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Ashman is only the third percussionist to win the biannual Young Musician competition, after Adrian Spillet in 1998, who is now principal percussionist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; and Fang Zhang, who won the 2020 title in May last year, after the original final was delayed due to the pandemic.