YOUNGSTEINWAYARTIST NicholasYoung Pianist ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT VIDEOS& RECORDINGS: 2017 Scintillations Music
"Wonderfully florid technique and pianistic beauty" LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE, JULY 2016 "Unquestionably commands... with authority and skill." GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2016 "Commanding performance... consummate skill, virtuosity and panache." LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 2015 "Admirable technical ease, teasing out the melodic charm hiding beneath the virtuoso decoration" THE CROSS-EYED PIANIST, OCTOBER 2016 "A crepuscular scene in sound. Young's achievement is his ear for layering textures... he convinces the listener that his is the way." FANFARE MAGAZINE, JULY 2016 "Breathtaking" COOMA-MONARO EXPRESS, MARCH 2013 "Such fine performances that I have not heard the like since Serkin" CHRISTOPHER AXWORTHY - MUSIC COMMENTARY, OCTOBER 2016 "Wonderfully expressive... full of heart-felt passion and a technique to die for." CANBERRA CITYNEWS, MAY 2015 "Effortless, energised... technicallyprecise playing and beautiful feel for phrasing." FINE MUSIC MAGAZINE, APRIL 2015 "Young milks every last drop of post-romantic intensity" THE AUSTRALIAN, MAY 2016 Photography: Max Bosse
2016 Michael Kieran Harvey Scholarship Allison/Henderson Sydney Eisteddfod Piano Scholarship 2015 1ST PRIZE & BEST BEETHOVEN PRIZE 'Grand Prize Virtuoso' International Piano Competition (London) 3RD PRIZE 15th Rome International Piano Competition (Soloists 'B') HONOURABLE MENTIONS 7th International Rosario Marciano Piano Competition (Vienna) 1st International Cochran Piano Competition 2014 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship 2012 2ND PRIZE & SPECIAL PRIZES Australian National Piano Award RUNNER-UP Australian Youth Classical Music Competition 2011 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award - Keyboard Category 2007 8th Yamaha Australian Youth Piano Competition Photography: Max Bosse
BIOGRAPHY Nicholas Young Pianist With a passion for both classical and modern piano performance, Nicholas Young is emerging as one of Australia's most captivating and versatile young musicians. Currently based in Melbourne, Nicholas was born in Sydney and began piano studies there at the age of six with Alison Salkeld, gaining his Associate and Licentiate Diplomas (Australian Music Examinations Board) both with Distinction in 2004 and 2005 respectively. He subsequently studied with Daniel Herscovitch and was awarded his Fellowship Diploma in 2009 at the age of eighteen. Nicholas has also received an Associate Diploma (Trinity College London) on his first instrument, the classical guitar. Nicholas pursued further artistic training through the Bachelor of Music (Performance) degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as a recipient of the University of Sydney Outstanding Achievement Scholarship. He graduated in 2013 with First Class Honours and University Medal for his research and performances of Busoni's original compositions for solo piano. Nicholas subsequently undertook Masters studies at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg with Claudius Tanski, graduating with Distinction (mit Auszeichnung) and the highest possible grades in all performance and academic components. In support of this period of study, he was awarded the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship (Instrumental Music Category) in 2014. The esteemed teachers from whom Nicholas has taken masterclasses include Dmitri Bashkirov, Christian Zacharias, Robert Levin, Dominique Merlet, Jacques Rouvier, Lars Vogt, Lang Lang and many others. Since winning his first medal at the age of six, Nicholas has gained a steadily growing reputation through his appearances in various festivals and competitions. His first major prize as the winner of the 8th Yamaha Australian Youth Piano Competition in 2007 was followed by further important accolades including Winner of the 2011 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award (Keyboard Category), Runner-Up Prize of the 2012 Australian Youth Classical Music Competition, Second Prize of the 2012 Australian National Piano Award and Winner of the 2016 Allison/Henderson Sydney Eisteddfod Piano Scholarship. 2006 WILLOUGHBY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MOZART Piano Concerto No. 11 in F, K413 2007 ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PADEREWSKI Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 17 2009 WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 5 in G 2011 WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 in G 2014 VIENNA INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K503 Photography: Max Bosse In 2015, Nicholas extended his successes to the international level, receiving that year First Prize and Best Beethoven Performance of the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition (London), Third Prize of the 15th Rome International Piano Competition (Soloists 'B'), and Honourable Mentions at the 7th International Rosario Marciano Piano Competition (Vienna) and 1st International Cochran Piano Competition. Nicholas has given solo and chamber performances in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Italy, Austria and the UK in such iconic venues as the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Recital Centre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, London Wigmore Hall, Munich Gasteig and Vienna Ehrbar Hall. He has appeared as soloist with the West Australian, Queensland, Adelaide and Willoughby Symphony Orchestras, working with international conductors including Nicholas Braithwaite, Vladimir Verbitsky and Edvard Tchivzhel, and his performances have been broadcast by Fine Music FM and ABC Classic FM. In 2014, he was invited to perform with the Vienna International Orchestra as part of the Vienna ConcertoFest concert series. Since 2009, Nicholas has been officially recognised as a Young Steinway Artist. While maintaining an intense study of the classical repertory, Nicholas has an equally strong interest in promoting the music of today. He has performed in national and/or world premieres of several new solo and ensemble works including Calogero Panvino s Sonata 101 (2010), Huck Hodge s Omen, unscroll a canon war! (Hommage à Nancarrow) (2010), David Fulmer s Vor den Morgengrauen (2011), Kevin Lang s Amidst marbled silhouettes (2013) and Hakan Ulus' Gumu'ah (2015) and Alaq (2015), as well as performing the music of Roger Smalley, Elliott Carter, Alan Rawsthorne, Olivier Messiaen and the Second Viennese School. In support of his ongoing work in this field, Nicholas was announced as the winner of the Perpetual Trust's 2016 Michael Kieran Harvey Scholarship, enabling the commissioning, recording and performing of further new works for the piano to be released in 2017/2018.
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ARTIST CONTACT Nicholas Young info@nicholasyoungpiano.com 0434 742 667 +61 434 742 667 PRESS & MEDIA ENQUIRIES SCINTILLATIONS MUSIC info@scintillationsmusic.com www.scintillationsmusic.com (03) 9013 5809 +61 3 9013 5809