Grand Final of the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards
Outstanding talent and tight competition in this year’s prestigious Grand Final of the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards on Friday 27 August at QPAC, Brisbane.
Three of Australia’s hottest young talents will meet to compete for the ultimate title of 2010 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane on Friday 27 August, 7pm with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marko Letonja.
The 2010 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year will receive a $20,000 cash prize, a professionally-
produced promotional recording of their winning performance, a recital program and a concert engagement with a major Australian symphony orchestra. The Grand Final will be also telecast on ABC1 on Sunday 31 October, 4.30 – 5.30pm.
All of the contestants are winners of their respective instrumental categories: violinist Richard Pollett, 24, from Brisbane won the ‘Strings’ Final; pianist Oliver She (pronounced ‘Shay’), 18, Brisbane, won the ‘Keyboard Final’ and Melbourne clarinettist Ashley William Smith, 25, won the ‘Other Instruments’ Final.
“Each of the three Grand Finalists has won many prizes in their respective fields and represents the best of Australia’s emerging musical talent. Their extraordinary abilities will mean that the Awards judges will have a very difficult task in selecting the winner,” says Kate Lidbetter, CEO, Symphony Services International.
“These Awards give musicians both the unique opportunity of playing with a major symphony orchestra and a career launching pad, both here and overseas.”
2010 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards Grand Final
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Marko Letonja
Friday 27 August, 7pm, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Grey Street, South Bank, Brisbane
Tickets: Free, but bookings required, tickets to be collected from QPAC. Bookings: call 136 246 or
www.qpac.com.au
www.symphonyinternational.net