A hearty congratulations to Ian Lucas the winner of The Sydney Piano Lovers’ Competition 2022, for amateur Australian and New Zealand pianists over the age over 30 years. Ian is from Montville in Queensland and was also the co-winner of the inagural The Sydney Piano Lovers’ competition in 2020. Ian discovered a love of piano at a young age, studying under the guidance of his mother as a child, before receiving private lessons until his tertiary years. He left the Tasmanian Conservatorium after one year to spread his wings and fly high with a 30 year aviation career as a commercial pilot, working as outback mailman and with the Flying Doctor Service in the Northern Territory, followed by the Qantas group.
Ian’s winning repertoire consisted of three romantic and captivating pieces including Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Op. 64/2 No.6, Liszt’s Sonetto 104 del Petrarca and Prokofiev’s March from the Opera Love of Three Oranges. He says ‘ I chose to play a beautiful Liszt Sonetto in a Prokofiev love story sandwich. My musical aspirations are simple. It’s to play repertoire I can technically manage as well and beautifully as I can’.
We couldn’t agree more. Ian will now be awarded the opportunity to perform live before one of the preliminary rounds at the prestigious 2023 Sydney International Piano Competition 5-22 July 2023 in front of audiences and the competition’s international jury.
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