Young Performers Awards Showcase

2021-22 ABC Young Performers Awards Finals Performances were recorded by ABC Classic at Iwaki Auditorium, and the Eugene Goossens Hall

2022 Winner: Flautist Eliza Shephard performs Matthew Hindson's concerto "House Music", with collaborative artists Peter de Jager and Alex Meagher

2022 Runner-Up: Double-Bassist Jason Henery performs Andres Martin's "Concerto for Contrabass No. 1", with collaborative artist Paul Cheung

2022 Runner-Up: Violinist Edward Walton performs Jean Sibelius' "Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47", with collaborative artist Laurence Matheson
2022 ABC YOUNG PERFORMERS AWARDS SEMI-FINALS PERFORMANCES
Jason Henery performs Giovanni Bottesini’s ‘Fantasia on La Sonnambula’, with collaborative artist Jenny Chen
Jason Henery performs the second and fourth movements of Cesar Franck’s ‘Sonata for Violin and Piano’, arranged for Double Bass and Piano, with collaborative artist Jenny Chen
Jason Henery performs the second movement of J. B. Vanhal’s ‘Concerto in D Major’, with collaborative artist Jenny Chen
Tony Lee performs ‘Danse Macabre Op. 40′, Saint-Saëns’ orchestral tone poem arranged for solo piano by by Franz Liszt and later Vladimir Horowitz.
Tony Lee performs ‘Miroirs’, five-movement suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel
Tony Lee performs Beethoven’s Sonata no. 26 in E flat Major, Op. 81a, ‘Les Adieux’
Eliza Shephard performs Amy Beth Kirsten’s ‘Pirouette on a Moon Sliver’, with collaborative artist Peter de Jager
Eliza Shephard performs Carl Vine’s ‘Sonata for Flute and Piano’ with collaborative artist Peter de Jager
Eliza Shephard performs Lowell Liebermann’s ‘Sonata Op. 23’, with collaborative artist Peter de Jager
Benett Tsai performs Samuel Barber’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6 with collaborative artist Eloise Kim
Benett Tsai performs Dvořák’s ‘Rondo, Op. 94’ with collaborative artist Eloise Kim
Benett Tsai performs Paul Stanhope’s ‘Dawn Lament’ with collaborative artist Eloise Kim
Edward Walton performs Schubert’s ‘Violin Sonata in A Major Op. posth. 162, D 574’ with collaborative artist Laurence Matheson
Edward Walton performs Margaret Sutherland’s ‘Nocturne’ with collaborative artist Laurence Matheson
Edward Walton performs Eugène Ysaÿe’s Solo Sonata Op. 27 No. 3, ‘Ballade’ with collaborative artist Laurence Matheson
Yebin Yoo performs Bartok’s ‘Rhapsody No. 1’ with collaborative artist Dina Vainshtein
Yebin Yoo performs Movements 1 and 2 of Leoš Janáček’s ‘Violin Sonata’ with collaborative artist Dina Vainshtein
Yebin Yoo performs Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47, the Kreutzer Sonata, with collaborative artist Dina Vainshtein
2018 ABC Young Performers Awards Finals Performances at the Sydney Opera House Accompanied by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Under the Baton of Conductor Dr Nicholas Milton AM

2018 Winner: Violinist Emily Sun performed 'Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61' by Beethoven

2018 Runner-Up: Clarinetist Oliver Shermacher performed 'Concerto No. 1 in F minor Op. 73' by Weber

2018 Runner-Up: Pianist Kevin Chow performed 'Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 16' by Prokofiev
2018 ABC Young Performers Awards Semi-Finals Performances at the City Recital Hall
ABC Young Performers Awards
Shuan Hern Lee performs Balakirev’s “Islamey” at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Shuan Hern Lee performs Hyde’s “Valley of Rocks” at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Shuan Hern Lee performs Ligeti’s “Etude No. 4 ‘Fanfares'” at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Waynne Kwon performs “Figaro from the Barber of Seville” by Castelnuovo Tedesco with collaborative artist Hye-Lim Lee
ABC Young Performers Awards
Waynne Kwon performs “Water Spirit Song” by Ross Edwards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Waynne Kwon performs “Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 1” by Schnittke with collaborative artist Hye-Lim Lee
ABC Young Performers Awards
Oliver Shermacher performs “Sonata for Clarinet and Piano” by Francis Poulenc with Collaborative Artist Cowley Fu at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Oliver Shermacher performs Ross Edwards’ “Ulpirra” at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Oliver Shermacher performs “Premiere Rhapsodie” by Claude Debussy with Collaborative Artist Cowley Fu at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Andrey Lebedev performs “Three Caprichos after Goya” by Brett Dean at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Andrey Lebedev performs “Chaconne” by J S Bach at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Andrey Lebedev performs “Asturias” by Isaac Albeniz at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Victoria Wong performs “Variations on an Original Theme Op. 15” by Henryk Wieniaski at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Victoria Wong performs “Sonata for Violin and Piano” by Claude Debussy with Collaborative Artist Jeanell Carrigan at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Victoria Wong performs Matthew Hindson’s “Song of Life” at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Emily Sun performs Margaret Sutherland’s “Nocturne” with collaborative artist Clemens Leske at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Emily Sun performs Grieg’s “Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor Op. 45” with collaborative artist Clemens Leske at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Emily Sun performs Igor Frolov’s “Concert Fantasy on Theme’s from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Op. 19” with collaborative artist Clemens Leske at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Tony Lee performs “2 Etudes Improvisées & Scherzino” by Benjamin at the Semi-Finals Concert of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Tony Lee performs “Sonata in A K208 & Sonata in D K96” by Scarlatti at the Semi-Finals Concert of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Tony Lee performs Prokofiev’s “Sonata no. 7 Op 83 in B flat major” at the Semi-Finals Concert of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Robbin Reza performs Brophy’s “Gheranos” at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Robbin Reza performs Schubert’s “Drei Klavierstucke” at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Robbin Reza performs Szymanowski’s “Tantris le Bouffon and Serenade de Don Juan, Masques Op. 34.” at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Kevin Chow performs “Spanish Rhapsody” by Liszt at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Kevin Chow performs “Concert Etude Op. 40 No. 7, Intermezzo” by Kapustin at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Kevin Chow performs “L’isle Joyeuse” by Debussy at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Stefanie Farrands performs Elizabeth Younan’s “Micro Sonata For Viola and Piano” with Collaborative Artist Leigh Harrold at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
Stefanie Farrands performs Rebecca Clarke’s “Micro Sonata for Viola and Piano” with Collaborative Artist Leigh Harrold at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
ABC Young Performers Awards
Stefanie Farrands performs Movements 1 and 2 of Schubert’s “Arpeggione Sonata” with Collaborative Artist Leigh Harrold at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards
Young Performers Awards Background and Historical Performances
ABC Young Performers Awards
A History of the ABC Young Performers Awards – How Did the Young Performers Awards Start?
ABC Young Performers Awards
The winning performance by Claire Edwardes at the 1999 Young Performers Awards Finals Concert, Accompanied by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
ABC Young Performers Awards
Pianist Hoang Pham, The 2013 Young Performer of the Year
Young Performers Awards Advisory Committee
ABC Young Performers Awards
2016: Benjamin Schwartz, Director of Artistic Planning, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, is part of the Advisory Committee for Young Performers Awards (YPA)
ABC Young Performers Awards
2016: Catherine Hewgill, Principal Cello, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, part of the Advisory Committee for the Young Performers Awards (YPA)
ABC Young Performers Awards
2016: Nick Bailey, General Manager, Australian Academy of Music, part of the Advisory Committee for Young Performers Awards (YPA)
More Notable Interviews
Young Performers Awards
2018: YPA Artistic Advisor and Chair of the Adjudication Panel, Dene Olding AM
ABC Young Performers Awards
2018: Get to know YPA prize giver, City Recital Hall CEO, Elaine Chia
ABC Young Performers Awards
2014: Peter Weiss AO, a cellist in his early years, talks about how he became involved in the Australian Cello Awards.
2014 Australian Cello Awards
Australian Cello Awards
2014: Edward King performs Arpeggione Sonata by Franz Schubert at the Awards Concert of the Australian Cello Awards
Australian Cello Awards
2014: Winner Yelian He, performs Threnody for Solo Cello by Peter Sculthorpe at the Awards Concert of the Australian Cello Awards
Australian Cello Awards
2014: Ruben Palma performs Cello Sonata by Francis Poulenc at the Awards Concert of the Australian Cello Awards
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2014 ACA Semi Finals: Cellist Yelian He performs Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob VII/2
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2014 ACA: Cellist Louise McKay performs Dvorak Cello Concert in b Op. 104
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2014 ACA: Adjudicators for Round 2 Semi-Finals, London
Australian Cello Awards
2014 ACA Semi Finals: Cellist Yelian He performs Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob VII/2
Australian Cello Awards
2014 ACA: Cellist Louise McKay performs Dvorak Cello Concert in b Op. 104
Australian Cello Awards
2014 ACA: Adjudicators for Round 2 Semi-Finals, London

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