the Concerto and Vocal Competition, the Awards have provided opportunities for an
extraordinary number of our finest classical performers, including Geoffrey Parsons,
Roger Woodward, Vernon Hill, Glenys Fowles, Neil Warren-Smith, Nathan Waks,
Rosamund Illing, Diana Doherty and Adele Anthony.
The Awards are held in four stages – two recitals with piano accompaniment and two
performances with major Australian symphony orchestras. At each stage the number of
competitors is reduced until by Stage III only four performers remain in each category
(String, Keyboard, and Other Instrumental). The winner of each category receives a cash
prize and progresses to the Grand Final, Stage IV.
The winner of the Grand Final is named the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer
of the Year and receives a further cash prize, multiple copies of a compact disc of the
winning performance and recital program and at least three concert engagements with a
major Australian symphony orchestra.
COMPOSERS
Major composers for the piano
Baroque (keyboard)
Bach 1685-1750
Classical
Haydn 1732-1809
Mozart 1756-1791
Beethoven 1770-1827
Schubert 1797-1828
Romantic
Mendelssohn 1809-1847
Chopin 1810-1849
Schumann 1810-1856
Liszt 1811-1886
Franck 1822-1890
Brahms 1833-1897
Tchaikovsky 1840-1893
Grieg 1843-1907
Late romantic
Scriabin 1872-1915
Rachmaninoff 1873-1943