Australian Music Foundation Young Musician Awardees 2013 - 2014 Proudly supporting young Australian Musicians studying in the UK, Europe the USA
2013 / 2014 AMF Young Musician Awardees - studying in the UK & EUROPE Suyeon Kang, Violin - Guy Parsons Awardee
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orn in South Korea, Suyeon received her first violin lessons in Australia with Josette Esquedin-Morgan, continuing with Alice Waten and Goetz Richter as a scholarship student in leading Australian music institutions. Currently a masters student at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin ‘Hanns Eisler’, under the tutelage of Professor Antje Weithaas, she graduated her Diploma with honours in 2011 (in Nürnberg) having studied with, and worked as assistant to Professor Daniel Gaede. Recent competition successes include: 3rd prize in the 2nd International Violin Competition Buenos Aires (2012); 3rd prize (senior section) in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, (2010); one of the five semifinalists and the recipient of a special prize in the International Leopold Mozart Violin Competition (2009). Prior to commencing her studies in Germany, Kang won Australia’s most prestigious award: the Symphony Australia Young Performer’s Awards, in 2005 at the age of 16.
Sally Law, Violin
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ally began playing violin at the age of 8. She is currently a Neville Wathen scholar studying at the Royal College of Music in London. Prior to her college studies, Sally achieved her violin Licentiate diploma in 2008 and piano Associate and Licentiate diploma, both with Distinction in 2010 and 2013, respectively. After winning 1st prize in the Young Instrumentalist Competition in 2012, she made her first solo orchestral debut with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. In 2010 and 2012, she was a recitalist at the National Youth Concerto Competition. She was also a finalist in the Somerville House Nuova Musica in 2012, and won 1st prize in the Strings Open Somerville House Solo Instrumental and Vocal Competition in 2011. Sally has won various competitions at the Brisbane Eisteddfod including Junior String Championship. Sally has also participated in the Queensland Youth Symphony in 2009 and the Australian Youth Orchestra in 2011, both as first violinist.
Rhia Parker, Recorder
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graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Rhia is currently undertaking her Masters at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Outside her study, . Rhia has won the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Early Music Concerto Competition, was a guest recording artist for the Baroque chamber group, Salut! Baroque, and has been a guest soloist for the Ku-Ring Gai Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also collaborated on theatre projects, including touring with Big hART’S Production of “Namatjira” in 2012. Also in 2012, she was awarded the Australia Council’s ArtStart Grant for lessons in America from electronic violinist Todd Reynolds. In 2011, Rhia premiered her solo electroacoustic work Isolate at the Adelaide Fringe Festival and participated in the Bang on a Can Contemporary Music Festival in Massachusettes, USA and her electronic composition, Recordered, was played as part of the AIR/ EAR Installation in Argentina.
Gérard Schnieder, Tenor
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érard studies voice with Yvonne Kenny at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as a member of the highly regarded Opera course. His recent engagements include repertoire at the State Opera of South Australia, Co-Opera, West Australian Opera, and the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic in operatic roles including Rodolfo (La Bohème), Ferrando (Così Fan Tutte), Bardolfo (Falstaff), Don Riccardo (Ernani), and as both Don Basilio and Don Curzio (Le Nozze di Figaro) in Wiesbaden Germany and the Bregenz Festspielhaus, Austria. At the Guildhall roles include Ramon (La Navarraise), Jacopo (I due Foscari), and the title roles in both Werther and La Clemenza di Tito in Opera Scenes. In November, Gérard will sing the title role in L’Enfant Prodigue at the Guildhall before singing the title role in La Clemenza di Tito in Salzburg, Austria in 2014.
Emily Sun, Violin
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mily was born in Sydney and began playing the violin at age five, taught by her late father, Dr Daniel Yi Sun, a recognized Australian composer. She made her concerto debut with the East-West Philharmonic Orchestra at age 10, and has since been a regular soloist with the most of Australia’s Symphony Orchestras, including the SSO, TSO, QSO and the CSO, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. She now studies at the Royal College of Music in London with Itzhak Rashkovsky as a John Acroyd Scholar. In 2011 Emily was named Strings Winner of the ABC Young Performer of the Year, following her performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, Emily was the winner of the annual Royal College of Music Violin Competition. She was awarded the ‘Best Newcomer’ from Australia’s classical arts ‘Limelight’ magazine ‘2012 Limelight Awards’. Her recent success in 2013 includes the Vadim Repin Mozart Prize in the 20th International Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria.
2013 / 2014 AMF Young Musician Awardees - studying in the USA Cameron Burnes, Bassoon
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ameron is pursuing a Master of Music Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Colorado in Boulder, USA and is actively developing a career as a soloist and chamber musician. He received his Bachelor of Music (Bassoon Performance) in 2011 at the University of Sydney Conservatorium of Music studying with Andrew Barnes. Through their robust orchestral performance program, Cameron toured to New Caledonia and subsequently met his current teacher Yoshiuki Ishikawa and was also offered a teaching assistantship. He has performed throughout Europe including Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland, and as a soloist has participated in competitions in Australia, Taiwan, USA, and Canada. In 2014 he will be returning to Australia for engagements with the Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra through an AYO fellowship.
Rosie Gallagher, Flute
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osie is completing her Bachelor of Music at The Juilliard School, studying under the tutelage of Robert Langevin. Born and raised in Sydney, Rosie began her musical studies on the flute at 9. Her musical passions have been supported by her mentor Jocelyn Fazzone who remains a significant influence in her musical career. At Julliard, she has played with the Juilliard Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, New Juilliard Ensemble, New York Woodwind Quintet Seminar and the Winds Harp Guitar Seminar. In 2013 Rosie performed as principle flautist of the New York String Seminar Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall, where she also made her solo debut in 2012 in the Weill Recital Hall, as first prize winner of the Alexander and Buono International Flute competition. She has also been the first prize winner at both the New York Flute Club and the Philadelphia Flute Club Competition.
Paull-Anthony Keightley, Baritone
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aull-Anthony Keightley is a first year Master’s student at the Manhattan School of Muisc, studying with Maitland Peters. He graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts with both a Bachelor of Music and Graduate Diploma of Music. His operatic credits at WAAPA included Rev. Mr Jones, Major Peter Labelliere, Alderman Birch, Mr. Worrall and Phillip Thicknesse in English Eccentrics, Frank in Die Fledermaus and Baptista in the Australian Premier of Goetz’s The Taming of the Shrew. He recently performed as Littore, Famigliari and Tribuno in L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Manhattan Summer Voice Festival. Upcoming roles in 2014 include Pasquale in Orlando Paladino in the MSM fall main stage production, as well as Papageno in the New York Opera Exchange’s production of ‘Die Zauberflöte’. He will also be presenting Schumann’s famous song cycle, Dichterliebe with MSM.
2013 / 2014 AMF Young Musician Awardees - studying in the USA Sam Nester, Trumpet
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am Nester graduated with a bachelor of Music Studies from the Queensland Conservatorium in 2007, furthering his studies and receiving first class honors from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2009. In 2010 he was awarded an Australian-American Fulbright Scholarship, enabling him to study trumpet performance with Mark Gould at the Manhattan School of Music, where he graduated with a master of music degree in 2012. He is the recipient of grants from the Dame Joan Sutherland fund, PPCA, Ian Potter Cultural Trust, Australia Council and was awarded a Brian Boak developing artist award in 2011. He holds positions with Ensemble Moto Perpetuo, Tempus Continuum Ensemble, and BERG. Sam is currently completing his Doctor of Musical Arts at the Manhattan School of Music.
Rebecca Proietto, Cello
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ebecca is currently completing a two year Masters degree at Stony Brook University, USA, studying with cellist Colin Carr. Previous to this she spent two years at the Australian National Academy of Music after finishing her Bachelor of Music at the University of Melbourne, where she was awarded the Gwen Prokter Violoncello Scholarship in her final year of study. Rebecca began cello at the age of 3 and attained her LmusA with distinction and her AmusA on oboe. She was a member of the Australian Youth Orchestra for 5 years, gaining the principal cello position in 2009 and participating in their international tours in 2007 and 2010. She has undertaken fellowships with both the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras and toured 16 destinations in China with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra in December 2008. She was also a member of the Sydney Sinfonia program for three years Orchestra. Orchestras. Rebecca will be an emerging artist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in 2014.
Orava String Quartet
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ounded in 2007, The Orava Quartet consists of brothers Daniel Kowalik (violin), Karol Kowalik (cello), and is completed by David Dalseno (violin) and Thomas Chawner (viola). The Quartet currently studies at Colorado University, Boulder U.S.A, where they are the graduate quartet in residence with the world renowned Takacs String Quartet. Orava’s other inspirations include having studing with members of the Emerson, Australian, St Lawrence, Schoenberg, Jerusalem, Brentano, Julliard and Goldner String Quartets. Orava have performed in the United States, Canada, China, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, and in 2010 completed a highly successful tour of Asia for Musica Viva with world-renowned didgeridoo performer and composer William Barton. The quartet regularly performs at festivals which include the Musica Viva Festival, The Sydney Vivid Festival, Bellingen, Crossroads and Chinese Gardens Music Festival, and have performed for Queen Sofia of Spain and Pope Benedict XVI.
About the Australian Music Foundation With governing bodies and Advisors in the UK, Australia and the USA, the Australian Music Foundation has a truly global reach. We promote and celebrate Australian musical life on a world stage and offer awards and scholarships to applicants who wish to pursue their music education overseas, as well as performing opportunities, career advice and professional mentoring. Patron-in-Chief President International Director
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales KG The Right Honourable Lord Broers Kt FRS FREng Heather de Haes
Joint Life Presidents
Richard Bonynge AO CBE, Yvonne Kenny AM, Professor Peter Sculthorpe AO OBE, Sir John Tooley, The Right Honourable Lord Carrington KG GCMG CH MC
In Memoriam: Life Presidents
Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE, Sir Charles Mackerras CH AC CBE, Dr Peter Andry OBE OAM
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His Excellency The Honourable Mike Rann, High Commissioner for Australia
Trustees
Heather de Haes (Chair) Lord Alec Broers Ruth Cornett Professor William Cornish OMG QC FBA Dr Marcus Cox Dr Tim Hunter Yvonne Kenny AM Michael Letchford Dennis Muirhead James Pitman Professor Peter Tregear
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Trustees
Professor Peter Tregear (Chair) Leonard Amadio AO Andrew Boxall David Constable AM Heather de Haes Hope Pitman Professor Jennie Shaw
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