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Aura Go
Emerging as one of Australia’s foremost young musicians, Aura Go has performed widely as a soloist, chamber musician and conductor. Her interest in new music has seen her give the Australian premiere performances of Rautavaara’s Piano Concerti Nos. 1 and 2 with the Melbourne and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, a performance of the Schnittke Concerto for Piano and Strings with the Adelaide Symphony, and the presentation of works by Sofia Gubaidulina in the 2006 Melbourne International Arts Festival, including her Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra ‘Introitus.’ Committed to the performance of Australian music, Aura has performed works by Ross Edwards, Helen Gifford, Elena Kats-Chernin, Julian Yu, Katy Abbott, and premiered works by Gordon Kerry and James Rushford. Aura was the winner of the 5th Yamaha Australian Youth Piano Competition in Sydney 2001 and the Hephzibah Menuhin Memorial Award in 2000. She was a National Keyboard Finalist in the ABC Young Performer Awards in 2002, 2003 and 2006. Aura attained her Bachelor of Music Performance degree from the Victorian College of the Arts and is currently studying at the Australian National Academy of Music. Her teachers have been Max Cooke and Ian Munro.

 
 
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