2024 2MBS Young Virtuoso Award recipient named
The annual Fine Music Network national Young Virtuoso Award (YVA) finals will take place at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at 2pm on Saturday 23 November.
And NSW State winner and finalist is 24-year-old cellist Noah Oshiro of West Ryde (pictured below left and attached).
Noah began playing cello at age 3 and is currently completing the final year of his Bachelor of Music in Performance degree at ‘The Con’ under Julian Smiles.
During his studies at the Sydney Conservatorium, Noah has been fortunate enough to be a recipient of the Henderson Traveller’s Scholarship
and Westheimer String Quartet Fellowship Program which has enabled him to study chamber music abroad
and receive string quartet training from renowned musicians of Emerson, Hagen, Artemis and Goldner Quartets.
Noah has most recently performed at the Sydney Festival, Sydney International Jazz Festival, Orange Festival
and has also been touring with Daniel Rojas and Ensemble Apex String Quartet for Musica Viva.
In 2022, Noah performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as part of the fellowship program and now looks forward to joining the Opera Australia Orchestra for 2023.
As 2024 2MBS Young Virtuoso Award winner, Noah has won a place in the Fine Music Network national final as well as a $3000 cash award;
a performance with the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra; and a feature interview in Limelight magazine.
Runner-up is Beatrice Colombis, who wins $1000. The adjudicators’ encouragement award of $500 has gone to clarinettist Anna Chung.
All cash awards are courtesy of the Family Frank Foundation
Other state finalists are supported by their local 2MBS sister station: cellist Lieun Park of Melbourne (3MBS-FM);
violinist Theonie Wang of Brisbane (4MBS-FM); pianists Jenny Su of Adelaide (5MBS-FM) and Zachary Li of Canberra (ArtSound-FM).
Adjudicators are Roger Woodward, Amelia Farrugia, Gregory van der Struik, Evgeny Sorkin, Peter Rejto, Bernadette Harvey and Steven Hillinger.
This year, 2MBS Fine Music – Australia’s first stereo radio station – celebrates its 50th birthday.
As part of the celebrations, the station has launched a special performers’ award
– in partnership with legendary Australian pianist Roger Woodward (pictured above right with the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra).
The Roger Woodward AC OBE Award of $3000 cash, proudly supported by Christine Bishop, will be presented to the YVA winner for each of the next five years.
The initial winner is violinist Beatrice Colombis.
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