Talented RCM students continue to present Sunday afternoon performances in the AGO’s Walker Court. The AGO has partnered with the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) to host these concerts, which will continue through spring 2010.
This Sunday’s concert, November 15, features .
Samuel Dharma was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and migrated to Australia in 1999. He earned his Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Arts degree as a scholarship student at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Samuel has won numerous prizes in many Australian piano competitions, most recently including first prize at the 2009 Laurence Godfrey-Smith/Rex Hobcroft Piano Competition. He was named finalist in the 2007 and 2009 City of Sydney John Allison Piano Scholarship, as well as state finalist in the 2007 Symphony Australia Young Performer Award. Aside from competitions, Samuel has performed throughout Sydney as a soloist and chamber musician, and is currently furthering his musical studies in Toronto at the Glenn Gould School, RCM.
Concerts at the AGO are held in Walker Court Sundays from 1:30 to 2:15 pm, and are free with admission. Watch for these upcoming Sunday concerts:
- November 22: Woodwind Quintet
- November 29: Members of the Murnival String Quartet
- December 6: Grace Kim, pianist