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.
2010 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards
Applications for the 2010 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards have now closed.
Applicants will be contacted shortly with audition times.