Biography & Gallery
Born and raised in Australia, Winnie found her love for the piano at the age of 7 and was awarded her Licentiate Lmus.A Diploma at the age of 14 as a student of Margaret Hair. She is currently under the guidance of Graham Scott and Kathryn Stott at the Royal Northern College of Music for her postgraduate study.
Winnie made her concerto debut aged 12 at the Verbrugghen Hall in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 2024, she perofrmed Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto no. 5 with the Willoughby Symphony in Chatswood Concourse, as well as the Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concerto with the Sydney University Symphony conducted by Luke Spicer. In the same year, she also performed Beethoven's 4th piano concerto with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, under the baton of Gergeley Madaras.
Her recent accolades include winning the RNCM Concerto Competition, Beethoven Competition, Williams-Howard song prize, Piano Duo Prize. She has also performed at Buxton International Festival in collaboration with vocalists, and made a guest appearance with The Hallé at Bridgewater Hall in 2023. She won the Sydney Eisteddfod Kawai Piano Scholarship in 2022, streamed by the Australian Digital Concert Hall. As a huge chamber music enthusiast, Winnie is also a member of the Hera Piano Trio, who recently made their debut at the Wigmore Hall.
Winnie is a passionate educator of over a decade’s experience with a strong focus on preparing the next generation of young performers for the stage in a happy and healthy way. She is a deputy tutor at the Junior RNCM and is also a Youth Ambassador for the British and International Federation of Festivals, helping festivals and adjudicators around the globe be equipped and ready for the future.
Eager to diversify her roles as a pianist, Winnie collaborates with various instrumentalists, vocalists, ensembles and orchestras. She studies conducting under Professor Mark Heron, learning to lead ensembles from the piano. She expands her keyboard skills into historical performance on the harpsichord, and takes a keen interest in learning to tune and restore pianos as an apprentice assisting and learning from piano technician Phillip Simmons of Metropolitan Piano Co. She nervously awaits the day she breaks her first string.
Winnie's commitment to her continued learning led her to engage with world-class pedagogues including Dame Imogen Cooper, Anton Nel, Kathryn Stott, John Perry, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Stephen Hough, Peter Donohoe, Piers Lane, and Robert McDonald.
She would like to extend her deepest gratitudes to the Leverhulme Arts Scholarships, Waverley Fund Scholarships, Margaret Allen Piano Award, Ian Scott Award, Milton Waring Award and Kawai Australia for their generous support for her studies and career.
Winnie would like to thank Forsyths Music Shop for kindly lending their beautiful piano showroom as a photoshoot location.
REVIEW
2RRR Arts & Tarts
with Margie Mason.
22/04/2024.