Sixteen year old Grace Clifford has won the coveted 2014 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award, announced at the Grand Finals of the competition held in Adelaide last night. For her winning performance she played Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D, Op.61 with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Seaman at the Adelaide Town Hall. A formidably talented…
Three outstanding Sydney musicians have made it to the finals of the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards, which this year celebrates its 70th anniversary. The 2014 finals will be held between 19-28 August in Adelaide. Amongst the finalists are Wahroonga violinist Grace Clifford who is just 15 years old, James Jae-Won Moon, a 27-year-old pianist…
This year, the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award celebrates 70 years of discovering some of Australia’s finest talents. The final rounds of the competition will be held in Adelaide with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra over 10 days in August. Taking the form of a ‘mini-festival’ the competition includes 7 public concerts in 10…