Nearly 3 dozen of today’s top drummers have been announced as the Champions, Winners and Award Recipients of the 2017 Hit Like A Girl global contest for female drummers. The players from the US, Puerto Rico, the Netherland, Japan, Italy, Indonesia, India, England, France, Germany and Cypress— and as young as 9 years old— were just a handful of the hundreds of girls and women from around the world who participated in the sixth annual competition.
Judged by leading educators, professional players and industry executives— and sponsored by the biggest names in drum manufacturing, media and retail— the winning videos along with all the entries and prizes from the recently concluded contest can be seen at: hitlikeagirlcontest.com
Here is the official list of the 2017 Hit Like A Girl Contest Winners:
Drumset – Professional Judging <18
1st Runner-Up: Mira Burgers (Netherlands)
2nd Runner-Up: Yuki Ogawa (Japan)
Drumset – Popular Voting
18+ Paola Liceaga (Puerto Rico)
Concert Percussion
Special Awards
Sweetwater: Tangela Facen (US)
WGI: Anastasiya Kostromina (US)
FRANCE: Laurene Lenert (France)
Drumset – Professional Judging 18+
Champion: Elisa Montin (Italy)
1st Runner-Up: Tangela Facen (US)
2nd Runner-Up: Lacretia Bolden (US)
World Percussion
Marching Percussion
18+ Anastasiya Kostromina (US)
Weekly Winners <18
Week 2: Jacky Sponheimer (Germany)
Week 6: Arawinda Rizky (Indonesia)
Weekly Winners 18+
Week 2: Cecilia Sanchietti (Italy)
Week 3: Anna Koniotou (Cypress)
Week 6: Diana Nowak-Riffel (US)
