By Kylie Northover, The Age
Hoang Pham. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones
Melbourne pianist Hoang Pham has won the prestigious 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year award.
His performance of Tchaikovsky’s <i>Piano Concerto No.1 Op.23</i> at Saturday night’s grand final at Melbourne Town Hall was described by the judges as outstanding.
Pham, 28, won a cash prize of $25,000, the ABC Sir Charles Moses Young Performer’s Trophy, a professional CD recording and a paid performance with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
A child prodigy, Pham said his inspiration was seeing pianist David Helfgott perform at Hamer Hall.
Born in Vietnam, Pham moved to Australia as a child and studied privately with Rita Reichman at the Australian National Academy of Music.
Read the full article by Kylie Northover of the Age.