The winner of the 2016 Sydney International Competition of Australia, Andrey Gugnin, will return to Australia in June for a national recital tour in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the competition. Russia’s Gugnin took out 4 prizes in addition to his overall first placing last year. He will perform music by Bach, Schubert, Shostakovich, and Stravinsky…
NSW Doctors’ Orchestra Sydney Eisteddfod Instrumental Scholarship The Sydney Eisteddfod has announced the six finalists selected from a field of 33 contenders in the NSW Doctors’ Orchestra Sydney Eisteddfod Instrumental Scholarship. They are: Mitzi Gardner – Violin Andrew Blanch – Classical Guitar Vincent Lo – Cello Amy Huang – Violin Julie Kim – Harp Jeffrey Cheah…
The Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia has announced the 12 semi-finalists who will continue through to the next stages of the competition. The semi-finalists represent seven nations and include Australian pianist Tony Lee. They are: Sergey Belyavskiy (Russia), Kenneth Broberg (USA), Moye Chen (China), Andrey Gugnin (Russia), Jianing Kong (China), Tony Lee (Australia), Alexei Melnikov (Russia),…