Andrey Gugnin With the Australian Youth Orchestra

Andrey Gugnin With the Australian Youth Orchestra

The Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) welcomes 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition winner, Russian pianist Andrey Gugnin alongside its flagship ensemble this winter, performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1, a favourite in concert halls around the globe for over a century, brimming with charming Russian folk melodies. Conducted by Courtney Lewis, the concert will open with Benjamin Britten’s…

Young Performers Award Winner Lloyd Van’t Hoff: “It Was A  Shock To Win”

Young Performers Award Winner Lloyd Van’t Hoff: “It Was A Shock To Win”

Earlier this month, clarinet player Lloyd Van’t Hoff from Brisbane, won the prestigious 2015 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award, playing Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch at Federation Concert Hall in Hobart. As the dust settles from his career-making win, Lloyd admitted to SoundsLikeSydney what he thought…