2008 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award
In 2008, in addition to cash prizes ($5,000 for winning a category final and a further $20,000 for the winner of the Grand Final), many other exciting opportunities are offered.
- Concert opportunities with Australia's major symphony orchestras
- A recital at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Utzon Room series, to take place in December 2008. Sydney opera house
- The David Paul Landa Scholarship for a pianist (see below)
- The Nelly Apt Award for a string player (see below)
David Paul Landa Scholarship
David Paul Landa
The David Paul Landa Scholarship is a biennial travelling scholarship for pianists valued at $25,000 funded by the New South Wales Government in recognition of the contribution made to the arts by the late Paul Landa QC MP, former Attorney General in New South Wales. The scholarship is managed by Musica Viva Australia and includes subsequent public concert engagements with Musica Viva Australia.
Paul Landa lived a short but extraordinary life. He held seven portfolios under the NSW State Government, to all of which he brought energy and his natural zest for accomplishment. His devotion to the arts was complete and unfeigned, and as a Minister assisting the Premier in the Arts portfolio he supported and encouraged many young artists and musicians.
Under his guidance the national parks of New South Wales doubled in size, and he played an important role in public debates on civil liberties and human rights. He died unexpectedly and tragically at the age of 43.
Winners of previous Scholarships include Tamara Anna Cislowska (1996), Duncan Gifford (1998), Anna Goldsworthy (2000), Richard Jackson (2002), Edward Neeman (2004) and Brieley Cutting (2006).
Nelly Apt Scholarship
The Music and Opera Singers' Trust Ltd (MOST) offers the Nelly Apt Scholarship of up to $15,000 for a string player.
All Stage III String category participants are eligible for this scholarship, which provides assistance for overseas study that must take place in Israel.
This prize will be awarded in 2008 but the winner may take it up at a later time.
ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards Stage III finals take place in June:
KEYBOARD final
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 final
Thursday 19 June, 7pm 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 final
Thursday 26 June, 7.30pm Federation Concert Hall, Hobart
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