Alexander Yau has been rehearsing for two years to get into the Australian National Piano Award. We are looking forward to hearing him perform. He reveals what makes him tick . . . .

The Australian National Piano Award is a world-class competition, like no other - where the hottest pianists in Australia make beautiful classical music over a week, striving to win up to $68,000 in cash and prizes.

Watch this brief clip of Australian National Piano Award 2016 Winner, Tony Lee, as he plays Sonata in B flat major, Op.27 No1 (Ludwig van Beethoven) and Sonata in B flat major, Op.38 (Sergei Prokofiev).

The best have been chosen for the 2018 Australian National Piano Award. The Australian National Piano Award presents some of the highest calibre pianists from around Australia in this prestigious classical piano competition staged every two years in Shepparton, Victoria.

Australian Classical music critic - Clive O'Connell - reviews the 2016 Australian National Piano Award C.D. featuring the top 3 pianists from 2016 Award (September 13, 2017) - from: O'Connellthemusic.com

Erna Werner, one of the founding members of the Australian National Piano Award, died on September 15 in Geelong following a short illness. ANPA President, Darryl Coote, paid tribute to Erna as one of the co-founders of the Award and as the person who had suggested the need for a major national piano competition.

 “Highly individual & masterful performances which communicated much to us all” – Tony Lee Wins 2016 Australian National Piano Award

Tony Lee from Sydney won the 2016 Australian National Piano Award. Coming a close second was Peter de Jager from Melbourne and an exceptional third place was Oliver She from Brisbane.

Tony Lee is on first, followed by Peter de Jager and then Oliver She will complete the night's entertainment and then the nailbiting session for the audience, and the pianists begins.

The top three were selected by the Judges. Starting at 8pm, Tony Lee will start, followed by Peter de Jager and then finale by Oliver She. Photographs of these pianists in this post