the world’s very first
otamatone
concerto competition
$500
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signed ray chen otamatone
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3 deluxe otamatones
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otamatone goodies
epic prizes
1st place
audience favorite
$500
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3 deluxe otamatones
* determined by audience vote among our 8 selected finalists. see our "finalists" page for details!
$500
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3 deluxe otamatones
* raffled among users in our “classical otamatone” group on Tonic. see “Tonic” page for details!2nd place
$250
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2 deluxe otamatones
3rd place
$100
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1 deluxe otamatone
our super cool judges
aristo sham
aristo is a menace, winning gold medal and audience favorite at the 2025 van cliburn. he is now speedrunning a world tour and has been occasionally spotted at nice omakase dinners
sock collector overlord
ray chen
ray went to curtis and won 2008 menhuin and 2009 queen elisabeth (bruh). a fun fact is that he was the youngest person to play at a nobel prize concert
canonically in league of legends
practices violin occasionally
ariel lee
ariel is very cool and describes herself as one with “very cool girl energy” she studied at juiliard and is pursuing a dma at shepherd while being a fellow at the chicago symphony