Step into the spotlight!
The ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards is an annual competition which encourages the talent and ambitions of Australia's young musicians.
Originally called the Concerto and Vocal Competition, the Awards have provided opportunities for an extraordinary number of our finest classical performers, including Geoffrey Parsons, Roger Woodward, Vernon Hill, Glenys Fowles, Neil Warren-Smith, Nathan Waks, Rosamund Illing, Diana Doherty and Adele Anthony.
The ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards is held in four stages - two recitals with piano accompaniment, and two performances with major Australian symphony orchestras. At each stage the number of competitors is reduced until by Stage III only four performers remain in each category (String, Keyboard and Other Instrumental).
The winner of each category receives a cash prize and progresses to the Grand Final, Stage IV.
The winner of the Grand Final is named the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year and receives a further cash prize, multiple copies of a compact disc of the winning performance and recital program and concert engagements with a major Australian symphony orchestra.
Click here to find out more information about recent winners and to watch the ABC's documentaries on the 2007 and 2008 Grand Finals.
Key Dates 2009
CONDUCTOR DEVELOPMENT 2010
Applications close Friday 31 July 2010.
Click here to download a brochure and application form.
ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards
Stage III - Section finals
First Final
Keyboard Final, West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday 10 June, 6pm
Perth Concert Hall, 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth
Tickets: $15 Ph: 08 9326 0000 | http://www.waso.com.au/
Bo An Lu, 15, WA Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 1
Nicholas Young, 18, NSW Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 5
Yuh T'sun Wu, 28, SA Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major
Deborah Ng, 18, VIC Grieg's Piano Concerto
Second Final
Strings Final, The Queensland Orchestra
Saturday 13 June, 8pm
Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank, Brisbane
Tickets: Ph: 07 | http://www.thequeenslandorchestra.com.au/
Ji Won Kim, 24, NSW Sibelius' Violin Concerto
Kana Ohashi, 16, VIC Brahms Violin Concerto
Xenia Deviatkina-Loh, 18, NSW Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1
Katherine Lukey, 28, VIC Nielsen's Violin Concerto
Third Final
Other Instruments, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Friday 19 June, 8pm
Hobart Federation Concert Hall, 1 Davey Street, Hobart
Tickets: $18 Ph: 1800 001 190 | http://www.tso.com.au/
David Papp, 24, NSW Martinu's Oboe Concerto
Ben Mellefont, 15, NSW Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto
Katie Zagorski, 25, VIC Nielsen's Flute Concerto
Su Ning Xin, 17, VIC Tomasi's Saxophone Concerto
Stage IV - Grand Final
Thursday 22 October 2009, 7:30pm Adelaide Festival Theatre
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Judd, Adelaide Festival Theatre