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Robbin Reza, 23 years old from Sydney

What drew you to become a musician? When I was young, my mother allowed me to try a lot of different things but the one I enjoyed the most and seemed to resonate was to make music with the piano - spending your life doing what you love, which is also your profession - there is nothing better than that!

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Rachael Shipard 21years old from Queensland

I am very excited about being selected for this Award – I hope to use it as an opportunity to play my best and present a variety of both familiar and lesser known repertoire to the audience and the judges. I look forward to meeting the other pianists and the renowned judges.

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Oliver She, 27 years old from Brisbane

What do you hope to get out of this Australian National Piano Award? I’m just going to enjoy myself and share my music with the wonderful community in Shepparton.

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Josh Hooke 25 years old from Victoria

When asked what drew him to becoming a musician, he says "It’s something difficult to articulate. It’s just always felt like the right thing to do for me. There hasn’t been a question about it really".

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Jeremy So 27 years old from Sydney

Jeremy So is inspired by great teachers – and not only those who teach music. It takes someone special to dedicate their life to passing on their knowledge and passion to the next generation.

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James Guan 27 yrs old from Sydney

What do you hope to get out of this Australian National Piano Award? Meet some awesome people, play some awesome music.

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Hank Xiang 26 years from Sydney

I’ve always enjoyed classical music and when I got accepted into the Sydney Conservatorium many years ago, the prospect of doing music professionally suddenly became very plausible. With the support of my professor, and fellow students around me, I began to realise that this is the lifestyle that I want.

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Enrico Mainas 21 yrs from Sydney

Enrico grew up in Maroubra in Sydney. He is currently undertaking Honours in hisfinal year of the Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and will finish at the end of 2018.

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David Soo - 25 years from Melbourne

Born and bred in Melbourne, David Soo is a full-time professional musician, completing an Artist Diploma at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Joan Havill

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Berta Brozgul - 28 years from Melbourne

Berta Brozgul has had an extremely busy year, she tells us what she has been doing leading up to the 2018 Award

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