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Click here for a full curriculum vitae The Australian-American pianist Edward Neeman is a fresh new voice on the contemporary piano scene. He has won first prizes in the Rodrigo International Piano Competition, the Carlet International Piano Competition, and the Kawai Australasian Concerto Competition among others. In the past year, Edward has given recitals and conducted masterclasses in America, Spain, Panama, Indonesia and Australia. He has performed with the Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, West Australian Symphony, Queensland Symphony, and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Madrid under conductors such as Andrey Boreyko, Gérard Korsten and Vladimir Verbitsky. He has been featured on ABC television and radio programs in Australia. Edward's performances in 2009 include a series of in New York, Princeton, and Washington DC, featuring contemporary Australian piano music. In June, he was a guest teacher at the Elly Lim Music Studio in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he gave a series of masterclasses and a concert performance. He also performed this summer in Australia and in Cleveland. This coming season, Edward will tour Spain and England in October. He will perform the Piano Concerto by Joaquín Rodrigo with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra in December. Edward studied piano with Larry Sitsky at the Australian National University, where he received his Bachelor's Degree in music, and with Solomon Mikowsky at the Manhattan School of Music, where he received his Masters Degree. He is currently a DMA candidate at the Juilliard School, studying with Jerome Lowenthal. |