Yesterday, the Auditorium of the Professional Conservatory of Music and Dance of Mallorca hosted the regional phase of the Special Awards for Professional Artistic Education for the 2024-2025 academic year—an initiative aimed at honouring outstanding achievement among music and dance students in the Balearic Islands.

A total of nine music students took part, representing Mallorca, Menorca, and Ibiza. No candidates entered in the categories of dance or composition fundamentals. Each participant performed a 30-minute programme before a jury composed of teachers from conservatories across the islands.

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Mallorca’s Professional Conservatory hosts the regional round of the 2024-2025 Special Awards for Artistic Studies

This year’s competitors were: Júlia Garcia (trumpet), Helena Lafuente (piano), Toni Pons (trombone), Teresa Yuhua Salord (piano), Lluís Font (violin), Pablo García (piano), Xavier Mercadal (clarinet), Antonio Baldoví (percussion), and Alexia Wakefield (percussion).

The award recipients were:

• Piano: Pablo García Aguirre
• Trombone: Toni Pons
• Chamber Music: the duo of Antoni Baldoví and Alexia Wakefield

Each winner will receive a diploma from the Ministry of Education and Universities, a financial prize of €1,800, full exemption from public tuition fees in their first year of higher studies in the Balearic Islands, and a nomination for the National Academic Achievement Awards in music and dance.