Anna Goldsworthy
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Anna Goldsworthy is an Australian writer and classical
pianist
.
as the eldest daughter of the writer Peter Goldsworthy
and Dr Helen Goldsworthy, and began studying the piano at the age of six. At the age of eleven, she was accepted into the Elder Conservatorium
, studying with the distinguished pedagogue, Eleonora Sivan, to whom she attributes the fact that she is now a pianist. Anna completed her Bachelor of Music degree with Honours at the Elder Conservatorium
, before acquiring a Master of Music degree at Texas Christian University
, where she held the F. Howard and Mary D. Walsh Graduate Piano Scholarship, and studied with Tamás Ungár. In 2004, she graduated from the University of Melbourne
with the degree Doctor of Musical Arts
, under the supervision of Ronald Farren-Price, who has been an important mentor. Her thesis
topic was Fanny Hensel
and Virtuosity. Additionally, Goldsworthy has studied in Moscow with Lev Naumov
, with the support of an Arts SA
Emerging Artist Award, and in the Advanced Performance Program at the Australian National Academy of Music
.
In 2004, Goldsworthy completed a world tour performing in festivals and concert halls in Australia, Asia, Europe and North and South America. Highlights included appearances at the Teatro Colón for the Buenos Aires International Music Festival, at the Prince Yong Theatre in Beijing, for the Orchestra of Colours in Athens, and for the Festivale Muscale delli Nazioni in Rome. In 2005, she performed the Clara Schumann
concerto in the Masters Series of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
, and undertook a three-month residency
at the Australia Council Studio at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Goldsworthy currently teaches piano at the University of Melbourne, and is Artist-in-Residence at Janet Clarke Hall
.
Spring Music Festival from 2010, succeeding Stephen McIntyre who retired at the conclusion of the Festival in October 2009. In announcing the appointment, Festival Chairman Paul Clarkson said "Anna Goldsworthy is already well known to the festival’s audiences as a highly regarded performer and presenter. The festival this year celebrates its 20th anniversary and I am sure Anna will bring exciting new perspectives to the programming as it enters its third decade."
in January 2008. In March 2010 with her trio, Seraphim Trio, she recorded Schubert's Trout Quintet
for ABC Classics. In July 2010 Goldsworthy recorded for ABC Classics the music that features in her book Piano Lessons
.
Her two-part radio documentary
on the Mendelssohn siblings Fanny
and Felix
, Art is not for women: only for girls, was broadcast on ABC Classic FM
in 2004.
ian. She is a founding member of the Seraphim Trio, which has performed throughout Asia and Europe, and appears regularly in Australia for Musica Viva
. The trio studied chamber music with Hatto Beyerle at the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover, and was awarded the prize for the Leading Piano Trio in the 2001 National Chamber Music Competition. In 2007, the trio launched a national concert series.
s on music and cultural issues, and writes regularly for The Monthly
. She is on the Board of the Australian Book Review
.
was released by Black Inc in September 2009. It was shortlisted in the 2010 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
for Best Non Fiction and in the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards in the categories of Best Non-Fiction and the Newcomer of the Year, which she won. The book was sold to St. Martin's Press
in the US and the movie rights have been sold to Australian director Ana Kokkinos
.
as writing the stage adaptation of Maestro
which the State Theatre Company of South Australia
performed in early 2009. Piano Lessons is being adapted by Goldsworthy as a stage presentation for the Queensland Music Festival
in August 2011.
Writing
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
.
Life
Goldsworthy was born in AdelaideAdelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
as the eldest daughter of the writer Peter Goldsworthy
Peter Goldsworthy
Peter Goldsworthy AM is an Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera libretti....
and Dr Helen Goldsworthy, and began studying the piano at the age of six. At the age of eleven, she was accepted into the Elder Conservatorium
Elder Conservatorium
The Elder Conservatorium of Music is Australia's senior academy of music and one of the country's most distinguished institutions for comprehensive education, professional training, and research in music...
, studying with the distinguished pedagogue, Eleonora Sivan, to whom she attributes the fact that she is now a pianist. Anna completed her Bachelor of Music degree with Honours at the Elder Conservatorium
Elder Conservatorium
The Elder Conservatorium of Music is Australia's senior academy of music and one of the country's most distinguished institutions for comprehensive education, professional training, and research in music...
, before acquiring a Master of Music degree at Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...
, where she held the F. Howard and Mary D. Walsh Graduate Piano Scholarship, and studied with Tamás Ungár. In 2004, she graduated from the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
with the degree Doctor of Musical Arts
Doctor of Musical Arts
The Doctor of Musical Arts degree is a doctoral academic degree in music. The D.M.A. combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization with graduate-level academic study in subjects such as music history, music theory, or music pedagogy. The D.M.A...
, under the supervision of Ronald Farren-Price, who has been an important mentor. Her thesis
Thesis
A dissertation or thesis is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings...
topic was Fanny Hensel
Fanny Mendelssohn
Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn , later Fanny Hensel, was a German pianist and composer, the sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn and granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn...
and Virtuosity. Additionally, Goldsworthy has studied in Moscow with Lev Naumov
Lev Naumov
Lev Nikolayevich Naumov was a Russian classical pianist, composer and educator. Received a title of People's Artist of Russia and was nicknamed the "Godfather of the Russian piano school"....
, with the support of an Arts SA
Arts SA
Arts SA is the South Australian Government Department responsible for the arts. The Minister for The Arts is the Premier Mike Rann, the Chief Executive is Greg Mackie.Statutory Authorities reporting to the Department include:...
Emerging Artist Award, and in the Advanced Performance Program at the Australian National Academy of Music
Australian National Academy of Music
The Australian National Academy of Music is Australia's centre of excellence responsible for training the country's finest young musicians. Located in the South Melbourne, Victoria, it is a member of the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence...
.
Musical career
Goldsworthy is an accomplished classical pianist. In 2009 she was a juror for Chamber Music Australia's Asia Pacific Chamber Music Competition.In 2004, Goldsworthy completed a world tour performing in festivals and concert halls in Australia, Asia, Europe and North and South America. Highlights included appearances at the Teatro Colón for the Buenos Aires International Music Festival, at the Prince Yong Theatre in Beijing, for the Orchestra of Colours in Athens, and for the Festivale Muscale delli Nazioni in Rome. In 2005, she performed the Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...
concerto in the Masters Series of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra was founded as a 17 player radio ensemble in 1936, in Adelaide, South Australia. The orchestra reformed in 1949 as the 55 member South Australian Symphony Orchestra. It reverted to its original and present title, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, in late 1974, and...
, and undertook a three-month residency
Artist in residence
Artist-in-residence programs and other residency opportunities allow visiting artists to stay and work so that they may apply singular focus to their art practice....
at the Australia Council Studio at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Goldsworthy currently teaches piano at the University of Melbourne, and is Artist-in-Residence at Janet Clarke Hall
Janet Clarke Hall (University of Melbourne)
Janet Clarke Hall is an Anglican residential college of the University of Melbourne.- History :Established in 1886 as a residential hostel for women students of Trinity College, the College was named after a significant benefactor...
.
Artistic Director of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival
Goldsworthy was appointed in May 2009 as Artistic Director of the Port FairyPort Fairy, Victoria
Port Fairy is a coastal town in south-western Victoria, Australia. It lies on the Princes Highway in the Shire of Moyne, west of Warrnambool and 290 km west of Melbourne, at the point where the Moyne River enters the Southern Ocean.-History:...
Spring Music Festival from 2010, succeeding Stephen McIntyre who retired at the conclusion of the Festival in October 2009. In announcing the appointment, Festival Chairman Paul Clarkson said "Anna Goldsworthy is already well known to the festival’s audiences as a highly regarded performer and presenter. The festival this year celebrates its 20th anniversary and I am sure Anna will bring exciting new perspectives to the programming as it enters its third decade."
Recordings and broadcasts
Goldsworthy's debut solo CD, Come With Us, was released by ABC ClassicsABC Classics
ABC Classics is the classical music record label within the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is internationally recognised as Australia's premier classical music label, with a catalogue of more than 500 titles...
in January 2008. In March 2010 with her trio, Seraphim Trio, she recorded Schubert's Trout Quintet
Trout Quintet
The Trout Quintet is the popular name for the Piano Quintet in A major by Franz Schubert. In Otto Erich Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's works, it is D. 667...
for ABC Classics. In July 2010 Goldsworthy recorded for ABC Classics the music that features in her book Piano Lessons
Piano Lessons (book)
Piano Lessons is a 2009 award-winning non-fiction book by Australian classical pianist Anna Goldsworthy, Artist in Residence of Janet Clarke Hall , and Artistic Director of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival....
.
Her two-part radio documentary
Radio documentary
A radio documentary or feature is a purely acoustic performance devoted to covering a particular topic in some depth, usually with a mixture of commentary and sound pictures. It is broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD...
on the Mendelssohn siblings Fanny
Fanny Mendelssohn
Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn , later Fanny Hensel, was a German pianist and composer, the sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn and granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn...
and Felix
Felix Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
, Art is not for women: only for girls, was broadcast on ABC Classic FM
ABC Classic FM
ABC Classic FM is a classical music radio station available in Australia, and internationally online. It is operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . It was established in 1976 as "ABC-FM", and later for a short time was known as "ABC Fine Music" , before adopting its current name...
in 2004.
Chamber music
Alongside Goldsworthy's solo performances, she has received acclaim as a chamber musicChamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
ian. She is a founding member of the Seraphim Trio, which has performed throughout Asia and Europe, and appears regularly in Australia for Musica Viva
Musica Viva Australia
Musica Viva Australia is the oldest independent performing arts organisation in Australia and the world's largest entrepreneur of chamber music. It was formed in 1945 in Sydney by violist Richard Goldner...
. The trio studied chamber music with Hatto Beyerle at the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover, and was awarded the prize for the Leading Piano Trio in the 2001 National Chamber Music Competition. In 2007, the trio launched a national concert series.
Writing career
Goldsworthy has published numerous essayEssay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
s on music and cultural issues, and writes regularly for The Monthly
The Monthly
The Monthly is an Australian national magazine of politics, society and the arts, which is published eleven times per year on a monthly basis except the December/January issue. Founded in 2005, it is published by Melbourne property developer Morry Schwartz...
. She is on the Board of the Australian Book Review
Australian Book Review
Australian Book Review is Australia's leading literary review. Created in 1961 the ABR is an independent non-profit organisation that publishes articles, reviews, commentaries, essays, and new writing...
.
Articles
Articles and essays published in The Monthly:- "A Change is Gonna Come", February 2007, No. 20
- "The Beast of Beethoven", May 2007, No. 23
- "Do Androids Dream of Electric Pianos?", June 2007, No. 24
- "Ein Schwindel!", August 2007, No. 26
- "Like Love in a Marriage", September 2007, No. 27
- "Wunderbar", December 2007, January 2008, No. 30
- "Improvisations", March 2008, No. 32
Memoirs
Her memoir Piano LessonsPiano Lessons (book)
Piano Lessons is a 2009 award-winning non-fiction book by Australian classical pianist Anna Goldsworthy, Artist in Residence of Janet Clarke Hall , and Artistic Director of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival....
was released by Black Inc in September 2009. It was shortlisted in the 2010 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
for Best Non Fiction and in the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards in the categories of Best Non-Fiction and the Newcomer of the Year, which she won. The book was sold to St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St. Martin's Press , St...
in the US and the movie rights have been sold to Australian director Ana Kokkinos
Ana Kokkinos
Ana Kokkinos is an Australian film director. Kokkinos was born in Melbourne and prior to her career in film, she worked as an industrial lawyer...
.
Plays
Goldworthy is credited alongside her father Peter GoldsworthyPeter Goldsworthy
Peter Goldsworthy AM is an Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera libretti....
as writing the stage adaptation of Maestro
Maestro (novel)
Maestro is a 1989 novel written by Australian author Peter Goldsworthy. It is a bildungsroman which deals with the themes of art and life....
which the State Theatre Company of South Australia
State Theatre Company of South Australia
The State Theatre Company of South Australia is South Australia's leading professional theatre company. It is based in the Dunstan Playhouse at the Adelaide Festival Centre. The current artistic director is Adam Cook...
performed in early 2009. Piano Lessons is being adapted by Goldsworthy as a stage presentation for the Queensland Music Festival
Queensland Music Festival
The Queensland Music Festival is a series of musical events staged in a number of locations in Queensland, Australia usually around late July, every second year. It is financially supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and a wide range of other partners...
in August 2011.
Awards
Piano- Arts SA Emerging Artist Award
- David Paul Landa Memorial Scholarship for Pianists
- Finalist 2010 Melbourne Prize
Writing
- Winner, 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards for Newcomer of the Year
- Shortlisted 2011 National Biography AwardNational Biography AwardThe National Biography Award, established in Australia in 1996, is awarded for the best published work of biographical or autobiographical writing by an Australian. It aims "to encourage the highest standards of writing biography and autobiography and to promote public interest in those genres". It...
- Shortlisted 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards for Best Non-Fiction
- Shortlisted 2010 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
- Shortlisted Colin Roderick AwardColin Roderick AwardThe Colin Roderick Award is presented annually by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at Queensland's James Cook University for "the best book published in Australia which deals with any aspect of Australian life". It was first presented in 1967 and currently has a prize of A$10,000....