Ivy Draper - age 9

2nd place winner: 

Lila Burman-Roy - age 9 

3rd place winner:

Percy Scott - age 7 

Children's category - runner-up: 

Rhona Kallow - age 12