Congratulations to the following Olavians on their latest musical achievements
Summer 2025
Candidate Exam
Grade
• Sam Lee Grade 8 Piano Merit
• Leon Kosaka Grade 6 Piano Distinction
• Noah Goodall Grade 2 Piano Distinction
• Owen Hanna Grade 5 Alto Saxophone Distinction
• Temidire Afelumo Grade 5 Piano Distinction
• Kierun Dey Grade 3 Piano Pass
Spring/Summer 2025
Candidate Exam Grade
• Sebastian Mataj Grade 8 Piano Merit
• Timi Adelakun Grade 6 Piano Pass
• Jinmi Feyisetan Grade 3 Jazz Piano Distinction
• Kyle Firth Grade 7 Piano Pass
• Petro Leontiev Grade 2 Alto Saxophone Merit
• Akshat Boosara Grade 3 Singing Merit
• Leonardo Anderlini Grade 4 Singing Merit
• Benji Heal Grade 5 Violin Pass
• Andrew Hick Grade 4 Trombone Pass
• Adam Zienowicz Grade 5 Singing Distinction
• Ian Liu Grade 8 Violin Distinction
• Xi Ma Grade 8 in Piano Distinction
• Vishu Nukala Grade 1 Piano Distinction
• Pamoda Dulneth Grade 3 Violin Pass
• Dylan Tan Grade 8 Piano Merit
• Dylan Tan Grade 2 Singing Distinction
• Oliver Zhu Grade 3 Clarinet Performance Merit
Spring 2025
Candidate Exam Grade
• Ahash Thavaseelan Grade 7 Electronic Keyboard Merit
• Jude Doyle Grade 3 Alto Saxophone Pass
• Ricardo Cervera-Tomlins Grade 3 Trumpet Pass
• Mikel Osei Jazz Grade 1 Piano Pass
• Jacob Mead Grade 1 Piano Pass
• Toby Johns Grade 8 Clarinet Pass
• Sachin Shyam Grade 5 Piano Pass
• Aksel Lutzow Grade 3 Piano Pass
• Nathan Oziegbe Grade 4 Violin Pass
• Sritharush Sriram Grade 1 Piano Pass
• Edmond Huang Grade 1 Guitar Merit
• Emmanuel Odunfa Grade 4 Guitar Merit
• Sharvan Selvaratnam Grade 4 Singing Merit
• Darren Chan Grade 4 Organ Merit
• Julien Viehoff Tod Grade 2 Alto Saxophone Merit
• Ewan Butterworth Grade 7 Clarinet Merit
• Karthikeya Turlapati Grade 5 Singing Distinction
• Ian Liu Grade 4 Organ Distinction
Autumn 2024
Candidate Exam Grade
• Jude Doyle Grade 3 Alto Saxophone Pass
• Ricardo Cervera-Tomlins Grade 3 Trumpet Pass
• Mikel Osei Jazz Grade 1 Piano Pass
• Jacob Mead Grade 1 Piano Pass
• Toby Johns Grade 8 Clarinet Pass
• Sachin Shyam Grade 5 Piano Pass
• Aksel Lutzow Grade 3 Piano Pass
• Sid Dixit Grade 1 Piano Performance Pass
• Gareth Counsell Grade 7 Trumpet Merit
• James Collins Grade 5 Piano Pass
• Sparsh Bhadauria Grade 1 Piano Performance Distinction
• Savva Malkov Grade 7 Piano Merit
• Samuel Marshall Grade 7 Double Bass Merit
• Elias Reimers Grade 8 Piano Distinction
• Michael Lam Grade 4 Trumpet Pass
• Ishan Shanmukha Durbhaka Grade 2 Piano Merit
Summer / Autumn 2024
Candidate Exam Grade
• Owen Hanna Grade 3 Saxophone Distinction
• Julien Viehoff Tod Grade 1 Saxophone Merit
• Philip Kutenkov Grade 3 Violin Pass
• Saurish Shankar Grade 3 Violin Pass
• Jonathan Odunfa Grade 5 Saxophone Pass
• Gabriel Doyle Grade 6 Saxophone Pass
• Yihan Lu Grade 7 Piano Merit
• Andrew Hick Grade 3 Trombone Merit
• Temidire Afelumo Grade 3 Piano Distinction
• Peter Yilang Ou Grade 5 Music Theory Distinction
• Peter Yilang Ou Grade 6 Piano Performance Merit
• Patrick Williams Grade 8 Electric Guitar Distinction
• Oscar Nowatschek Grade 6 Cello PerformancePass
• Sebastian Mataj Grade 8 Viola Merit
• Ryan Tran Grade 7 Piano
• Darren Chan Grade 6 Piano Distinction
• Matvei Aranyosi Grade 3 Piano Performance Pass
• Sam Lee Grade 6 Trombone Merit
Summer 2024
Candidate Exam
• 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
Grade 8 Organ Distinction
Grade 5 Electric Guitar Merit
Grade 5 Piano Performance Merit
Grade 4 Singing Merit
Grade 4 Singing Distinction
Grade 4 'Cello Pass
Grade 4 Organ Merit
Grade 5 Singing Merit
Grade 5 Violin Pass
Grade 5 Jazz Piano Merit
Grade 5 Piano Pass
Grade 6 Piano Pass
Grade 7 Piano Merit
Grade 7 Piano Merit
Grade 8 Baritone Pass
Grade 8 Organ Distinction
Spring/Summer 2024
Candidate Exam Grade
• Ricardo Cervera-Tomlins Grade 2 Trumpet Pass
• Neal Ashok
Grade 2 Piano Pass
• Temi Akinsete Grade 2 Piano Pass
• Leonardo Anderlini Grade 2 Piano Merit
• Aidan Chan Grade 2 Violin Merit
• Aarush Devalpalli Grade 2 Jazz Piano Pass
• Jinmi Feyisetan Grade 2 Jazz Piano Merit
• Leonardo Anderlini Grade 3 Singing Pass
• Sharvan Selvaratnam Grade 3 Singing Pass
• Jack Gadd Grade 4 Violin Pass
• Christian Ducat Grade 4 Violin Pass
• Olivia Saunders Grade 4 Singing Pass
• Ademiyo Olaiya Grade 8 Piano Distinction
• Sarthak Pandey Grade 3 Piano Merit
• Leon Kosaka Grade 5 Piano Performance Merit
• Thomas Blew Grade 8 Organ Distinction
• Francis Ikenye Grade 7 Violin Pass
• Sebastian Mataj Grade 7 Piano Merit
Spring 2024
Candidate Exam Grade
• Thomas Blew DipABRSM Viola Performance Diploma Distinction
• Emmanuel Odunfa Grade 3 Guitar Merit
• Emmanuel Odunfa Grade 5 Piano Pass
• Nathan Oziegbe Grade 3 Violin Pass
• Joshuah Joseph Grade 3 Violin Pass
• Rayhaan Smith Grade 1 Violin Merit
• Pamoda Waragoda Vitharana Grade 1 Violin Distinction
• Andrew Hick Grade 1 Trombone Pass
• Eliyas Assefaw Grade 5 Piano Pass
• James Collins Grade 5 Theory of Music Distinction
• James Collins Grade 3 Piano Performance Pass
• Michael Ikediashi Grade 3 Piano Performance Merit
• James Saldanha Grade 6 Electronic Keyboard Distinction
• Ankit Gaekwad Grade 6 Piano Distinction
• Hassan Syed Namwar Grade 2 Classical Guitar Distinction
• Abhinav Nayak Grade 8 Piano Distinction
• Christopher Moys Grade 6 Flute Merit
• Oliver Tovarlaza Grade 6 Violin Merit
• Gabriel Tweneboa-Koduah Grade 2 Classical Guitar Distinction
Autumn 2023
Candidate
Exam
• Noah dela Luna
• Alexander McKenzie-Mcintyre
• Toby Johns
• Mikhail Sumygin
• Harvey Langworthy
• Sanay Godha
• Barnaby Sears
• Tom Sears
• Hugo Maxwell
• Benji Heal
• Temi Akinsete
• Noah Margolies
• Aarav Gupta
• Jinmi Feyisetan
• Sam Lee
Grade
Grade 7 Classical Guitar Distinction
Grade 5 Cello Merit
Grade 7 Clarinet Merit
Grade 8 Piano Pass
Grade 5 Organ Merit
Grade 5 Drums Distinction
Grade 5 Flute
Merit
Grade 6 Piano Performance Merit
Grade 5 Piano Merit
Grade 4 Violin Merit
Grade 1 Piano
Merit
Grade 4 Violin Pass
Grade 2 Piano Distinction
Grade 1 Jazz piano Distinction
Grade 5 Music Theory
Distinction
Autumn 2023
Candidate Exam Grade
• Joshua Miles Grade 6 Piano Performance Pass
• Hugo Maxwell
Grade 5 Piano Merit
• Benji Heal Grade 4 Violin Merit
• Temi Akinsete Grade 1 Piano Merit
• Noah Margolies
• Aarav Gupta
Grade 4 Violin Pass
Grade 2 Piano Distinction
• Jinmi Feyisetan Grade 1 Jazz Piano Distinction
• Tom Sears Grade 6 Piano Merit
• Joshua Miles
• Sophia Appleford
• Lino You Pinto
• Darren Chan
• Samuel Marshall
Grade 6 Piano Pass
Grade 8 Piano Distinction
Grade 6 Piano Distinction
Grade 5 Piano Distinction
Grade 8 BASS Guitar Merit
• Lucas Pilu Grade 6 Piano Merit
• Avighna Malampathi Grade 2 Cello Distinction
• Michael Lam Grade 4 Violin Merit
Summer 2023
Candidate Exam
• Sam Lee Grade 5 Trombone
• Tarunesh Sivabalan Grade 7 Piano
• Aayush Kampani Grade 4 Classical Guitar
Grade
Distinction
Distinction
Distinction
• Gabriel Tweneboa Kaduah Grade 1 Classical Guitar Distinction
• Ashvik Dubey Grade 6 Violin Pass
• Yiming Guo
Grade 6 Organ
Distinction
• Alexey Maltsev Grade 5 Piano Performance Distinction
• Raphael Dadula Grade 4 Guitar
• Shivan Rajendiran Grade 7 Violin Merit
• Joshua Senoron Grade 8 Piano
• Shubh Gupta
Distinction
Distinction
Grade 5 Singing Merit
• Thomas Blew Grade 8 Violin Distinction
• Wei Hong Song
Grade 8 Violin Performance Merit
• Harvey Langworthy Grade 4 Organ Merit
• Harvey Langworthy Grade 6 Piano Merit
• Eythan Soysa
• Timi Adelakun
Grade 1 Piano Pass
Grade 5 Jazz Saxophone 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 Distinction
Grade 7 Organ Distinction
Grade 8 Viola Distinction
Grade 5 Saxophone Pass
Grade 4 Jazz Piano Merit
Grade 6 Violin Merit
Grade 5 Piano Merit
Grade 3 Violin Pass
Grade 6 Piano Pass
Grade 4 Saxophone Pass
Grade 2 Violin Merit
Grade 4 Piano Performance Distinction
Grade 2 Piano Performance Merit
Grade 1 Piano Performance Merit
Grade 6 Piano Performance Merit
Spring 2023
Candidate Exam Grade
• Anusha Selva-Radov ARSM Diploma Violin Distinction
• Eva Wyld Grade 8 Singing Distinction
• Benjamin Dakshy Grade 8 Piano Distinction
• Aayush Kampani Grade 4 Singing Distinction
• Aidan Chan Grade 1 Piano Distinction
• Aarush Devalpalli Grade 1 Jazz Piano Merit
• Kyle FirthGrade 6 Piano Merit
• Leon Kosaka Grade 4 Piano Merit
• Raphael Tweneboa-Koduah Grade 1 Piano Merit
• Laura Smolen Grade 5 Singing Merit
• Gavin Dimarucut Grade 4 Singing Merit
• Tharmesh Premkumar Grade 4 Singing Merit
• Toby Johns Grade 6 Piano Merit
• Kobe New-Mella Grade 1 Piano Pass
• Olivia Saunders Grade 3 Singing Pass
• Venoj Suthan Grade 3 Violin Pass
• Jack Gadd Grade 3 Violin Pass
• Jonathan Odunfa Grade 4 Saxophone Pass
• Justin Choy Grade 6 Violin Pass
• Sachin Shyam Grade 4 Piano Pass
• Kai Hin Yip Grade 3 Piano Pass
• Dhruv Bhatia Grade 3 Jazz Piano 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)
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• 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