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

A lot goes on behind the scenes of the Awards and there are a lot of supporters, donors and volunteers who create the incredible prizes that are awarded on Grand Final night

Semi-finals round, come and listen to what they're performing. Friday September 9 12noon - 4.30pm. 5pm the judges announce who comes through to the Grand Finals

Five fearless & fantastic Pianists take to the stage Today – It’s the SEMI-FINALS for the 2016 Australian National Piano Award . . . one female amongst them

Max tells us about the repertoire selection the musicians must include in their armory for the week. It's challenging and that's the point - it demonstrates their musicality and genius as rising pianists in Australia.