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Isabella Guo

Isabella Guo (2013)

| Australia

PLC Sydney - Sydney Presbyterian Ladies College

Senior Lecturer | Paul Rickard-Ford

Isabella Guo is a vibrant and enthusiastic 10-year-old girl. She commenced her music journey at the age of 4 and shows an innate interest in learning to play various musical instruments. Isabella is currently a scholarship student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music "Rising Stars" program, studying piano with dr. Paul Rickard-Ford. She has also been awarded the music scholarship from Sydney's prestigious private school, Presbyterian Ladies College, from 2023 for 9 years. Isabella has won numerous prizes in Sydney Eisteddfod, one of the most important music competitions in Australia, since she was 8. In 2023, at the Sydney International Piano Competition, Isabella was selected to showcase as one of the rising stars from around Australia. She has also been awarded a chance to study piano in The Juilliard School in New York during the holiday last year, which inspired her to pursue her music dream further. Isabella is also learning percussion and clarinet, and takes part in various music ensembles.

I ROUND

  • Johann Sebastian Bach | Duetto No. 1 · E minor · BWV 802
  • Johann Sebastian Bach | Duetto No. 2 · F major · BWV 803
  • Johann Sebastian Bach | Duetto No. 3 · G major · BWV 804
  • Johann Sebastian Bach | Duetto No. 4 · A minor · BWV 805
  • Robert Schumann | ABEGG Variations · F major · Op. 1

    • II ROUND

  • Balys Dvarionas | "Žiemos eskizai" ("Winter Sketches"): No. 2 "Su rogutėm nuo kalniuko" ("Down the Hill on a Sledge")
  • Robert Schumann | Allegro · B minor · Op. 8
  • Claude Debussy | "Images", Première Série: I. "Reflets dans l'eau" ("Reflections in the Water") · D flat major · L. 110/1
  • Vitaly Filipenko | Toccata


    • Performance time: Apr 16 10:50 - 11:10 Music Academy of Vytautas Magnus University, 101 aud. (V. Čepinskio g. 5, Kaunas)

    Winners

     

    Final

    Andrew Yin Apr 16 09:30 - 09:48
    Veronika Troščenko Apr 16 09:48 - 09:59
    Zoe Cheng Apr 16 09:59 - 10:17
    Felix Suo Apr 16 10:17 - 10:33
    Isabella Guo Apr 16 10:50 - 11:10
    Sniedze Sarja Apr 16 11:10 - 11:24
    Bennett So Apr 16 11:24 - 11:39

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