Australian Music Foundation

The Australian Music Foundation (AMF) is a charitable organisation (based in London and Australia), which aims to promote and celebrate Australian musical life, by offering scholarships, performing opportunities and mentoring to young musicians who wish to pursue their post-graduate studies overseas.

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Since 1975, the Australian Music Foundation has helped nearly 300 awardees.

Some of our previous awardees have included Violinist Emily Sun (2015 awardee) who has gone on to win the 2018 ABC Young Performers Award in Sydney, and soprano Lauren Fagan recently appeared as Gretel in Hansel and Gretel at the ROH, Covent Garden and represented Australia in the 2019 Cardiff Singer of the World. Soprano Samantha Clarke made her Opera Australia debut in January 2024, as Violetta in La Traviata. Waynne Kwon joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) as Sub-Principal Cello in March 2024. Other distinguished Alumni include baritone Peter Coleman-Wright, pianist Jayson Gillham, conductor Jessica Cottis, saxophonist Amy Dickson and guitarist Craig Ogden.

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2024 AMF Classical Awards

Applications for the 2024 AMF Classical Awards are:

OPEN FROM MONDAY, 25th MARCH 2024 and CLOSE FRIDAY, 3rd MAY 2024 (11:59 pm UK BST time).

The competition will take place entirely online and a link to the Application Form will be available from 25 March 2024 to 3rd May 2024.

We will hope to announce the results towards the end of July/early August.

Please visit the Apply for an Award page for more details and to register and apply.

VISit THE APPLY FOR AN AWARD PAGE

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New Administrator

Our Administrator, Sally-Ann Shepherdson, is moving on after nine years at the Australian Music Foundation. She has done a wonderful job throughout this time, and on behalf of the Chairman and Trustees in the UK and Australia, I would like to wish Sally-Ann the very best of luck with her future endeavours and thank her sincerely for her years of service.

We also would like to take the opportunity to welcome Glenn Horder as our new Administrator. Glenn is an Australian living in London, with vast experience in the charity and events sectors, and we look forward to working with him to further the aims of the Foundation. Glenn will officially be taking over from the 18th March 2024. His email address is glenn@australianmusicfoundation.org and you can also contact the office as usual via info@australianmusicfoundation.org

(Sally-Ann will still be contactable for a few more weeks as she completes the handover to Glenn.)

Please get in touch if you have any queries or news you would like to pass on to us.

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The New Richard Bonynge Award

The new AMF Richard Bonynge Award has been generously donated by distinguished pianist and conductor,
Richard Bonynge AC CBE.

Maestro Bonynge has been a Life President of the AMF for many years and we are extremely grateful for his wonderful gesture of support, which will enable us to present a substantial grant in his name to a candidate of exceptional ability and achievement within their chosen field of study.

It is our great pleasure to announce the inaugural winner of this prestigious award for 2023 - William Shi, accompanist and collaborative pianist. Please see below for details.

Photo: Maestro Bonynge with previous AMF awardees at Australia House, London.

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