Results of the 2018 AMF Awards
Many thanks to all who attended the Finals of the AMF Awards on the afternoon of Sunday 14th October, in the Duke's Hall at the Royal Academy of Music, London. We are most grateful to the panel of distinguished judges, who generously gave up their time to help young Australian musicians studying overseas:
Yvonne Kenny AM - soprano, Chairman of the Panel (non-voting), Chairman AMF UK
Grant Doyle - baritone (Royal Opera House, Opera North, Garsington Opera)
Anthony Legge- conductor and vocal coach (Glyndebourne, ENO, Opera Australia)
Linnhe Robertson - AMF Trustee (Artistic and Research Consultant for Opera & Voice, GSMD)
Patrick Savage - violin (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tippett String Quartet)
Stephen Savage- piano (Soloist, recording artist, piano tutor RNCM)
We are delighted to announce the names of the 2018 AMF AWARDEES
Samantha Clarke, soprano (GSMD) - AMF Nora Goodridge Emerging Artist Award
Rachel Siu, cello (Juilliard School) - AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award
Victoria Wong, violin (Hans Eisler School, Berlin) - AMF Award
Waynne Kwon, cello (RNCM) - AMF Award and winner of the new AMF Audience Prize
David Soo, piano (GSMD) - AMF Award
Courtney Cleary, violin (Juilliard School) - AMF Guy Parsons Award, donated by the Portland House Foundation in honour of one of AMF’s founding Trustees
Zoe Drummond, soprano (GSMD) - AMF Award
Rohan Dasika, double bass (Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt) - AMF Award
Robbin Reza, piano (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Köln, Germany) - AMF UK Trustees Award
We are most grateful to all our AMF donors, particularly Nora Goodridge, the Portland House Foundation, David Constable and Ida Lichter, without whom these awards would not be possible.
