Where in the world are you now? How have you been using this time while not performing and staying at home?
Tony: I’ve been back in Sydney for a few months now and strangely enough, this has been the longest period of time I’ve been home in years.
Where in the world are you now? What’s going on?
Dinara: I'm now in London.
By Ara Vartoukian OAM | Director & Concert Technician | Theme & Variations Piano Services
Walking through the forest and looking at the wood is the first step in the long journey from tree to piano.
Many Sydney-siders will know Dr Nicholas Milton as the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra and Choir – a position he has held since 2001.
Like her stage persona, Olga Kern’s career sparkles with incredible competition wins and performances with international orchestras and artists.
How are you using this time of social distancing and venue lockdowns? Taken up anything new? Learning new works?
Kevin Chow: I have been using this extra time to learn new repertoire such as various works of Bach and Prokofiev.
Anna Geniushene and Lucas Thomazinho hail from opposite ends of the world – Anna from Moscow in Russia and Lucas from São Paulo in Brazil.
The Sydney's Chief Executive Marcus Barker looks back fondly on his first competition.
Our jury member Xiaohan Wang certainly knows the meaning of endurance, perseverance and the sense accomplishment as their reward.
Belgrade-born jury member Mira Yevtich makes a very generous gift of her knowledge and performance experience for new generations of young pianists.
