"...Hannah Th'ng performed the third movement to Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3. Th'ng's emotional intensity was impressive with thundering opening chords and a euphoric ending..."
- Rosalind Appleby
The West Australian (2014)
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BIOGRAPHY
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Hannah started learning the piano at the age of seven, however it was not until she was around thirteen that she began to take music seriously. Under the guidance of Natalia Turkovskaya (practical) and Heather Brittan OAM (theory), she gained her Associate Diploma of Music in 2010 and went on to win a number of competitions and awards including the biennial Gertrude Carey Memorial Award for Piano Recitals and the Dawn Baldwin Award in 2012. She was accepted into the Tel-Hai International Master Classes (Israel) in August 2012 where she spent three weeks in the Negev Desert having lessons with world renowned pianists and pedagogues including Tatiana Zelikman, Ronan O'Hora, Alexander Mndoyants, Aquiles Delle-Vigne, and Asaf Zohar.
Following her home-schooling years, Hannah began studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2013 under the tutelage of Anna Sleptsova. During her first year, she was a finalist in the prestigious Warana Concerto Competition performing Scriabin’s Piano Concerto in F sharp minor with the Faith Court Orchestra conducted by Christopher Dragon. The following year she was invited to perform the Finale to Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto with the acclaimed percussion group “Defying Gravity” and in September 2015, was chosen to perform for the International Artist Masterclass Program held by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO).
As a collaborative pianist, Hannah has won a number of awards in state eisteddfods and competitions and in 2015, she was a participant of the International Art Song Academy (held at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts), where she had a number of masterclasses with Dr Graham Johnson OBE and Mary King. For a few years, she was also a pianist in the Western Australian Young Artists Chamber Music Program where she performed various piano trios and quartets.
Apart from music, Hannah has enjoyed writing since young and has published a short biography on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach. She is also the author of the children’s story book “What Sammy Learnt”, which won first prize in the Transperth Book Competition, was translated into the Noongar language, and subsequently distributed to local schools and libraries.
In 2014, Hannah was invited to be a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society and in the following year was given a Certificate of Recognition and Student Excellence by the Vice-Chancellor in acknowledgement of being part of the Top 100 students in the university.
Hannah is the recipient of the Queen's Award as well as the Duke of Edinburgh Award (Bronze and Silver), both of which recognise significant volunteering contributions to the community.
In 2017, Hannah was the recipient of the Helen Court Award for the most outstanding final year student as well as the recipient of the prestigious Barbara MacLeod Scholarship which will enable her to further studies with the eminent composer, pianist, and pedagogue Professor Larry Sitsky AO.
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CONCERTS
UPCOMING CONCERTS
18 Oct 2017
7:30 PM
PIANO HOMAGES
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
16 Oct 2017
1:10 PM
PIANO SHOWCASE LUNCH TIME CONCERT
Lunch Time Concert
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
09 Oct 2017
12:00 PM
PIANO RECITAL
Karrakatta Ladies Club - Lyceum
22 Aug 2017
12:30 PM
ANDREY GUGNIN PIANO MASTERCLASS
Grieg Piano Concerto
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
2 Bradford Street, Mt Lawley, WA 6050
Music Auditorium
FREE ENTRY
07 Aug 2017
1:10 PM
HELEN COURT AWARD
Brahms Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op. 118 No. 6
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts Performer of the Year | Helen Court Award
07 Aug 2017
12:45 PM
MUSICA VIVA PERFORMANCE
MUSICA VIVA AUSTRALIA
St John of God Midland
21 May 2017
4:30 PM
ANGELA HEWITT MASTERCLASS
Musica Viva Australia
ANGELA HEWITT
20 Nov 2015
1:00 PM
SOLO PIANO RECITAL
Conductor | Christopher Dragon
Bach/Busoni - Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639
Bach/Busoni - Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004
Brahms - Intermezzo in E flat minor Op. 118 No. 6
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 (III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato)
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
2 Bradford Street, Mt Lawley, WA 6050
FREE ENTRY
26 Feb 2016
6:00 PM
PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2016
Erik Satie - Vexations
Venue & Playing Schedule TBC
NOTE: Vexations is a piece by Erik Satie with the instruction to play it 840 times. The piece runs from 6 pm 27 Feb 2016 until 12 pm 28 Feb 2016. The piece runs through the night and early morning and pianists will be on rotation during the entire piece.
29 Feb 2016
1:00 PM
LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Repertoire TBC
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
2 Bradford Street, Mt Lawley, WA 6050
FREE ENTRY
26 Aug 2016
Time TBC
COMPLETE SOLO PIANO WORKS OF MAURICE RAVEL
Complete Solo Piano Works of Maurice Ravel
Various pianists invovled in the project.
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School - St. Paul's Chapel
PAST CONCERTS
06 Oct 2015
10:30 PM
MASTERCLASS WITH RICHARD GILL
Bach/Busoni - Chaconne in D minor
29 Sep 2015
7:00 PM
MASTERCLASS WITH KATHRYN STOTT
West Australian Symphony Orchestra | International Artist Masterclass Program
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 (III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato)
06 Sep 2015
7:30 PM
MUSICA VIVA AUSTRALIA
A. Lavignac - Grand Galop Marche for Eight Hands
Performance during Interval - Musica Viva Paul Lewis Tour 2015
03 Jul 2015
7:30 PM
INTERNATIONAL ART SONG ACADEMY CONCERT
Schubert & Schumann
25 Jun 2015
26 JUNE - 4 JULY
INTERNATIONAL ART SONG ACADEMY
International Art Song Academy with Dr Graham Johnson OBE and Mary King
19 May 2015
7:30 PM
MUSICAL MELODRAMAS
Poulenc - L'Historie de Babar, le petit éléphant
(The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant)
Pianists: Hannah Th'ng, Anna Sleptsova
Narrator: Julia Moody
20 Oct 2014
10:00 AM
MASTERCLASS WITH SARAH GRUNSTEIN
Liszt - Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F minor
Sarah Grunstein - Visiting Artist
15 Oct 2014
7:30 PM
PARISIAN SALON
Liszt - Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F minor
12 Aug 2014
12:30 PM
MASTERCLASS WITH GEOFFREY LANCASTER
Mozart - Fantasy in D minor
04 Aug 2014
5:00 PM
FAZIOLI LAUNCH CONCERT
Scriabin - Étude in D sharp minor Op. 8 No. 12
Launch Concert for Fazioli donated to WAAPA by the McCusker Charitable Foundation
30 Jul 2014
7:30 PM
CONCERT WITH DEFYING GRAVITY
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor (III. Finale: Alle Breve)
02 Jun 2014
7:30 PM
GUITARISSIMO
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjeuz
Guitar: Casey Fitzpatrick
Piano: Hannah Th'ng
30 May 2014
7:30 PM
KENYAN ORPHANAGE BENEFIT CONCERT
Rachmaninoff - Moments Musicaux No. 4 in E minor
Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major (Accompanist)
23 May 2014
5:00 PM
DEBUSSY PRELUDES
Debussy - Prelude No. 1 "Danseuses de Delphes" (Book 1)
Debussy - Prelude No. 3 "La Puerto del Vino" (Book 2)
Complete Debussy Preludes with various pianists
21 May 2014
7:30 PM
CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals (For Two Pianos)
13 May 2014
7:30 PM
THE BEL-CANTO GUITAR
Pettoletti - Duettino sur un air de "La Sonnambula" Op. 30
Hummel - Pot-Pourri for Guitar and Piano Op. 53
Guitar: Casey Fitzpatrick
Piano: Hannah Th'ng
03 Mar 2014
1:00 PM
STUDENT LUNCH TIME CONCERT SHOWCASE
Debussy - Prelude No. 1 "Danseuses de Delphes" (Book 1)
Scriabin - Étude in D sharp minor Op. 8 No. 12
26 Feb 2014
10:30 AM
MASTERCLASS WITH ALEXANDRE DA COSTA
Debussy - Prelude No. 1 "Danseuses de Delphes" (Book 1)
06 Dec 2013
7:00 PM
CAROLS IN THE PARK
Melville City Council
10 Nov 2013
10:00 AM
MASTERCLASS WITH STEFAN CASSOMENOS
Chopin - Nocturne in B major Op. 62 No. 1
30 Oct 2013
7:30 PM
PIANO PARADE
Rachmaninoff - Moments Musicaux No. 4 in E minor
Lavignac - Grand Galop Marche for Eight Hands
25 Oct 2013
1:30 PM
QUEEN'S AWARD STATE PRESENTATION (THE GIRLS' BRIGADE INTERNATIONAL)
J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F sharp major (Well-Tempered Clavier Book I)
14 Oct 2013
1:00 PM
PIANO PARADE LUNCHTIME CONCERT
20 Sep 2013
2:30 PM
MASTERCLASS WITH MAURIZIO BAGLINI
Scriabin - Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op. 20
05 Sep 2013
7:30 PM
WARANA CONCERTO FINALS
Scriabin - Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op. 20
Conductor: Christopher Dragon
Faith Court Orchestra
04 Sep 2013
7:30 PM
WARANA CONCERTO FINALS
Scriabin - Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op. 20
Conductor: Christopher Dragon
Faith Court Orchestra
20 Aug 2013
12:30 PM
MASTERCLASS WITH ROY HOWAT
Scriabin - Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op. 20
03 Jun 2013
10:30 AM
WARANA CONCERTO COMPETITION ROUND ONE
Scriabin - Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op. 20 (III. Allegro moderato)
22 May 2013
7:30 PM
PIANO HORIZONS
Chopin - Étude in C minor Op. 25 No. 12
12 May 2013
12:30 PM
MASTERCLASS WITH THOMAS HECHT
Chopin - Étude in C minor Op. 25 No. 12
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