MEDIA RELEASE: 2nd time lucky for 2007 Geoffrey Parsons Award Winner leading young Australian pianist, Amir Farid
Adelaide: Monday 16 July 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Thursday evening (12 July), the Finals of the Accompanists’ Guild of SA’s 23rd Geoffrey Parsons Award, named in honour of Australia’s accompanist par excellence for singers, such as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles and Olaf Bär, took place in Adelaide at The University of Adelaide. The three Finalists competed for a cash pool of $2,500. They were selected from a group of six pianists who undertook Stage One auditions earlier this week, where they performed prepared works with their chosen associates, sight reading and an unrehearsed reading of the set work, Schumann’s Märchenbilder No. 1, Nicht schnell with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra violist, Cecily Satchell. Judging the Finalists was a panel, chaired by the Guild’s Pianist in Residence for the 2007 Festival of Accompanists, Jean-Paul Sévilla, with local leading pianists and educators, Stephen Whittington and Leonie Hempton. The finalists apart from…
MEDIA RELEASE: 2007 Geoffrey Parsons Award Finalists Announced
Adelaide: 11 July 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Final of The Accompanists’ Guild of SA’s 23rd Geoffrey Parsons Award, named in honour of Australia’s accompanist par excellence for singers, such as Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles and Olaf Bär, takes place this Thursday evening, July 12th, at 7pm in the Hartley Concert Room at The University of Adelaide. On Monday and Tuesday, six pianists completed the Stage One auditions performing prepared works with their chosen associates, sight reading and an unrehearsed reading of the set work, Schumann’s Märchenbilder No. 1, Nicht schnell with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra violist, Cecily Satchell. The audition panel of noted musicians, Stephen Whittington, Leonie Hempton and Cecily Satchell judged the performances in terms of interpretation, style, technique, presentation and ensemble skills. Guild Founder and Secretary, Diana Harris said of the competition, “The Finalists in the Parsons Award must exhibit the major requisites of the professional…