Prizes

$33,000 First Prize

  • $28,000 The City of Greater Shepparton Prize
  • $5,000 The Daphne Turnbull Bursary for music career development

The First Prize recipient may be offered other recital engagements with a performance fee subsequent to the Award.

$13,000 Second Prize

  • $10,000 The Fairley Foundation Prize
  • $3,000 The Daphne Turnbull Bursary for music career development

$7,000 Third Prize

  • $5,000 The Beleura, John Tallis Prize
  • $2,000 The Daphne Turnbull Bursary for music career development

$5,000 — The Goulburn Valley Hearing Clinic Finalist Bursary

Each Award finalist who performed outside the top three prizes receives a $500 bursary

Special prizes

$1,000 The Max Cooke Encouragement Award
supported by the Chua family
$1,000 The Shepparton News Prize
for best performance: Bach
$1,000 The Leona and Bruce Sterling Prize
for best performance: Mozart or Beethoven
$1,000 The Jenny Houlihan Prize 
for best performance: Haydn or Schubert
$1,000 The Pam Wells Prize 
for best performance: Chopin
$1,000 The Horton Family Prize 
for best performance: Romantic era (excluding Chopin) or 20th century music up to 1950
$5,000 The Andreadis Family Australian Composition Commission Prize 
for best performance for music composed after 1950
$5,000 The Rotary Club of Shepparton People’s Choice Prize
for best performance as voted by the audience
The Andreadis Family Australian Composition Commission Prize

The recipient of the Andreadis Family Australian Composition Commission Prize will commission a new work by an Australian composer. The intention is that the work will be premiered and performed by the recipient.