As the heat on centre stage has forced the temperature to rise in Shepparton this week during the Australian National Piano Award; so too has the excitement level of all three adjudicators Ian Munro, Betty Vergara Pink and Matthew Kam who have listened to every note played by our 11 finalists over two rounds.

Australian national piano award performer stays up in bed running through piece note by note.

WHEN Jennifer Li took to playing an imaginary piano on the dining-room table when she was just seven, her grandfather asked if she would like to have lessons and an instrument of her own.

Music is his passion, his life, his world. And soon, pianist Daniel De Borah is hoping to add another achievement to a stellar CV.

Forest Lake’s Oliver She is a finalist in the prestigious Australian National Piano Award.

Two Monash pianists have been selected to represent Victoria in one of Australia’s top musical competitions. Mount Waverley’s Jisook Noh and Oakleigh South’s Jennifer Li will travel to Shepparton next month to vie for the Australian National Piano Award.

One young musician is poised to win the prestigious title of Australian National Piano Award winner in September, when 12 of the nation’s best classical pianists battle it out (musically) over six days and nights in Shepparton.