An acclaimed international performer and teacher, she was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2000 by then Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, for her contribution to Australian Music. Dr Harvey has won many accolades since her first medal in a Sydney Eisteddfod at the age of two and a half, including the ABC ‘Young Performer of the Year’ in 1987.
Her playing has been described by one reviewer as: “Gifted with a rare physical control of the instrument and intellectual and interpretative qualities to match…dispatched with a Horowitz-like virtuosity…blisteringly virtuosic…It drew me to the edge of my seat.” (Neville Cohn, West Australian).
Upcoming Concerts
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No.7 in D major Op.10 No.3
I. Presto
II. Largo e mesto
III. Menuetto. Allegro
IV. Rondo. Allegro
Peggy Polias:
Sonata Ode
I. Crown
II. Storm
III. Be it Known
IV. Light
Frédéric Chopin:
Études Op.10
No.5 in G♭ major ‘Black Keys’
No.6 in E♭ minor ‘Lament’
No.8 in in F major ‘Sunshine’
Ross Edwards:
Piano Sonata
I. Allegro
II. Lento e mesto
III. Animato