Reuben Tsang
22 years old
Queensland
Reuben Tsang began his piano studies in Cairns with Koko Julian before moving to Brisbane to study at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, first under Natasha Vlassenko OAM and presently with Daniel de Borah. He holds a Bachelor of Music with Distinction and First Class Honours and was awarded the 2024 Conservatorium Medal.
In September 2026, Reuben will commence postgraduate studies on scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester under Kathryn Stott.
At the 2024 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, Reuben received First Prize, the Best Recital Prize and the People's Choice Prize. He also received the Best Australian Pianist Prize at the 2023 Sydney International Piano Competition, was a semi-finalist at the 2023 Aarhus International Piano Competition in Denmark, received the Elisabeth Murdoch Prize at the 2022 Great Romantics Competition and First Prize at the 2025 National Young Virtuoso Award.
Over the past two years, Reuben has appeared as concerto soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Brisbane Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and North Queensland Chamber Orchestra, working with conductors Benjamin Northey, Johannes Fritzsch and Stefanie Smith. He has performed solo recitals across Australia including at the Canberra International Music Festival, and has appeared in an interstate tour with Piano+.
As a chamber musician, Reuben has performed at the Bendigo Chamber Music Festival, Queensland Art Song Festival, Megalong Music Festival, Out West Piano Fest and the Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival in Montreal.
