2026 Nicholas Tarling Aria Competition Open Now!
Keep up to date and check recent news at www.tarlingaria.org.nz.
Please visit the NTAC website to read in detail about this burgeoning competition to celebrate the human voice. Our panel of judges – professional vocal coaches and artists – now have the unenviable task of choosing from a large pool of talent in readiness for the February stage competition where places will be decided and prizes will be given out.
PRIZES
- First Prize Winner $5,000 and recorded performance with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra
- Runner-up Prize $3,000 and recorded performance with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra
- Most Promising Singer Prize $1,000
- Sally Stone Prize $1,000
- 18 & Under Prize $1,000
We ask anyone with questions and queries to contact us at tarlingaria@gmail.com
2025 Nicholas Tarling Aria Competition Results
2025 Winners
First Place: Breony Bearman – Soprano
Runner-up: Jasmine Jessen – Soprano
Most Promising: Emma Jones – Soprano
Sally Stone Award: Olivia Forbes – Soprano
Tarling Aria Trophy: Stephanie Cortesi – Soprano
Runner-up: Sam Elmi – Tenor
18 and Under: Samuel Mataele – Countertenor
Runner-up: Nikau Grace Chater – Soprano
Scholarship Finalists
Charles Cole
Jasmine Jessen
Olivia Forbes
Ellis Carrington
Mairead McCaughan
Erin Connelly-Whyte
Alfred Fonoti-Fuimaono
Handong Fu
Breony Bearman
Emma Jones
Rong Zhang
Edward Smith
Wesley Haotian Yu
Jessica Webber
18 and Under Finalists
Katie Brown
Alice Carter
Cindy Li
Anastasia Puttick
Samuel Mataele
Maria Gow
Nikau Grace Chater
Tarling Aria Trophy Finalists
Sam Elmi
Hans van Zelst
Zoe Ciu
Stephanie Cortesi
2024 Nicholas Tarling Aria Competition Results
2024 WINNERS
Sarah Mileham – Soprano – Winner
Alfred Fonoti-Fuimaono – Baritone – Runner-up
Breony Bearman – Soprano – & Ridge Ponini – Tenor – Most Promising (shared prize)
Venessa Joyce – Soprano – 18 & Under Winner
18 & UNDER FINALISTS
Amelia Blessan
Saara Desai
Sofia Gong
Venessa Joyce
Mason Lin
OVER 18 FINALISTS
Tayla Alexander
Breony Bearman
Rhiannon Cooper
Alfred Fonoti-Fuimaono
Jasmine Jessen
Emma Jones
Samuel McKeever
Sarah Mileham
Ridge Ponini
Thomas Roeshol
Olga Shanina
Taylor Wallbank
Jessica Webber
2023 WINNERS
Katherine Winitana – Soprano – Joint-winner
Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono – Tenor – Joint-winner
Maeve Herd – Soprano – Runner-up
Alexandra Francis – Soprano – Most Promising Joint winner
Shiddharth Chand – Tenor – Most Promising Joint winner
18 & UNDER FINALISTS
No Competitors this year.
OVER 18 FINALISTS