Alexander Yau
Alexander Yau, an eminent young Australian pianist, has developed himself as a versatile musician incorporating his many musical talents as a chamber musician, vocalist, conductor and composer. He has performed as soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra and SBS Youth Orchestra in Rachmaninov’s first three concerti, as well as the mighty Brahms Concerto no.2 with the Sydney Conservatorium Orchestra. He has given solo and chamber performances at the Canberra International Music Festival in Australia, FOCUS Festival in New York, International Mendelssohn Akademie in Leipzig, and in notable venues such as Polish Embassy of Australia, City Recital Hall Angel’s Place, Troldhaugen in Norway, Australian Pavilion at Shanghai Expo and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Centre in New York. Recently he founded his own chamber orchestra and conducted Mozart’s Concerto no. 23 from the piano in its inaugural concert.
Alexander obtained his Masters degree at the Juilliard School studying under prof. Matti Raekallio. He now holds the role of collaborative pianist at the Sydney Conservatorium of music and causal repetiteur with Opera Australia.