Achievements by the school, including milestones and accomplishments from students who have worked hard to attain success. Hence, we celebrate these successes here.
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Congratulations to Joanne Soon for being awarded Summa Cum Laude* in the Toddler group of the “La Pianista #BeatYourSelf Online Piano Festival 2020”!
*Summa Cum Laude: A latin term meaning a student has achieved a result of “the highest distinction”.
Congratulations to Jayden Kwan! Jayden has been chosen as a 2nd Prize Winner of the 2020 International Music Competition “London” Grand Prize Virtuoso.
Jayden is under the tutelage of Ms. Haivan for Violin and Mandeville Strings Program. He is also learning the viola from Ms. Anh.
He is a very lovely and hard working student. He loves to perform for public and charity events like the ACS charity concert in 2019.
– Ms. Haivan, Jayden’s Violin teacher
Congratulations to Celestia Choo for winning First Prize in the Violin Open Category of the 14th Zhongsin International Music Competition!
Congratulations to Chua Shi Yun & Erica Kan for being First Prize Winners in the 2020 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition. Both students are under the tutelage of Ms. Christine Octaviani.
Congratulations to Alyssa Lam for achieving a gold in the China Beijing Chinese New Year Gala 2020!
Andrei Slobodyanyuk took part in the 1st Le Petit Performer’s Festival 2019 (Piano) and achieved Gold!
Andrei would like to say thank you to his teacher, Ms Lynn Kang, and to Mr Niccolò Ronchi for the masterclasses.
“It was a good learning and stage experience for him”
- Ms. Natalia, Andrei’s Mother
Teacher Christine’s student, Chua Shi Yun, was invited to perform at the Singapore Performing Arts Festival Gala Concert on 15th September 2019. Congratulations!
We are proud to announce that Celestia Maye Choo won 2nd Prize in the Intermediate category of the Alessandro Giuliani Violin Competition ASEAN Round held on 31st August 2019. Well done Celestia!!
Andrei Slobodyanyuk is winning top prizes from festivals to competitions. Here he is again with a Gold trophy at the 2019 Singapore International Music Arts Festival. Congratulations Andrei and Ms Natalia!
Lim Jing Rui (Piano student of Teacher Serene) attained a Gold award at the Singapore Asia Youth Piano Competition. The Gold award winners get to go for another semi-final round in March 2020 & winners can go on to participate in the PIARA competition in Japan. Mandeville Conservatory wishes him the best in the future competition rounds!
Piano Teacher Christine sent 5 students to the Singapore Performing Arts Festival 2019. Here they are with their respective awards:
● Chua Shi Yun – Gold Star Award
● Sarah Tan – Gold Star Award
● Alyssa Lam – Gold Award
● Joanne Soon – Gold Award
● Mirelle Quah – Silver Award
Congratulations to all the students as well Teacher Christine for their efforts!
“Practice is the best of all instructors”
– Publilius Syrus, Roman Author
Mandeville students performed excellently and took home multiple awards at the Singapore Raffles International Music Festival 2019! The Conservatory congratulates all of them as well their teachers for their hard work!
- Lim Jing Rui – Elite Prize (Violin), Excellent Award (Piano)
- Andrei Slobodyanyuk – Gold (Violin)
- Violin Stars Tango (Group) – Gold
- Virtuoso Chamber Group – Silver
- Lord of the Strings (Group) – Silver
- Asher Ng – Silver (Violin)
- Joanne Koong – Silver (Cello)
Solo Winners
Group Winners
Sum Yan Yin, student of teacher Lynn Kang, has received scholarship offers to pursue music in 國立臺灣師範大學 National Taiwan Normal University, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance & Leeds College of Music. She also received offers from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire & Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Mandeville Conservatory congratulates Yan Yin & we wish her the best for her future music endeavours!
Congratulations to the following student(s) who have achieve an award at the 7th Asia Arts Festival! Click on their name to view their performance video*:
*redirects to Facebook
- Chua Rei Shin (Silver, Solo)
- Lord of the Strings (Group, Silver)
Congratulations to the following students for having won 1st Prize at the 2019 Golden Classical Music Awards! They will also be performing at the New York Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie) in November 2019!
- Fong Kuan Le
- Zachary Goh
Mandeville Conservatory of Music congratulate Fong Kuan Le for achieving gold at the Ars Nova Festival 2019!
Mandeville Violin Stars has been invited to perform at the Sarawak International Festival of Music and Arts (SIFMA) on 27th-28th June 2019. Let’s wish them the best in performances and an enjoyable time bonding with music!
Mandeville Conservatory congratulates Li Zelin for entering into the finals of the Asian Supreme Drum Competition 2019. Zelin is taught by teacher Niq Osman. Let’s wish him the best for his finals in August!
Click here to watch Zelin play!
Mandeville Conservatory congratulates Andrei Slobodyanyuk for attaining Special Prize at the Singapore Violin Festival 2019. Andrei is taught by teacher Natalia Kurganova.
Mandeville strings students (led by Ms Hai Van) were invited by Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) to perform at its 50th Anniversary celebration. It was an experience not to be missed, as they performed to a grand audience which includes IT governance, technology audit, control, and cybersecurity professionals.
Mandeville Conservatory congratulates the following students (taught by Teacher Mary Tran) for earning a Merit Award in the 1st ever WPTA Finland International Piano Competition!
- Ethan Chew Min Huai
- Wong Guan Yu
Mandeville Conservatory congratulates all of the students who have participated in the Zhongsin International Music Competition!
Andrei Slobodyanyuk: 1st Prize, Piano & Violin
Chua Rei Shin: 2nd Prize, Violin
Edna Han: 3rd Prize, Violin
Mandeville Conservatory wishes congratulations to all the participants who have achieved a prize for the Golden Classical Music Awards! Here are the winners:
Phan Phu Anh: First Prize Winner
Ong Yee Lynn: First Prize Winner
Alysha Tran Van Anh: Second Prize Winner
Mikayla Ohng Xiang Chun: Second Prize Winner
Chamber Music: Third Prize Winner (names in image caption)
Mandeville Conservatory would like to give congratulations to Ms. Vivien Chong, student of teacher Lynn Kang, has been accepted to BMus (Hons) programmes at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), Royal College of Music (UK), Royal Northern College of Music (UK), Royal Scotland Conservatoire (UK), Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (UK), and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (UK). Other recent achievements include Anglo-Chinese Junior College Music Elective Programme Young Performer Award and Trinity College London LTCL Diploma Exam (Distinction).
Students of our very own Violin Teacher, Natalia Kurganova achieved Gold & Silver medals at the Asia Arts Festival. Mandeville Conservatory congratulates them for their achievements and encourages them to strive toward greater heights!
Andrei Slobodyanyuk: Gold – Solo Violin
Lords of the Strings: Gold – Chamber Ensemble
Mikayla Lim: Silver – Solo Violin
Click on their name(s) for the full post on Facebook with more pictures.
Angela Chong (4 years old!) has achieved Gold at the Euroasia Strings Competition. Angela is a student of our Baby Violin course under Teacher Natalia Kurganova. 
Congratulations to Hannah Chew for scoring a high distinction in her violin ABRSM Grade 8 in July 2018! Hannah is a student of Ms. Tatyana Todorova. Her older brother was also Ms Tatyana’s student who completed his Grade 8 years ago. The Chew family has stayed with Mandeville Conservatory of Music since Ms. Tatyana came to Singapore 16 years ago and we are thankful for their continued support.
Congratulations to Gabriel Yap for scoring Distinction in his Piano ATCL Diploma exam. Gabriel started piano lessons with Teacher Grace Sia in 2015. In 2017, he performed at the ABRSM high scorer’s concert & in 2018 was awarded a Distinction in the ATCL diploma recital. He also plays the piano in church to accompany the choir. He enjoys his lessons with Teacher Grace. Gabriel plays the violin and the Sheng (Chinese wind instrument) & is learning the drums as well. He participated in the String Orchestra & Chinese Orchestra in his primary school and the school was awarded ‘Distinction’ for both SYF presentations. Gabriel is 13 and currently studying in NUS High School of Mathematics and Science.
Mandeville Conservatory of Music congratulates Cello students Lloyd Loh & Wong Way Feng for achieving Silver & Bronze respectively at the 7th Singapore Performers’ Festival!
Students of Mandeville Conservatory clinched multiple awards at the 7th Singapore Performers Festival, 2018. Mandeville wishes congratulations to all of these outstanding performers!
Cheryl Toh: Gold in Solo (Piano)
Cheryl Toh & Vivien Chong: Gold (1 Piano, 4 Hands)
Alysha Tran: Gold in Solo Violin
Andrei Slobodyanyuk: Platinum Trophy Award
At the invitation of the Taipei Muncipal Bo Ai Elementary School (台北市信義區博愛國民小學), Mandeville Stars performed with students of the school in a joint concert on 16 December 2017. The collaborative event is part of Mandeville’s continuing effort in enriching our students’ learning journey and helping them engage with the global community as musicians. More than 120 students, family members and teachers traveled from Singapore to Taiwan to participate in the concert. Click here to view more pictures from the concert.
Mandeville students win multiple awards at the Singapore Raffles International Music Festival 2017. Mandeville Trio, The Rhythm Boys, was accorded the highest Gold with Honours award and performed at the award’s Gala concert on 5 Aug. Meanwhile, The Violin Stars Commandos and The Lords of the Strings also won Gold in the Chamber Music and Instrumental category respectively. Violin Stars students Lim Jing Rui & Elrica Victoria Teo also won Excellent Performance and Best Performance for their respective Solo Competition category. Well done and congratulations!
In December 2016, Mandeville’s Violin Stars traveled to Vienna to perform a joint concert with the famed Vienna Boys Choir. It was a remarkable display of talents unheard of for Singapore’s music school scene. Click here to view more pictures from the concert.
