Pianist Dr Julie Haskell Our guest mentor for tomorrow's episode of The Talent is pianist Dr Julie Haskell, the Coordinator of Instrumental Studies at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School! Dr Haskell taught for many years at the University of Melbourne and worked as an associate artist at the Australian National Academy of … Continue reading Episode 6 Guest Mentor: Pianist Dr Julie Haskell
L-R: pianists Anna Gao and Ayana Fridkin It's Episode 6 of Season 1 of The Talent 2022, and it's an all-piano special tonight! Performing this week are pianists Ayana Fridkin and Anna Gao. You'll hear them perform live to air a wonderful programme with works including Brahms' Intermezzo, Poulenc's Toccata, Chopin's Étude op. 25 no. … Continue reading Episode 6: pianists Ayana Fridkin and Anna Gao
Pianist Lesley Yim. Photo credit: Daniel Spellman We're halfway through Season 1 of The Talent 2022! Joining us this week on Episode 5 will be pianist Lesley Yim, performing for us works by Liszt. Unfortunately our second performer for the show, flautist Jenna Choi, has had to withdraw from the programme. Instead, we're going to … Continue reading Episode 5: pianist Lesley Yim
Pianist Dr Kenji Fujimura. Photo credit: Cameron Jamieson Our regular mentor, pianist Julia Hastings is away this week, so we have two fantastic guest mentors this week! Our first guest mentor is pianist Dr Kenji Fujumura, who was our regular mentor on The Talent last year. Dr Kenji Fujimura is an internationally-acclaimed pianist and chamber … Continue reading Episode 3 Guest Mentor: pianist Dr Kenji Fujimura
L-R: Flautist Issie Brown and pianist Nicholas Khong. Photo credit for Issie Brown: Daniel Spellman Episode 3 of Season 1 of The Talent 2022 is here! Performing on the programme this week is flautist Issie Brown and pianist Nicholas Khong. You'll hear them perform live to air a wonderful programme, and then receive immediate feedback … Continue reading Episode 3: flautist Issie Brown and pianist Nicholas Khong
L-R: Violist Jamie Miles and pianist Karl Chiu. Photo credit: Daniel Spellman Episode 2 of Season 1 of The Talent 2022 is next Tuesday! Performing on the programme next week is violist Jamie Miles and pianist Karl Chiu. You'll hear them perform live to air a fantastic programme spanning from Liszt to Bach, Tchaikovsky to … Continue reading Episode 2: violist Jamie Miles and pianist Karl Chiu
Pianist Julia Hastings. We're very pleased to introduce our regular mentor for Season 1, pianist Julia Hastings! Julia Hastings is a Melbourne-based pianist who defies stereotypes by being equally at home on stage as an actor. But the unique fusion of Julia, the musician and actor and Julia, the theatre creator, writer and dancer is … Continue reading Introducing pianist Julia Hastings, our regular mentor for Season 1
Pianist Anna Gao. Photo credit: Cameron Jamieson It's the penultimate episode of this year's Young Performer Summer Series! Tonight's featured performer is pianist Anna Gao, who won 3rd prize on The Talent in Season 1, 2019. Anna Gao began studying piano at the age of 9, making her debut concerto appearance with Preston Symphony Orchestra … Continue reading Pianist Anna Gao // Young Performer Summer Series
Pianist Karl Chiu and violist Jamie Miles Interview special TONIGHT! It’s our final interview special delving into what it’s like to be a young performer in today’s competitive world! In this episode, The Talent host Teddy Darling chats with pianist Karl Chiu and violist Jamie Miles. They discussed experience at competitions, the valuable experience ensemble … Continue reading INTERVIEW SPECIAL: WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A YOUNG PERFORMER?
16-year-old Ben Fu was born in China, and began his piano studies at the age of 7. Ben has won several first prizes since 2019 after coming to Australia, mostly recently being the first prize of 2020 Boroondara Eisteddfod piano concerto competition.
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