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                                      January 2011 Concert

 

 

Friday 14th January 2011 at 7.30pm

Wood Green School

Woodstock Road Witney OX28 1DX

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OLIVIA SHAM - PIANO

 

 

MOZART Fantasia in C minor, K.475
SCHUBERT Klavierstücke no.2 in E flat major, D.946
LISZT-BELLINI Réminiscences de Norma, S.394
*interval*
CHOPIN Ballade no.1 in G minor, op.23
LISZT Ave Maria, S.545
LISZT Romance, S.169
CHOPIN Variation from Hexameron
CHOPIN Nocturne in E major, op.62 no.2
LISZT Ballade no.2 in B minor, S.171

 

Australian pianist Olivia Sham is currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She recently completed a Master of Music there on full scholarship with Professor Christopher Elton, and has now begun doctoral studies in Liszt performance practice. Olivia previously studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with Elizabeth Powell, and graduated with First Class Honours and the University Medal.

Olivia has won numerous prizes and awards, including third prize in the 18th A.M.A. Calabria International Piano Competition, Italy, third prize in the 4th International Concerto Competition (Hastings Music Festival, UK), 2006 John Allison Piano Scholarship, prizes in the 2006 Australian National Piano Award, and keyboard winner of the 2003 Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year.

Olivia has played with various orchestras including the Melbourne Symphony, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra (Australia), Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (USA), Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra (Italy), and Finchley Chamber Orchestra (UK). Her performances have been broadcast on Australian national radio and television.

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