YPA Stage III Finalists announced
Following an intensive audition process across Australia, 12 finalists have been selected to perform in this year's Stage III finals of the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards. The winner of each final will take home $5,000, and will have the opportunity to compete in the Grand Final in Melbourne, in September.
The finalists are:
KEYBOARDS - Friday 13 June 7.30pm, Conservatorium Theatre, Brisbane. The Queensland Orchestra conducted by Pietari Inkinen.
Maxwell Foster (Qld) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1
Anne Veinberg (NSW) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4
Alex Raineri (Qld) Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Oliver Le Meng She (Qld) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
STRINGS - Thursday 19 June 7.00pm, Adelaide Town Hall. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Verbitsky.
Jiwon Kim (Vic) Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2
David Campbell (NSW) Bottesini: Concerto No.2 in B minor for Double Bass
Rebecca Chan (Vic) Korngold: Violin Concerto
Zhu Wen (NSW) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
OTHER INSTRUMENTS - Thursday 26 June 7.30pm, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marc Taddei
Jessica Foot (Vic) Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Lina Andonovska (ACT) Rautavaara: Flute Concerto Dances with Winds
Ju Hwa (Sandy) Sin (NSW) Koppel: Marimba Concerto No.1
Vivienne Brooke (Qld) Ferlendis/Kraus: Concerto for Cor Anglais