B I O G R A P H Y
Hannah Shin is one of Australia’s leading younger generation pianists and has won numerous prizes in prestigious international competitions, including 2nd prize in the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition and the Thailand International Piano Competition (where she also won the Audience Prize), top prize in the ASEAN International Chopin Competition, and 3rd prize in the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition in the United States.
Her numerous concerto appearances include works by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Liszt, Chopin, Grieg, Beethoven and Mozart with renowned orchestras such as the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ningbo Symphony Orchestra and the Poland International Quartet, as well as various orchestras in Melbourne.
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Solo highlights include being the youngest pianist invited to participate in 3MBS’ Beethoven Marathon, performing before a capacity audience at Deakin Edge Auditorium. She has also been showcased at the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, broadcast live on ABC FM. She was recently invited to perform as guest artist at the Herald Sun Aria, at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne. As a chamber musician, she has excelled in her communication skills, and her trio has also won various prizes.
She has been featured on Kansas Public Radio, as well as China Central TV, and has given recitals in the USA, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Russia, China, Thailand, Korea, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
R E V I E W S
“Hannah Shin is a remarkable young pianist and performer with it seems, no limits to her technical capabilities, and with a musicality, passion and flair for performing which, in my opinion, set her apart above other similarly highly gifted pianists.”
- Katherine Austin
“Fifteen-year-old Hannah Shin (Australia) was a revelation. Oozing total confidence and control, she put the polish on Beethoven's Sonata in F sharp major Op.78, and its tricky repeated figurations in the second movement proved not much of a challenge to her fingers. In Chopin's music, she found the right blend of passion and restraint with totally musical accounts of the Second Ballade and Fourth Scherzo. Nothing was vulgar or over-the-top; idiomatic and well-judged, her playing was clearly a paradigm of superior teaching. She was also the only pianist to perform the specially commissioned work, Lee Chie Tsang's atonal Sympathetic [Re]sonance, from memory.”
- Dr Chang Tou Liang, Artistic Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival
“With her flawless technique and unique style she is a star in the making.”
- Teresa Lavers
