Schubertiade 395

One of Australia’s most exciting young musicians, Nicholas appears for the Schubert Society for the first time in 2023 in a program featuring Handel's Chaconne in G major HWV 435, Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor D. 958 and Brahms' Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major Op. 1

Acclaimed for his “stirring, magnetic and powerful” performances (Arts Hub), Sydney-born Nicholas Kennedy made his concerto debut in 2014, performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Kuring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra. He has subsequently appeared in Germany, the United Kingdom and throughout Australia. Nicholas’s competition successes include: Open Instrumental Winner of the Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition (2023); Winner of the Mary Greville Piano Scholarship (2017); Winner of the Nan Price Piano Award (2017); Runner-Up in the Glass Sellers’ Beethoven Prize, London (2019); Finalist in the John Allison Piano Scholarship (2018 and 2019) and Best Prelude and Fugue in the Lev Vlassenko…