Some Grade Examinations, Diplomas, Festivals, Competitions and Concerts activities and results
November 2023
Woking Young Musician of the Year Prize
Performance with Woking Symphony Orchestra:
- Rachmaninoff 1st Piano Concerto 2nd Edition, soloist Chung Sze Kwok
November 2023 Woking Music Festival
- Grade 2 class Outstanding
- Grade 5 class Outstanding
- Grade 7 class Distinction
September 2023 Grade Examination result
July 2023 Elena Krivenko Class Concert at Holy Trinity Church Bramley:
- Gavotte in F Dussek
- Railroad Blues David Blackwell
- T-Rex Hungry Sonny Chua
- Schumann Kinderszenen Of Foreign Lands and People
- Prokofiev Tarantella
- Schumann Kinderszenen Child Falling Asleep
- Rameau Les Sauvages
- Debussy Reverie
- Medtner Sonata Tragica op.39 No.5
- Bach Partita in C minor, Sinfonia
- Haydn Sonata C major Hob.XVI:50 in 3 Movements
- Liszt Sposalizio
- Rachmaninov Prelude B minor op.32 No.10
- Prokofiev Sonata No.3
May 2023 Grade Examination result
- Grade 8 Trinity Distinction
April 2023 Competition
- Emanuel Piano Trophy Competition Finalist (representing Woking)
March 2023 Godalming Music and Art Festival
- Lucy Parham Award for Most Promising Senior Pianist Christian Leslie
- Bach Class 1st Prize
- Grade 5 Class 1st Prize
February 2023 Woking Young Musician of the Year competition
- The Woking Young Musician of the Year 2023 Winner Chung Sze Kwok
December 2022 Grade examination result
November 2022 Woking Music Festival
- Piano – Challenge under 20yrs: The Fedder Cup
- Piano – senior: The Olive Croft Memorial Trophy
November 2022 Licentiate Diploma result
- Licentiate Diploma Trinity Board LTCL Distinction Chung Sze Kwok
Summer 2022 Grade Examination results
- Grade 5 Distinction
- Grade 7 Merit
April 2022 Aldershot & Farnborough Festival of Music and Art
- Recital intermediate 1st Prize
- Recital intermediate 2nd Prize
- Recital Advanced Outstanding
- Recital Advanced Outstanding
- Recital Advanced Outstanding
Spring 2022 Grade Examination results
February 2022 Woking Young Musician of the Year Competition
- Woking Young Musician of the Year: Finalist
November 2021 Woking Music Festival
- Modern Music class under 17yrs winner (outstanding)
Autumn 2021 Grade Examinations and Diploma results
- Grade 3 Merit
- ARSM Merit 126 Arlan Abzhanov
Summer 2021 Grade Examinations and Diploma results
- DipABRSM Christian Leslie
April 2021 Competition
- Emanuel Piano Trophy Competition Finalist (representing Woking)
March 2021
- Wellington College Montgomery Recital Competition Finalist
Summer 2020 Grade Examinations results
- Grade 8 Trinity Distinction
- Grade 7 Trinity Merit
- Grade 7 Trinity Merit
- AB Grade 5 Theory Distinction
February 2020 Competition
Woking Young Musician of the Year Finalist
January 2020 Competitions
- ISA Young Musician of the Year Finalist
- Rotary District Final Ascot Young Musician of the Year (3rd place)
December 2019 Diploma Examinations results
- ATCL diploma (distinction) Chung Sze Kwok
- DipABRSM Chung Sze Kwok
November 2019 Woking Music Festival
- The Woking Opinion Cup for Challenge under 17 years (outstanding)
- The Penny Bazire Memorial Cup for Piano Recital under 18 years (outstanding)
Summer term 2019 Diploma Results:
- ARSM Diploma Distinction 49/50
- ARSM Diploma Distinction 50/50
May 2019 Aldershot & Farnborough Festival of Music and Art
- Recital – Advanced 1st place
- 15 Years and under 1st place
- Wibaut Cup for most outstanding Junior
- Intermediate class 2nd with Commended
- French Open Class 1st with Distinction
- Recital Open Class Second Award Winner
- Fumay Cup for French Music
- Intermediate Recital Distinction
Spring term 2019 Grade Examination:
- Trinity Grade 6 Distinction
March 2019 Godalming Festival
- Dnes Trophy for Junior Challenge up to Year 10
- Winner of Romantic Music class up to Year 9
- Lucy Parham Award for most promising Senior pianist
- Piano Solo up to Year 11 1st Place, Distinction
- French Open Class 1st with Honours
- Piano Recital up to Year 11 – 1st with Distinction and winner of the Ashwin trophy
- Winner of the Wey Trophy for National Music
- Winner of the Anna Franklin Award for Junior pianist up to Year 11
- Piano recital up to Grade 7 Distinction
- Piano recital up to Grade 8 Distinction
February 2019 Woking Musician of the Year competition
- Woking Junior Musician of the Year award Christian Leslie
Autumn 2018 Examinations results
- AB Grade 5 Distinction
- AB Grade 5 Distinction
- Trinity Grade 8 Distinction
November 2018 Woking Music festival – classes won:
- Piano – Grade 5 (C6) with distinction
- Piano – Challenge – under 14yrs (C26): The Barber Cup
- Piano Recital – under 14yrs (C30a): The Buzzard Cup
- French Class – open (C45c): – Outstanding
November 2018 Young Musician Recitals Series by invitation of Guildford Institute
- A Solo Recital by Christian Leslie
Summer term 2018 Grade examinations results:
May 2018 Aldershot & Farnborough Festival of Music and Art :
- Primary examination class 1st place, Distinction
- Special Senior Award for the most Outstanding Senior performance
- Intermediate examination 1st place, Distinction
- 10 yrs and under – First Award with distinction
- Intermediate examination – Second Award with distinction
- 13 years and under First place (Honours)
- Own Choice Advanced First place
- Recital Advanced First place (Honours)
- Fumay Cup for best French performance
- The Wibaut Cup for most outstanding junior
- Recital advanced 2nd place, Distinction
- Romantic advanced 1st place, Distinction
- French open 1st place, Distinction
April 2018 Young Musician Recitals Series by invitation of the Guildford Institute
- Solo recitals by Chung Sze Kwok and Chung Kiu Kwok
Spring 2018 Godalming Music Festival
- Piano solo years 6 and 7 1st place, Distinction
- French music open 1st place, Distinction
- Piano recital up to Year 9 1st place, Honours
- Winner of the Challenge Cup
- Piano Baroque up to Year 11 2nd place, Honours
- Winner of the Wey Trophy for the best performance of the French, Russian and
- Spanish open classes.
- Winner of the John Smith Trophy for the best performance up to Year 7
Spring 2018 Rotary Club District Final
November 2017 Woking Music Festival
- Piano Grade 5 – 1st place with distinction
- Piano Recital under 14 yrs 1st place
- French Class open 1st place
- Piano advanced class 1st place
- Winner of the Croft Shield trophy
Summer 2017 Godalming Rotary club Young Musician
- Rotary club Finalist (2nd prize)
May 2017 Aldershot & Farnborough Music Festival
- Recital advanced 1st place, Distinction
- Junior class second place, Commended
- French advanced 2nd place, Distinction
- Winner of the Wibaut Cup for the most outstanding junior
- Intermediate examination class 1st place, Distinction
- Winner of the Mary Brown Cup for the best performance under 12 years
March 2017 Godalming Music Festival
- Piano solo under 10 yrs 1st place distinction
- Piano Recital under 15 Years First prize (honours)
- Rotary piano finalist