Latest Music Achievements

Congratulations to the following Olavians on their latest musical achievements

Summer 2025 • • • • • • • • •

Candidate Ethan Lam Petro Leontiev Arjun Agrawal Sam Lee Leon Kosaka Noah Goodall Owen Hanna Temidire Afelumo Kierun Dey

Exam Grade 8 Piano Grade 5 Piano Grade 4 Flute Grade 8 Piano Grade 6 Piano Grade 2 Piano Grade 5 Alto Saxophone Grade 5 Piano Grade 3 Piano

Grade Distinction Pass Merit Merit Distinction Distinction Distinction Distinction Pass

Spring/Summer 2025 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Candidate

Exam

Grade

Sebastian Mataj Timi Adelakun Jinmi Feyisetan Kyle Firth Petro Leontiev Akshat Boosara Leonardo Anderlini Benji Heal Andrew Hick Adam Zienowicz Ian Liu Xi Ma Vishu Nukala Pamoda Dulneth Dylan Tan Dylan Tan Oliver Zhu

Grade 8 Piano Grade 6 Piano Grade 3 Jazz Piano Grade 7 Piano Grade 2 Alto Saxophone Grade 3 Singing Grade 4 Singing Grade 5 Violin Grade 4 Trombone Grade 5 Singing Grade 8 Violin Grade 8 in Piano Grade 1 Piano Grade 3 Violin Grade 8 Piano Grade 2 Singing Grade 3 Clarinet Performance

Merit Pass Distinction Pass Merit Merit Merit Pass Pass Distinction Distinction Distinction Distinction Pass Merit Distinction Merit

Spring 2025 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Candidate

Exam

Grade

Ahash Thavaseelan Jude Doyle Ricardo Cervera-Tomlins Mikel Osei Jazz Jacob Mead Toby Johns Sachin Shyam Aksel Lutzow Nathan Oziegbe Sritharush Sriram Edmond Huang Emmanuel Odunfa Sharvan Selvaratnam Darren Chan Julien Viehoff Tod Ewan Butterworth Karthikeya Turlapati Ian Liu

Grade 7 Electronic Keyboard Grade 3 Alto Saxophone Grade 3 Trumpet Grade 1 Piano Grade 1 Piano Grade 8 Clarinet Grade 5 Piano Grade 3 Piano Grade 4 Violin Grade 1 Piano Grade 1 Guitar Grade 4 Guitar Grade 4 Singing Grade 4 Organ Grade 2 Alto Saxophone Grade 7 Clarinet Grade 5 Singing Grade 4 Organ

Merit Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Distinction Distinction

Autumn 2024 Candidate

Exam

Grade

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Jude Doyle Ricardo Cervera-Tomlins Mikel Osei Jazz Jacob Mead Toby Johns Sachin Shyam

Grade 3 Alto Saxophone Grade 3 Trumpet Grade 1 Piano Grade 1 Piano Grade 8 Clarinet Grade 5 Piano

Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass

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Aksel Lutzow Sid Dixit Gareth Counsell James Collins Sparsh Bhadauria Savva Malkov Samuel Marshall Elias Reimers Michael Lam Ishan Shanmukha Durbhaka

Grade 3 Piano Grade 1 Piano Performance Grade 7 Trumpet Grade 5 Piano Grade 1 Piano Performance Grade 7 Piano Grade 7 Double Bass Grade 8 Piano Grade 4 Trumpet Grade 2 Piano

Pass Pass Merit Pass Distinction Merit Merit Distinction Pass Merit

Summer / Autumn 2024 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Candidate

Exam

Grade

Owen Hanna Julien Viehoff Tod Philip Kutenkov Saurish Shankar Jonathan Odunfa Gabriel Doyle Yihan Lu Andrew Hick Temidire Afelumo Peter Yilang Ou Peter Yilang Ou Patrick Williams Oscar Nowatschek Sebastian Mataj Ryan Tran Darren Chan Matvei Aranyosi Sam Lee

Grade 3 Saxophone Grade 1 Saxophone Grade 3 Violin Grade 3 Violin Grade 5 Saxophone Grade 6 Saxophone Grade 7 Piano Grade 3 Trombone Grade 3 Piano Grade 5 Music Theory Grade 6 Piano Performance Grade 8 Electric Guitar Grade 6 Cello Performance Grade 8 Viola Grade 7 Piano Grade 6 Piano Grade 3 Piano Performance Grade 6 Trombone

Distinction Merit Pass Pass Pass Pass Merit Merit Distinction Distinction Merit Distinction Pass Merit Distinction Pass Merit

Summer 2024 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Candidate

Exam

Grade

Yiming Guo Samuel Marshall Alexey Maltsev Adam Zienowicz Karthikeya Turlapati Hercus Kavaliaukas Lino You Pinto Tharmesh Premkumar Barnaby Sears Alexey Maltsev Oluwatoni Odunlami Philip Kutenkov Harvey Langworthy Darragh Keane Kasim Rehman Benjamin Dakshy

Grade 8 Organ Grade 5 Electric Guitar Grade 5 Piano Performance Grade 4 Singing Grade 4 Singing Grade 4 'Cello Grade 4 Organ Grade 5 Singing Grade 5 Violin Grade 5 Jazz Piano Grade 5 Piano Grade 6 Piano Grade 7 Piano Grade 7 Piano Grade 8 Baritone Grade 8 Organ

Distinction Merit Merit Merit Distinction Pass Merit Merit Pass Merit Pass Pass Merit Merit Pass Distinction

Spring/Summer 2024 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Candidate

Exam

Grade

Ricardo Cervera-Tomlins Neal Ashok Temi Akinsete Leonardo Anderlini Aidan Chan Aarush Devalpalli Jinmi Feyisetan Leonardo Anderlini Sharvan Selvaratnam Jack Gadd Christian Ducat Olivia Saunders Ademiyo Olaiya Sarthak Pandey Leon Kosaka Thomas Blew Francis Ikenye Sebastian Mataj

Grade 2 Trumpet Grade 2 Piano Grade 2 Piano Grade 2 Piano Grade 2 Violin Grade 2 Jazz Piano Grade 2 Jazz Piano Grade 3 Singing Grade 3 Singing Grade 4 Violin Grade 4 Violin Grade 4 Singing Grade 8 Piano Grade 3 Piano Grade 5 Piano Performance Grade 8 Organ Grade 7 Violin Grade 7 Piano

Pass Pass Pass Merit Merit Pass Merit Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Distinction Merit Merit Distinction Pass Merit

Spring 2024 Candidate

Exam

Grade

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Thomas Blew Emmanuel Odunfa Emmanuel Odunfa Nathan Oziegbe Joshuah Joseph Rayhaan Smith Pamoda Waragoda Vitharana Andrew Hick Eliyas Assefaw James Collins James Collins Michael Ikediashi

DipABRSM Viola Performance Diploma Grade 3 Guitar Grade 5 Piano Grade 3 Violin Grade 3 Violin Grade 1 Violin Grade 1 Violin Grade 1 Trombone Grade 5 Piano Grade 5 Theory of Music Grade 3 Piano Performance Grade 3 Piano Performance

Distinction Merit Pass Pass Pass Merit Distinction Pass Pass Distinction Pass Merit

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James Saldanha Ankit Gaekwad Hassan Syed Namwar Abhinav Nayak Christopher Moys Oliver Tovarlaza Gabriel Tweneboa-Koduah

Grade 6 Electronic Keyboard Grade 6 Piano Grade 2 Classical Guitar Grade 8 Piano Grade 6 Flute Grade 6 Violin Grade 2 Classical Guitar

Distinction Distinction Distinction Distinction Merit Merit Distinction

Autumn 2023 Candidate

Exam

Grade

Noah dela Luna Alexander McKenzie-Mcintyre Toby Johns Mikhail Sumygin Harvey Langworthy Sanay Godha Barnaby Sears Tom Sears

Grade 7 Classical Guitar Grade 5 Cello Grade 7 Clarinet Grade 8 Piano Grade 5 Organ Grade 5 Drums Grade 5 Flute Grade 6 Piano Performance

Distinction Merit Merit Pass Merit Distinction Merit Merit

• Hugo Maxwell • Benji Heal • Temi Akinsete • Noah Margolies • Aarav Gupta • Jinmi Feyisetan

Grade 5 Piano Grade 4 Violin Grade 1 Piano Grade 4 Violin Grade 2 Piano Grade 1 Jazz piano

Merit Merit Merit Pass Distinction Distinction

• Sam Lee

Grade 5 Music Theory

Distinction

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Autumn 2023 Candidate

• Joshua Miles • Hugo Maxwell • Benji Heal • Temi Akinsete • Noah Margolies • Aarav Gupta • Jinmi Feyisetan • • • • • • • • •

Tom Sears Joshua Miles Sophia Appleford Lino You Pinto Darren Chan Samuel Marshall Lucas Pilu Avighna Malampathi Michael Lam

Exam

Grade

Grade 6 Piano Performance Grade 5 Piano Grade 4 Violin Grade 1 Piano Grade 4 Violin Grade 2 Piano Grade 1 Jazz Piano

Pass Merit Merit Merit Pass Distinction Distinction

Grade 6 Piano Grade 6 Piano Grade 8 Piano Grade 6 Piano Grade 5 Piano Grade 8 BASS Guitar Grade 6 Piano Grade 2 Cello Grade 4 Violin

Merit Pass Distinction Distinction Distinction Merit Merit Distinction Merit

Summer 2023 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Candidate

Exam

Grade

Sam Lee Tarunesh Sivabalan Aayush Kampani Gabriel Tweneboa Kaduah Ashvik Dubey Yiming Guo Alexey Maltsev Raphael Dadula Shivan Rajendiran Joshua Senoron Shubh Gupta Thomas Blew Wei Hong Song Harvey Langworthy Harvey Langworthy Eythan Soysa Timi Adelakun

Grade 5 Trombone Grade 7 Piano Grade 4 Classical Guitar Grade 1 Classical Guitar Grade 6 Violin Grade 6 Organ Grade 5 Piano Performance Grade 4 Guitar Grade 7 Violin Grade 8 Piano Grade 5 Singing Grade 8 Violin Grade 8 Violin Performance Grade 4 Organ Grade 6 Piano Grade 1 Piano Grade 5 Jazz Saxophone

Distinction Distinction Distinction Distinction Pass Distinction Distinction Distinction Merit Distinction Merit Distinction Merit Merit Merit Pass Pass

Summer 2023 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Candidate

Exam

Grade

Alfie Beston Thomas Blew Thomas Blew Gabriel Doyle Alexey Maltsev Darragh Keane Gavin Dimarucut Christian Ducat Deepak Dsouza Ishan Srinivas Nathan Oziegbe Alexey Maltsev James Collins Jason He Jiachen Lin

Grade 8 Organ Grade 7 Organ Grade 8 Viola Grade 5 Saxophone Grade 4 Jazz Piano Grade 6 Violin Grade 5 Piano Grade 3 Violin Grade 6 Piano Grade 4 Saxophone Grade 2 Violin Grade 4 Piano Performance Grade 2 Piano Performance Grade 1 Piano Performance Grade 6 Piano Performance

Distinction Distinction Distinction Pass Merit Merit Merit Pass Pass Pass Merit Distinction Merit Merit Merit

Spring 2023 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Candidate

Exam

Grade

Anusha Selva-Radov Eva Wyld Benjamin Dakshy Aayush Kampani Aidan Chan Aarush Devalpalli Kyle Firth Leon Kosaka Raphael Tweneboa-Koduah Laura Smolen Gavin Dimarucut Tharmesh Premkumar Toby Johns Kobe New-Mella Olivia Saunders Venoj Suthan Jack Gadd Jonathan Odunfa Justin Choy Sachin Shyam Kai Hin Yip Dhruv Bhatia

ARSM Diploma Violin Grade 8 Singing Grade 8 Piano Grade 4 Singing Grade 1 Piano Grade 1 Jazz Piano Grade 6 Piano Grade 4 Piano Grade 1 Piano Grade 5 Singing Grade 4 Singing Grade 4 Singing Grade 6 Piano Grade 1 Piano Grade 3 Singing Grade 3 Violin Grade 3 Violin Grade 4 Saxophone Grade 6 Violin Grade 4 Piano Grade 3 Piano Grade 3 Jazz Piano

Distinction Distinction Distinction Distinction Distinction Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass

2023 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Jason He achieved a Merit in Grade 1 Piano Performance Jiachen Lin achieved a Merit in Grade 6 Piano Performance Harrison Grover (Yr 12) achieved a Merit in his Trinity Grade 7 Trombone Exam Ashvik Dubey (Yr 8) achieved a Pass in Music Theory Grade 5 Debangshu Saha (Yr 12) achieved Grade 7 Guitar with Merit.

Ashvik Dubey, (Yr 8) achieved Grade 6 Classical Guitar with Merit.

Alexey Maltsev achieved Grade 4 Piano with Distinction James Collins achieved Grade 2 Piano with Merit Tom Sears (Yr 10) achieved Grade 8 Cello Exam with Distinction Sebastian Mataj (Yr 7) achieved a Merit in his Grade 7 Viola Exam Arjun Singh (Yr 9) achieved a Merit for his Grade 6 Classical Guitar Exam Debaditya Chatterjee (Yr 8) achieved a Distinction in his Grade 3 Drum examination and a Merit in his Grade 4 Singing examination.

Armand Healy achieved a Distinction in his Grade 8 Piano Exam Timi Adelakun achieved a Pass in his Grade 5 Jazz Soprano Saxophone Exam Gabriel Doyle achieved a Pass in his Grade 5 Alto Saxophone Exam Ishan Srinivas achieved a Pass in his Grade 4 Alto Saxophone Exam Alexey Maltsev achieved a Merit in his Grade 4 Jazz Piano Exam

2023 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Nathan Oziegbe achieved a Merit in his Grade 2 Violin Exam Christian Ducat achieved a Pass in his Grade 3 Violin Exam Darragh Keane achieved s Merit in his Grade 6 Violin Exam Eythan Soysa achieved a Pass in his Grade 1 Piano Exam Gavin Dimarucut achieved a Merit in his Grade 5 Piano Exam Deepak DSouza achieved a Pass in his Grade 6 Piano Exam Harvey Langworthy achieved a Merit in his Grade 6 Piano Exam Thomas Blew achieved a Distinction in his Grade 7 Organ Exam Alfie Beston achieved a Distinction in his Grade 8 Organ Exam Thomas Blew achieved a Distinction in his Grade 8 Viola Exam Huge congratulations to Anusha Selva-Radov who won the Rotary Trotman music Cup on Saturday 28th January 2023 playing the piano.

Roshan Rao (Yr 9) achieved a Merit in his Grade 6 Piano Exam.

Aarav Gupta (Yr 7), achieved a Merit in his Grade 4 Drum Exam Akshay Lakshmanan (Yr 12) achieved a Distinction in his Grade 8 Acoustic Guitar examination.

William Brace (Yr 8) achieved a Distinction in his Grade 5 Drums Examination.

Alexander McKenzie-McIntyre (Yr 7), achieved a Merit in his ABRSM Cello Grade 4 examination Harvey Langworthy Achieved a Merit in their Grade 4 Organ Examination

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Wei Hong Song achieved a Merit in their recorded PG8 Violin Performance Exam Thomas Blew achieved a Distinction in his Grade 8 Violin Exam Joshua Jay Senoron achieved a Distinction in his Grade 8 Piano Exam Shivan Rajendiran achieved a Merit in his Grade 7 Violin Exam Raphael Dadula achieved a Distinction in his Grade 4 Guitar Exam Shubh Gupta achieved a Merit in his Grade 5 Singing Exam Aditya Singh (Yr 9), achieved a Distinction in his Trinity College London Piano Grade 2 Exam Kayden Garnham-Jong of (Yr 9) achieved Distinction in ABRSM Grade 5 Theory Keshav Sheshadri (Yr 11) achieved a Distinction in his Grade 8 Piano Exam Tarunesh Sivabalan (Yr 8) achieved a Merit in his Grade 6 Piano Exam Samuel Marshall (Yr 9) achieved a Merit in his Grade 6 Bass Guitar Exam Sanay Godha achieved Merit in his Grade 3 Drums exam Aaditya Nandwani achieved Grade 7 Piano with a Distinction Aarav Gupta has achieved Grade 7 Piano with Merit.

Mikhail Sumygin - has achieved Grade 7 Piano Performance - Merit Shaurya Shukla - has achieved Grade 4 Piano - Pass Darragh Keane - has achieved Grade 6 Piano - Pass Thomas Blew - has achieved Grade 6 Theory of Music - Merit

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Sam Lee (Yr 7) has achieved a Distinction in his Grade 4 Trombone Exam James Stoner (Yr 7) achieved a Merit in his ABRSM Piano Grade 4 examination.

Thomas Sears achieved Piano Performance Grade 5 wth a Pass Qusay Dekkoun achieved Piano Performance Grade 3 with a Pass Dhruv Bhatla achieved Grade 2 Jazz Piano with a Pass Elliott Maurel achieved Grade 5 Piano with a Pass Hugo Maxwell achieved Grade 4 Piano with a merit Leon Kosaka achieved Grade 3 Piano with a Merit Arjun Jadhav achieved Grade 4 Piano with a Pass Kyle Firth achieved Grade 5 Piano with a Merit Ela Tekan achieved ARSM Diploma Piano with a Pass Noah Margolies achived Grade 3 Violin with a merit James Perry achieved Grade 8 Organ with a Merit Rohan Pandit achieved Grade 3 Violin with a Merit Christina Dales achieved Grade 7 Saxophone with a Pass Benjamin Dakshy achieved Grade 8 Saxophone with a Merit Eva Wyld achieved Grade 7 singing with a Distinction Tharmesh Premkumar achieved Grade 2 singing with a Distinction

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Thomas Blew achieved his Grade 6 Organ and Grade 7 Piano, both with Distinctions Francis Ikenye (Yr 9) achieved his Grade 6 ABRSM Violin Exam with a merit Abhinav Nayak (Yr 8), achieved a Merit in his Grade 7 Piano exam Neal Ye (Yr 8) achieved a Distinction in his Grade 8 Piano exam Ashvik Dubey (Yr7), achieved a Merit in his Grade 5 ABRSM examination in Violin.

Rishi Nandakumar (Yr 10) passed his Piano Grade 4 exam Samuel Marshall (Yr 8) achieved a Merit in his recent Grade 4 Bass Guitar exam!

Aditya Singh (Yr 8), achieved a Merit in his Grade 1 Piano Examination.

Eva Wyld (Yr 12) has been selected as one of the winners of the Royal Holloway Young Composer Competition 2022. Her choral piece will be performed and recorded there at a concert in May. Arjun Singh (8C) achieved a Merit for his Music performance in Classical Guitar Grade 5 examinination.

Devaansh Lulla (Yr 9), achieved a Merit in his Grade 3 Piano examination.

William Rowe (Yr 13), achieved a merit in his Grade 7 Piano examination and a Distinction in Grade 8 Drums examination in the same week!

Sean Lee (Yr 11) achieved a distinction in his Grade 7 Horn examination.

Mark Ludden (Yr 10) , obtained a merit in his Grade 7 violin examination.

Siddharth Mishra (Yr 12) participated in Maidstone Music Festival and achieved 1st place.

Kirthi Krishnan (Yr 9) achieved a merit in his grade 4 violin examination

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Kaustubh Malviya, (Yr 9) achieved 85/100 in his Grade 8 Rock and Electric Guitar examination.

James Saldanha, (Yr 7) achieved a Distinction in his Grade 3 Electronic Keyboard examination.

Armand Healy (Yr 7), achieved a Distinction in his Grade 7 Piano examination.

Tarunesh Sivabalan (Yr 7), achieved a Merit in his Grade 5 Piano examination.

Samuel Marshall (Yr 8), achieved a Distinction in his Grade 5 Double Bass examination Remy Tanna (Yr 9), achieved a Distinction in his Grade 4 Drum examination.

Nathan Inwang (Yr 9) achieved a Distinction in his Grade 5 Piano examination and a Merit in his Grade 5 Bassoon examination.

Ankit Gaekwad (Yr 9) achieved a Merit in his Grade 4 Piano practical examination Vian Shukla (Yr 7) achieved a Merit in his Grade 5 Electric Guitar exam Josh Mead (Yr 11) achieved Grade 6 Guitar with Distinction Yash Joshi (Yr 11) achieved Grade 4 Guitar with Distinction Noah Terry (Yr 8), sat his Grade 5 Electric Guitar & his Grade 5 Drums exams, attaining a Merit in both Kayden Garnham-Jong who achieved a Distinction in his Grade 5 drums Oliver Soo (Yr 9) achieved a Distinction in his Grade 8 Piano Exam Vedkumar Nidimamidi (Yr 7), has achieved a Merit in his Grade 3 Piano Exam Aaditya Nandwani (Yr 10) achieved a Distinction in his recent Trinity Grade 6 Piano exam Mayukh Jayagopal (Yr 10) has secured Merit at Classical Guitar Grade 6 exam (Trinity College London)

Archive • Adrian Manickarajah (Yr 12), completed his Electronic Keyboard with Trinity College London and passed with a Merit • Alfie Beston (Yr 9) won the Norman Trotman BYMT Rotary Music Competition on Saturday, 8th of May. Alfie performed 'Can you Feel the Love Tonight' on alto saxophone. Well done Alfie - a fantastic achievement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BL_cYAncSQ • Sean Lee (Yr 10), was awarded a Distinction and Silver medal in the Grade 8 piano class at the Blackheath Music Festival.

He also achieved Grade 8 in Piano.

• Kasim Rehman (Yr 8) achieved his Baritone Grade 6 with merit during the Easter holidays • James Guest (Yr 12) achieved Distinction in his recent Grade 6 Clarinet exam • Keshav Sheshadri (Yr 9) won 1st prize at the Purley & Coulsdon Music Festival - Piano, Open Class for 14-16 Years • Srij Bera (Yr 11) achieved a Distinction in his recent Grade 7 Piano Performance Exam • Tanish Arjaria (Yr 9) achieved a Merit in his recent Piano Grade 4 exam • Aneeq Weerasinghe achieved a Distinction in his recent Trinity College Grade 3 Piano • James Guest (Yr 12) has been awarded a Distinction in his recent Grade 6 Saxophone Examination • Aarav Gupta (Yr 9) passed his Grade 6 piano exam with high marks • Neal Ye (Yr 7) achieved a Distinction in his Grade 7 piano exam • Nilay Balaji (Yr 10) who achieved Distinction in his Grade 5 ABRSM Piano Theory • Rishi Nandakumar (Yr 9) who achieved a Merit in his ABRSM Grade 3 Piano exam • Callum Kwan (Yr 11) who recently passed his Grade 8 Piano with Distinction AND his Grade 3 Violin with Merit • Aditya Palaniappan (Yr 13) achieved his Grade 8 Guitar • Kasim Rehman (Yr 8) passed his Grade 5 Music Theory with Distinction and also passed his Grade 5 Piano exam