2026 BBIOC Competitors
Tyler Boehmer • United States of America
Internationally acclaimed for his technique and artistry, Dr. Tyler Boehmer is a passionate and dedicated organist. Boehmer completed his undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University studying under Don Cook, then went on to earn his DMA at the University of Kansas, studying under James Higdon. As a soloist, Boehmer has performed all over the world, including cities in Russia, the USA, and Luxembourg. He has also received honors in many competitions, including: first prize, 2019 Miami International Organ Competition; and second prize and audience prize, 2023 International Organ Competition Dudelange. Additionally, Dr. Boehmer strives to be an ambassador for the organ. In this capacity, he has co-taught several organ workshops aimed at helping volunteer church organists develop their service-playing abilities. Boehmer currently works at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas as an Assistant Professor of Music. His primary responsibilities include teaching private lessons, theory, history, and assisting with campus chapel services. |
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Adam Detzner • United States of America
Adam Detzner is an organist and church musician based in the Washington, DC area. A graduate of Stanford University (B.A.) and the Eastman School of Music (M.M.), he currently serves as Minister of Music and Organist at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Annandale, VA. His primary organ teachers were Robert Huw Morgan, David Higgs, Christian Lane, and John Chappell Stowe; he also studied harpsichord with Elaine Thornburgh. Adam was a finalist in the International Paul Hofhaimer Organ Competition in Innsbruck in 2025, and a semifinalist in the International Schnitger Organ Competition in Alkmaar in 2022 and 2023. Between college and graduate school Adam served as the inaugural Association of Anglican Musicians Gerre Hancock Organ Scholar, working at Trinity Church in the City of Boston (Copley Square). He currently serves full-time as Minister of Music and Organist at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Annandale, Virginia. |
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Thomas Ingui • United States of America
Tom Ingui serves as Organist at First Presbyterian Church of Lakeland, Florida and is a collaborative artist with Southeastern University and the Bach Festival of Central Florida and also serves as Dean of the Tampa AGO Chapter. He holds a master of music degree in organ performance from Yale University studying with Thomas Murray and a bachelor of music degree from Stetson University where he studied organ with Dr. Boyd Jones and piano with Dr. Michael Rickman. His concert appearances include The University of Tampa, St. Andrew's Episcopal of Tampa, Stetson University, Bethesda-By-The-Sea Palm Beach, Trinity Episcopal Church Copley Square Boston, First Presbyterian Church Gainesville, and Community Church Vero Beach. He was a finalist in the 2015 Taylor National Organ Competition and placed third at the 2025 St. Maurice International Organ Competition in Switzerland. |
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Hansol Kim • Republic of Korea
Hansol Kim, originally from Busan, South Korea, is an organist, conductor, and church musician. A graduate of Indiana University who studied with Dr. Janette Fishell, she has been a recipient of the Barbara and David Jacobs Fellowship, as well as the Chairman’s Scholar Award Fellowship, the Robert C. Rayfield Memorial Scholarship, and the Wilma Jensen Scholarship. Hansol previously served as Assistant Music Director and Organist at First United Church and as Music Intern and Bell Choir Director at Trinity Episcopal Church, both in Bloomington, Indiana. She currently serves as Organist at Christ Episcopal Church in Denver, Colorado. Her competition honors include First Prize in the Immanuel Lutheran Church Organ Competition, First Prize in the Fox Valley Organ Competition, and Joint Second Prize in the Sursa American Organ Competition. |
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Sunghoon Kim • Republic of Korea
Sunghoon Kim, born in Seoul, South Korea, studied church music and organ at the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary (PUTS) in Seoul. He attended masterclasses with renowned organists including Martin Schmeding, Vincent Dubois, Zsigmond Szathmáry, Hans Fagius, Arvid Gast, David Titterington, Christian Barten, Daniel Moult, and Martin Sturm. He pursued a Master’s degree in organ at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig, studying with Daniel Beilschmidt and Johannes Lang. He has enriched his artistic profile through competitions, reaching the semifinals at the XVI International Gottfried-Silbermann Organ Competition in Freiberg (2023) and the XXIV International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig (2024). Since September 2024, he has been studying in the Meisterklasse under Professor Martin Schmeding and Thomas Church organist Professor Johannes Lang. |
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Josef Laming • United Kingdom
Josef Laming is a British organist and harpsichordist based in Basel, Switzerland. A graduate of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, he performs internationally as both soloist and ensemble musician. He won first prize at the Paul Hofhaimer and Daniel Herz Organ Competitions, and his work has also been recognised with the Hans-Balmer-Stiftung Award and the Harold Samuel Prize. Josef is co-founder and harpsichordist of The Levée, whose debut recording of Denis Delair’s violin sonatas appeared in 2025. He works as an accompanist at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and is active as a freelance continuo player. Josef holds degrees from the University of Oxford and the Royal Academy of Music. He is Organist of Mariastein Abbey, where he directs ad•petram, an ensemble dedicated to historical liturgical performance. |
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Dawon Lee • Republic of Korea
Dawon Lee was born in 1994 in Seoul, South Korea. In February 2018, she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Organ Performance at Ewha Womans University under the guidance of Professor Sohyun Park. Since 2018, she has served as an organist at the Seoul Cathedral Church and simultaneously worked as an organist for Korean Catholic Peace Broadcasting. In 2020, she began her studies at the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg, Germany, with Prof. Matthias Neumann, and received her Master’s degree in March 2022. She completed her Konzertexamen (highest-level performance program) with unanimous top marks. In 2024, she won 1st Prize at the 10th Miami International Organ Competition. She also received a special award for the best interpretation of Hermann Schroeder’s Variations “Ave regina caelorum” at the 10th International Organ Competition for the Hermann-Schroeder Prize. In the summer of 2026, Dawon Lee has been invited to perform at the St. Florianer Orgelsommer Matinée in Austria, and she will also give concerts in Hamburg. |
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Yinying Luo • China
Yinying Luo is the organist at Flower Lane Christian Church in Fuzhou, China. She received her Master of Music degree in organ performance from The Juilliard School in New York City and in church music from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, as well as Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. Past recital venues included St. John the Divine, St. Paul the Apostle, and Central Synagogue in New York City, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Atlanta, Paderborn Cathedral in Germany, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Hangzhou Sicheng Protestant Church and Chongyi Protestant Church, Fuzhou Flower Lane Protestant Church in Fuzhou, etc. Being one of the 20 participants in the 18-hour J.S. Bach Organ Marathon at St. Peter’s Church in 2014, the performance was streamed live through WQXR.
Yinying Luo is the organist at Flower Lane Christian Church in Fuzhou, China. She received her Master of Music degree in organ performance from The Juilliard School in New York City and in church music from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, as well as Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. Past recital venues included St. John the Divine, St. Paul the Apostle, and Central Synagogue in New York City, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Atlanta, Paderborn Cathedral in Germany, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Hangzhou Sicheng Protestant Church and Chongyi Protestant Church, Fuzhou Flower Lane Protestant Church in Fuzhou, etc. Being one of the 20 participants in the 18-hour J.S. Bach Organ Marathon at St. Peter’s Church in 2014, the performance was streamed live through WQXR.
Charles Maxtone-Smith • United Kingdom
Charles Maxtone-Smith is Organist at Buckfast Abbey, Devon. He is a prize-winning graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, with an MA Distinction, the DipRAM award, and the Advanced Diploma, as a student of Professors David Titterington, Bine Bryndorf, and Richard Pinel. He won the Musicians’ Company Award for Organists in 2023 which provided generous funding for lessons with Christophe Mantoux at Saint-Séverin, Paris. He was selected for the interpretation competition at the St Albans International Organ Festival in July 2023. He previously held organ scholarships at Hereford Cathedral, New College, Oxford, Westminster Abbey, Royal Hospital Chelsea, and King’s College, London. Since 2014 he has been one of the Festival Organists at the annual Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy, and has played for several BBC Radio 3 broadcasts. He has recorded as both soloist and accompanist on the Ad Fontes label. |
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Daniel Minnick • United States of America
Australian-American organist Daniel Minnick is an emerging performing artist of his generation, with his most recent performances spanning the continental United States. He has distinguished himself as a participant and prizewinner in numerous national and international competitions, including the Canadian, Musashino-Tokyo, Korean, AGO (NYACOP), Sursa, Fort Wayne, and Poister competitions. Daniel holds masters and doctoral degrees, as well as the Performer’s Certificate, from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Nathan Laube and David Higgs. In addition to his performing career, Daniel is a skilled keyboard-instrument technician, and he currently serves as the Chief Concert Technician at Eastman where he maintains pianos, harpsichords, and organs for the students, faculty, and guest artists of that institution. An avid and career church musician, Daniel currently serves multiple congregations in western New York. |
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Magdalena Moser • Austria
Magdalena Moser was born in Leoben, Austria. After her organ studies with Ulrich Walther at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz she continued her studies with Martin Schmeding at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” in Leipzig. She was awarded several prizes at international organ competitions, among them the first prize at the Elizabeth B. Stephens Organ Competition Atlanta in 2024, the Judith Weir prize and the Douglas May award at the International Organ Festival in St Albans (2023 and 2021), and first prize at the International Franz Schmidt Organ Competition in Vienna in 2020. She has attended master classes with Naji Hakim, Wolfgang Zerer, and Jean-Baptist Dupont, among others. In 2025 she made her debut with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna at the Radio-Kulturhaus Vienna in Alexandre Guilmant’s Second Symphony for Organ and Orchestra. Since 2023 she has been teaching organ, improvisation, and vocal accompaniment at the conservatory in Graz. |
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Sunkyung Noh • Republic of Korea
Sunkyung Noh is a South Korean concert organist. She studied with Dong-ill Shin at Yonsei University and earned two master's degrees in Organ and Claviorganum under Wolfgang Zerer and Menno van Delft in Hamburg, Germany. She pursued advanced studies in Leipzig with Martin Schmeding. Noh has garnered recognition both in Korea and internationally. In 2022, she won second prize at the International Schnitger Organ Competition in the Netherlands, and later that year, she won first prize at the 6th International Buxtehude Organ Competition in Lübeck, Germany. In January 2023, she became the first Asian winner of the prestigious International Mendelssohn Competition, earning both the First Prize and the Contemporary Work Interpretation Award. In July 2023, she also received First Prize and the Gold Medal in Interpretation at the 32nd St Albans International Organ Competition. She performs actively across Europe, Asia, and the United States, appearing in renowned venues such as the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, King’s College in Cambridge and St. Bavokerk in Haarlem. She has also performed with orchestras at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. In 2026, she will release her debut solo album and tour internationally. |
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Austin Philemon • United States of America
Hailing from New York City, Austin Philemon has been presented as a recitalist in New York, NY; Charlotte, NC; San Antonio, TX; Paris, France; Graz, Austria; Romainmôtier, Switzerland; Haarlem, Netherlands; Modena, Italy; Höganäs, Sweden; and Neston, UK. He recently placed third in the Sweelinck International Organ Competition in Gdánsk, Poland, and has also placed first in the George R. Mathison Memorial Competition. As an advocate for new organ music, Austin has premiered over 40 works for organ, served as consultant for countless more, and is passionate about educating composers on how to write for the organ. Austin holds his M.M. in organ performance from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Dr. Andrew Henderson, and his B.M. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he studied with Dr. Jacqueline Yost. Austin serves as Director of Music at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Manhattan. |
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Kasimir Sydow • Germany
Kasimir Sydow received his first organ lessons in his hometown of Hanau. After completing degrees in church music and organ at the universities of music in Frankfurt, Munich, and Vienna, he currently works as Music Director at Martin Luther Church in Hamburg. He attended masterclasses with numerous renowned organists. As a concert organist, he is a sought-after soloist and chamber music partner and regularly performs on prominent organs. |
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Eriko Yamaji • Japan
Eriko Yamaji obtained her Bachelor and Master of Music diploma with the specialty in organ at the Tokyo University of the Arts and received the Graduate School Acanthus Award. She also studied the organ, the harpsichord and the early music at Conservatoire de Toulouse. She has studied the organ with Michel Bouvard, Rie Hiroe and Naoko Imai. She won the second prize in 10th Edition of International organ competition Pierre de Manchicourt (Béthune) in 2024 and the first prize in International Organ Competition in Wuppertal in 2025. She is currently enrolled in a doctoral course of Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts and performs all over Japan. She is also a teaching assistant and a research assistant at the same university. She is an organist at Tohoku Gakuin University, White Cube Concert Hall and Sendai Ichibancho Church, and a member of the Japan Association of Organists. |
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