Biography

Place of Birth
Sydney (AU)

Place of Residence
Melbourne (AU)

Studies

• Peabody Conservatory (US), Prof. Marin Alsop
• Australian Conducting Academy(AU), Prof. Johannes Fritzsch
• Australian National University (AU)

Prizes

• Khachaturian International Competition, 1st prize and Special Prize for Best Interpretation of Khachaturian's Symphony No. 2, 2025 (AM)
• Toscanini Competition, 3rd prize 2025 (IT)
• Churchill Fellowship 2020 (AU)

Highlights

• Deutsche Oper Berlin (DE), Conductor and Assistant Conductor (Berlin Music Award, The Opera Foundation for Young Australians), 2026
• Tanglewood Music Center (US), Conducting Fellow, 2025
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (AU), Assistant Conductor, 2024-2025
• Auckland Philharmonia (NZ), Assistant Conductor in Residence, 2022 

COMPETITION PROGRAMME
 

First Round - Haute École de Musique de Genève Orchestra

• L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
• F. Schubert: Symphony No. 5

Second Round - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

• I. Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
• P.I. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
• R. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Semi-Final 1 - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

• G. Bizet: Symphony in C
• L. Farrenc: Symphony No. 3
• F. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 « Scottish »

Semi-Final 2 - Ensemble Contrechamps

• Ligeti: Kammerkonzert 
• U. Chin: Gougalon

Semi-Final 3 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

• C. Debussy: La Mer
• R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (1st movement)
• R. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1st movement)

Final Round 1 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

• 3 finalist works from the Composition Competition

Final Round 2 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

• S. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet 
• ​I. Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite 1919