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Prizes Young Performer of the Year: $80,000 Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Prize: An opportunity for a professional engagement with The musician who claims the title of Young Performer the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO). of the Year proves themselves outstanding in all areas of musical performance, demonstrating Australian Festival of Chamber Music Prize: An high technical proficiency, an understanding of the opportunity to perform at the 2020 Australian repertoire and an appreciation of musical style. The Festival of Chamber Music. winner receives: City Recital Hall Prize: An opportunity to perform AETT Scholarship: A $50,000 scholarship to study a solo recital as part of City Recital Hall’s A Little overseas sponsored by the Australian Elizabethan Lunch Music Series at the Recital Hall, Sydney. Theatre Trust. Melbourne Recital Centre Prize: An opportunity Sheila Walker Scholarship: A cash grant of for a finalist to appear at the Recital Centre in $30,000 to assist with a programme of study and/ 2018 or 2019. or musical activity. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Prize: An ABC Classic FM Artist in Residence: The ABC opportunity for a finalist to perform at the Classic FM Artist in Residence will have the Melbourne Recital Centre. opportunity to record an album at the ABC, guided by the expertise of its specialist music production Sydney Symphony Orchestra Prize: An team. The album will be featured on ABC Classic opportunity for a professional engagement with FM, Australia’s only national classical network, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO). and will be made available to audiences around the world through digital platforms. UKARIA Recital Prize: An opportunity to perform a recital in the UKARIA Cultural Centre flagship Young Performer of the Year also receives a limited series. edition sculpture by renowned sculptor, Drago Marin Cherina. Willoughby Symphony Prize: An opportunity for a professional engagement with the Willoughby Other Prizes & Opportunities to be awarded Symphony Orchestra. Triffitt Bequest: Cash grant of $15,000 for each of the runners-up. Kitty Fischer Audience Choice Prize: Cash grant of $2,500 awarded by audience vote. YMF Award for Best Recital: A cash grant of $25,000. AUSTA Bursary: Cash grant to assist Australian based non-NSW string instrumentalists participation in the YPA Semi-Finals.
Thank you Marcus Barker, Don Bate, Ole Bøhn, Elaine Chia, Keith Crellin, Diana Doherty, Claire Edwardes, Andrew Haveron, Rebecca Lagos, Stephanie McCallum, Ian Munro Howard Penny, Rodney Phillips, Warwick Ross, Virginia Taylor, Nathan Waks, Peter Weiss AO, and Robin Wilson Join us!
Join us at our sister event, the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Finals Concert at Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 8 September at 7pm. Finals Concert 24 Jul 2018, Concert Hall, youngperformersawards.org As a supporter of the YPA, we are happy to offer a 30% discount code when buying tickets: YPA18 Sydney Opera House
YPA Program A5.indd 1 Outside Back Cover Fold Outside Front Cover 19/7/18 21:37 Welcome Artists
Welcome to the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards. This year s competition has continued the tradition of discovering instrumentalists who will shape Australia’s musical destiny. Your support and the generosity of our sponsors, prize givers and adjudicators has laid the foundation for us to introduce the three finalists who you will hear tonight. I am sure you will join me in wishing them the best for their performances and a wonderful future career.
Roland Gridiger Chief Executive Officer, Music & Opera Singers Trust Ltd (MOST) Oliver Shermacher Kevin Chow Emily Sun NSW (22) Vic (21) NSW (26)
Adjudicators Oliver Shermacher, Clarinet Compere Weber Damien Beaumont Bernadette Harvey Concerto No.1 in F minor Op. 73 (ABC Classic FM) Charmian Gadd Margaret Throsby AM Catherine McCorkill Kevin Chow, Piano (ABC Classic FM) Dene Olding AM (Chair) Prokofiev Warwick Ross Piano Concerto No.2, Op.16 Alan Vivian Nathan Waks Interval (20 minutes) Gerard Willems Chief Conductor and Artistic Raff Wilson Emily Sun, Violin Director David Robertson Beethoven Personnel Chief Executive Officer Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 Emma Dunch Audio Recording and Broadcast Director of Artistic Planning ABC Classic FM Adjudication Break Raff Wilson Producer Brooke Green Announcement and Prize Giving Associate Concertmaster Engineers Kirsten Williams Christian Huff Johnston Jason Blackwell Photography Tom Truong Videographer Ussher Direction Graphic Design Hon Boey, Dialogic Studios Have your say! Vote for your favourite performer at youngperformersawards.org/vote Those who submit their vote will be in the running to win a Nespresso Vertuo Plus!
YPA Program A5.indd 2 Inside spread 19/7/18 21:37 Welcome Artists
Welcome to the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards. This year s competition has continued the tradition of discovering instrumentalists who will shape Australia’s musical destiny. Your support and the generosity of our sponsors, prize givers and adjudicators has laid the foundation for us to introduce the three finalists who you will hear tonight. I am sure you will join me in wishing them the best for their performances and a wonderful future career.
Roland Gridiger Chief Executive Officer, Music & Opera Singers Trust Ltd (MOST) Oliver Shermacher Kevin Chow Emily Sun NSW (22) Vic (21) NSW (26)
Adjudicators Oliver Shermacher, Clarinet Compere Weber Damien Beaumont Bernadette Harvey Concerto No.1 in F minor Op. 73 (ABC Classic FM) Charmian Gadd Margaret Throsby AM Catherine McCorkill Kevin Chow, Piano (ABC Classic FM) Dene Olding AM (Chair) Prokofiev Warwick Ross Piano Concerto No.2, Op.16 Alan Vivian Nathan Waks Interval (20 minutes) Gerard Willems Chief Conductor and Artistic Raff Wilson Emily Sun, Violin Director David Robertson Beethoven Personnel Chief Executive Officer Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 Emma Dunch Audio Recording and Broadcast Director of Artistic Planning ABC Classic FM Adjudication Break Raff Wilson Producer Brooke Green Announcement and Prize Giving Associate Concertmaster Engineers Kirsten Williams Christian Huff Johnston Jason Blackwell Photography Tom Truong Videographer Ussher Direction Graphic Design Hon Boey, Dialogic Studios Have your say! Vote for your favourite performer at youngperformersawards.org/vote Those who submit their vote will be in the running to win a Nespresso Vertuo Plus!
YPA Program A5.indd 2 Inside spread 19/7/18 21:37 Prizes Young Performer of the Year: $80,000 Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Prize: An opportunity for a professional engagement with The musician who claims the title of Young Performer the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO). of the Year proves themselves outstanding in all areas of musical performance, demonstrating Australian Festival of Chamber Music Prize: An high technical proficiency, an understanding of the opportunity to perform at the 2020 Australian repertoire and an appreciation of musical style. The Festival of Chamber Music. winner receives: City Recital Hall Prize: An opportunity to perform AETT Scholarship: A $50,000 scholarship to study a solo recital as part of City Recital Hall’s A Little overseas sponsored by the Australian Elizabethan Lunch Music Series at the Recital Hall, Sydney. Theatre Trust. Melbourne Recital Centre Prize: An opportunity Sheila Walker Scholarship: A cash grant of for a finalist to appear at the Recital Centre in $30,000 to assist with a programme of study and/ 2018 or 2019. or musical activity. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Prize: An ABC Classic FM Artist in Residence: The ABC opportunity for a finalist to perform with the Classic FM Artist in Residence will have the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra opportunity to record an album at the ABC, guided by the expertise of its specialist music production Sydney Symphony Orchestra Prize: An team. The album will be featured on ABC Classic opportunity for a professional engagement with FM, Australia’s only national classical network, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO). and will be made available to audiences around the world through digital platforms. UKARIA Recital Prize: An opportunity to perform a recital in the UKARIA Cultural Centre flagship Young Performer of the Year also receives a limited series. edition sculpture by renowned sculptor, Drago Marin Cherina. Willoughby Symphony Prize: An opportunity for a professional engagement with the Willoughby Other Prizes & Opportunities to be awarded Symphony Orchestra. Triffitt Bequest: Cash grant of $15,000 for each of the runners-up. Kitty Fischer Audience Choice Prize: Cash grant of $2,500 awarded by audience vote. YMF Award for Best Recital: A cash grant of $25,000. AUSTA Bursary: Cash grant to assist Australian based non-NSW string instrumentalists participation in the YPA Semi-Finals.
Thank you Marcus Barker, Andrew Barnes, Don Bate, Susan Blake, Ole Bøhn, Di Bresciani OAM, Elaine Chia, Tamara Anna Cislowska, Keith Crellin, Matthew Dewey, Diana Doherty, Andrew Edgson, Claire Edwardes, David Elton, Andrew Haveron, Robert Johnson, Rebecca Lagos, Kate Lidbetter, Stephanie McCallum, Stephen McIntyre, Ian Munro, Dene Olding AM, Howard Penny, Rodney Phillips, Gregory Pickler, Natalia Ricci, Warwick Ross, Karin Schaupp, Virginia Taylor, Alan Vivian, Nathan Waks, Derek Watt, Peter Weiss AO, Raff Wilson and Robin Wilson Join us!
Join us at our sister event, the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Finals Concert at Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 8 September at 7pm. Finals Concert 24 Jul 2018, Concert Hall, youngperformersawards.org As a supporter of the YPA, we are happy to offer a 30% discount code when buying tickets: YPA18 Sydney Opera House David Robertson :The Lowy Chair of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Patron: Professor The Hon. Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO
Tonight’s Musicians
FIRST VIOLINS VIOLAS Kirsten Williams Associate Concertmaster Anne-Louise Comerford Associate Principal Fiona Ziegler Assistant Concertmaster Sandro Costantino Jenny Booth Rosemary Curtin Georges Lentz Graham Hennings Nicola Lewis Justine Marsden Emily Long Felicity Tsai Alexandra Mitchell Amanda Verner Alexander Norton Leonid Volovelsky Elizabeth Jones° Gemma Lee* CELLOS Bridget O’Donnell* Leah Lynn Assistant Principal Lucy Warren* Kristy Conrau Fenella Gill SECOND VIOLINS David Wickham Kirsty Hilton Principal Rowena Macneish* Emma Jezek Assistant Principal Rebecca Proietto* Victoria Bihun Rebecca Gill DOUBLE BASSES Shuti Huang Alex Henery Principal Monique Irik David Campbell Stan W Kornel Richard Lynn Benjamin Li Jaan Pallandi Nicole Masters Maja Verunica FLUTES Lisa Osmialowski° Associate Principal Rosamund Plummer Principal Piccolo OBOES Behind the Scenes Shefali Pryor Associate Principal David Papp Emma Dunch Chief Executive Officer Raff Wilson Director of Artistic Planning CLARINETS Mark Sutcliffe Director of Sydney Symphony Presents Francesco Celata Acting Principal Aernout Kerbert Director of Orchestra Management Magdalenna Krstevska† Linda Lorenza Director of Learning and Engagement Luke Nestorowicz Interim Director of Marketing BASSOONS Lizzi Nicoll Director of External Affairs Matthew Wilkie Principal Emeritus Lindsay Robinson Director of Philanthropy Fiona McNamara Sarah Falzarano Director of Finance Michel Maree Hryce In-House Counsel HORNS Richard Hemsworth Director of Transformation Projects Ben Jacks Principal Rachel Silver Sam Torrens Artistic Planning Manager Aidan Gabriels† Alastair McKean Library Manager Jenny McLeod-Sneyd* Rachel Whealy Orchestra Manager Rosie Marks-Smith Orchestra Coordinator TRUMPETS Brent Grapes* Principal www.sydneysymphony.com Daniel Henderson°
TROMBONES Scott Kinmont Associate Principal Nick Byrne Christopher Harris Principal Bass Trombone
TUBA Steve Rossé Principal
TIMPANI Brian Nixon° Assistant Principal
PERCUSSION Rebecca Lagos Principal Timothy Constable
° = Contract Musician * = Guest Musician † = SSO Fellow
Brent Grapes (trumpet) appears courtesy of the WASO