Runner-up, Class 3

Daniel Pengelly is a 17-year-old flautist and composer. He is a Haynes Flutes Young Artist, has been selected as a Junior Artist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for 2022/23, and plays in the Hallé Youth Orchestra. A keen composer, Daniel was recently nominated for a Martin Hamlisch International Music Award in classical composition and was previously shortlisted in the BBC Proms Composition Competition. He has just accepted a place to study at Guildhall School in London and is really excited to start there in September this year.