Applauded for her “engaging performance and excellent performance flair,” Annabella Sakunkoo has won Grand Prize, Absolute First Prize, First Place, Gold Medal, and Excellent Musicianship awards in numerous international competitions. She has been invited to perform at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Beethoven House in Bonn, Germany, Toronto Concert Hall in Canada, Oxford University in the UK, and Harvard University. She has performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Carnegie Hall’s newest venue—Zenkel Hall—for First Prize winners who “demonstrated special achievements and artistry” many times since she started piano competition recently. She received a distinction in Grade 8 piano examination and was also featured in the Hall of Fame in the Australian Con Brio Examinations for achieving the highest award across all grades. Aside from piano, Annabella has also been featured in Disney and Amazon TV and is a Davidson Young Scholar and a Davidson Ambassador. She studies at Stanford University OHS, the Davidson Academy Online, and Johns Hopkins Center of Talented Youth.
You can find Annabella’s 2023 18th Century Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Annabella’s 2023 Contemporary Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Annabella’s 2024 Spring Music Competition piano performance here.
Watch Annabella Sakunkoo perform Sonata No. 9 in E Major Op. 14 No. 1, 1st Movement by Beethoven on the piano for the 2025 Winter Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.