Family ensembles, sopranos and harp and violin players are all gathering at Dublin's RDS for the latest competitions in the ESB Feis Ceoil. When the two-week event ends on Friday, some 5,000 young classical musicians from across Ireland will have competed in more than 180 individual music competitions. The National Concert Hall will host a gala concert on April 30th, featuring a selection of winners from the competitions. The latest results are as follows:

MONDAY
Junior Violoncello (A) – 1st: Grace Coughlan; 2nd: James O'Donovan; HC: Eric Sheeran-Purcell, Juliette Morrison. Junior Violoncello (D) – 1st: Marco Malinverno; 2nd: David Blake; VHC: Nicholas O'Neill; HC: Emily Brazil; C: Jayden Lamcellari.

Junior Violoncello (E) – 1st: Malcolm O’Loughlin; 2nd: Charlotte Finnegan Quirke; VHC: Cliodhna Maher. John Benson Memorial Cup – 1st: Cahal Masterson; VHC: Billy O’Brien; HC: Iuliu Teodor Radu; C: Jimmy Goeijenbier. Senior Pianoforte Solo – 1st: Jimmy Goeijenbier; C: Billy O’Brien, Jordan North Bagot, Chloe Power.

Junior Pianoforte Solo (E) – 1st: Nina Brennan; 2nd: Mark Glen Tomas; VHC: Keelan Reilly, Ruby Anne Lacey, Aoife O’Donovan; HC: Charlie McHugh, James Guerrero, Louis Ye; C: Ella Dempsey, Rachel Li, Jing Qi Wu, Linxi Gu, Genevieve Collins.

Junior Flute (A) – 1st: Fina Wurm; 2nd: Ruairí Kirwan; VHC: Liam Lonergan; C: Jana Mc Carthy-Kent, Clodagh Curran. Junior Flute (B) – 1st: Hannah Macaulay; 2nd: Lucy Yin; VHC: Pearl Nixon; HC: Martina O’ Connell; Daisy Ryan, Kim O’Brien; C: Sascha Santschi-Cooney, Kristina O’Brien, Isabelle Ni Fhloinn, Emily Appleby. Junior Flute (C) – 1st: Aisling Sun; 2nd: Eileen Cleary; VHC: Hugh Geraghty, Brenda Farren; HC: Angela Zhu, Aoife de hOra; C: Rachel Lynch.

SUNDAY
McCullough Cup – 1st: Sophie Creaner. Junior Clarinet (A) – 1st: Ian O'Shea; 2nd: Jason Yang; VHC: Muirine Robinson ; HC: Michael John Gillen; C: Emily Sullivan, Cathal Flanagan. Junior Clarinet (B) – 1st: Ruth Walsh; 2nd: Winifred Massey; VHC: Molly Crossen; HC: Oscar Robinson; C: Anna Bourguignon. Junior Oboe – 1st: Catherine Neenan; 2nd: Garreth Kelly.

SATURDAY
Plunket Greene Cup – 1st: Gemma Ní Bhriain; 2nd: Rebecca Rodgers; VHC: Rachel Croash, Tara McSwiney; HC: Deirdre McCabe, Lorna Breen, Louise Martyn; C: Nicole Robinson, Shauna Buckingham, Robyn Richardson, Aisling McCarthy, Eimhin Colgan, Eimear McCarthy Luddy, Jonathon Gannon, Maria McGrann, Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Sophie O' Carroll

Dramatic Cup and €5,000 Tony Quigley Awards – 1st: Gemma Ní Bhriain; 2nd: Ioana Pipelea; VHC: Rachel Croash, Laura Murphy, Sinead Ni Mhurchú; HC: Katie Hainbach, Fearghal Curtis, Muireann Mulrooney; C: Eoin Hynes, Sarah Shine, Rebecca Rodgers, Tara McSwiney, David Howes, Aoife O’Connell, Richard Shaffrey, Maria McGrann.

Girls Vocal Solo (B) – 1st: Stephanie Kinsella; 2nd: Orlaith Mulholland; VHC: Ella Flaherty, Ava Dodd, HC: Jennifer Moore; Emily Jane Doyle, Megan Ward, Eleanor Coleman, Caitriona O Sullivan, Ruth Fogarty; C: Aisling Gregg, Caroline Kane, Isabel Doyle, Dearbhla O Brien, Malina Rebeca Adascalitei, Lucy Cooney.

Classical Guitar – 1st: Freddy Walsh; 2nd: Anselm McDonnell; HC: Ross Madden. Guitar Bach Prize – 1st: Chien Buggle; 2nd: Andrew Olwill; C: Anselm McDonnell. Junior Classical Guitar (A) – 1st: James McNeill; 2nd: Oilbhe Nathan; HC: Eoghan Doody. Junior Classical Guitar (B) – 1st: Jake Kennedy; 2nd: Grace Gageby; HC: Alana McManus; C: Lucas Farren, Gavin Jones.

Junior Classical Guitar (C) – 1st: Martin Keane; 2nd: Kemeng Du; HC: Jonathan Wang. John A. Pigott Memorial Cup – 1st: Ellen Jansson. VHC: Elisabeth Meuleman. HC: Peter Regan.

Mabel Swainson Pianoforte Award – 1st: Gary Beecher; 2nd: Tamara Niekludow; VHC: Jonathan Morris. Senior Flute – 1st: Amy Gillen; 2nd: Emma Kenrick; VHC: Cian Ducrot; HC: Katie Hyland. Senior Clarinet – 1st: Cathal Killeen; 2nd: Patrick Burke.