Meet the Winners of the 11th WMC McLellan Finals 2026

Angela Suet Kee Ng, piano - $10,000 First Prize (middle)

Grace Budoloski, soprano - $6000 Second Prize (left)

Shion Tamashiro, violin - $4000 Third Prize (right)

These three outstanding Manitoba musicians wowed an appreciative and enthusiastic audience Sunday evening, April 19, on the occasion of the biennial WMC McLellan Finals for Solo Performance with the WSO. The event took place at Jubilee Auditorium, conducted by Monica Chen and hosted by Classic 107 Radio's Nolan Kehler.

WMC highly values the collaboration with the WSO in presenting this unique and exceptional event.

Photos by Mark Duboff. 

Angela Suet Kee Ng - Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16    

Grace Budoloski in works by Mozart, Donizetti, J. Strauss and Offenbach

Shion Tamashiro - Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major by Niccolò Paganini

  From Left to Right: Juror Thomas Wiebe, Juror Ellen Wieser, Grace Budoloski, Angela Suet Kee Ng, Shion Tamashiro, Chair Holly Harris, Juror Gordon Gerrard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk4pfuoGK7w

Classic 107 Radio Host Nolan Kehler sat down with first-prize winner Angela Suet Kee Ng, to hear her thoughts on her performance and the outcome of the evening.