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Three finalists chosen for Sydney Symphony Orchestra showcase
Violinist Beatrice Colombis, cellist Charlotte Miles and pianist Dillon Chan will compete in the ABC Young Performers Awards Grand Final at the Sydney Opera House in November.
In brief
Violinist Beatrice Colombis, cellist Charlotte Miles and pianist Dillon Chan will compete in the ABC Young Performers Awards Grand Final at the Sydney Opera House in November. Three young Australian musicians have been selected as finalists in the ABC Young Performers Awards and will perform as soloists with the…
Three finalists named for major competition
Violinist Beatrice Colombis, cellist Charlotte Miles and pianist Dillon Chan have been selected as grand finalists in the ABC Young Performers Awards.
Grand Final at Sydney Opera House in November
The three finalists will perform as soloists with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on November three, competing in a live broadcast on ABC Classic.
What the competition is and how it works
The ABC Young Performers Awards is one of Australia's leading competitions for emerging classical musicians aged thirty-one and under.
Beatrice Colombis, violinist
Colombis, twenty-three, is an Italian-Australian studying at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. She won the Michael Hill International Violin Competition earlier in twenty twenty-six and will perform Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto in the…
Charlotte Miles, cellist
Miles, twenty-three, is a Melbourne-born cellist studying at the Kronberg Academy in Germany. She has won more than one hundred Australian and international prizes and will perform Elgar's Cello Concerto in the Grand Final.
Dillon Chan, pianist
Chan, thirteen, is a Melbourne-born pianist and Year nine music scholar at Camberwell Grammar School.His trio Kingussie won the twenty twenty-six Musica Viva Strike A Chord National Chamber Music Competition.
Prize money and recording opportunity
The winner receives forty thousand dollars and the opportunity to record a solo studio album under the ABC Classic label. The runner-up receives fifteen thousand dollars and third place receives five thousand dollars.
How to watch the Grand Final
Listen live on ABC Classic at seven pm AEDT on Tuesday November third, with pre-concert activity from three pm AEDT.
At a glance
Three young Australian musicians have been selected as finalists in the ABC Young Performers Awards and will perform as soloists with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on November third.
