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Tour adventures across the Tasman

Tour adventures across the Tasman

Keep Up With The Play Part 3. Tour adventures across the Tasman Photography by Andrey Gugnin  and Anne Rodda Do you remember how the Winners’ Tour started? It felt like yesterday when Ioana and Andrey met for the first time in the Sydney International Airport. Early last week they flew back to Sydney thanks to performances offered to them by Musica Viva Australia. Ioana and Andrey performed at the Melbourne Recital Centre and at The Independent Theatre in Sydney. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoaPq1XnbSQ/…

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The magic of South Island

Keep Up With The Play Part 2. The magic of South Island Photography Ioana Cristina Goicea. Aren’t we are lucky that we can share some of the Winners’ tour stories with you that happened last week? A much as Ioana and Andrey are having fun seeing the scenery of the South Island, our Romanian-Russian duo is passionately devoted to their main calling - inspiring the audiences by playing brilliant concerts around the country. It requires a lot of…

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The first week of the Winners’ tour 2018

The first week of the Winners’ tour 2018

Keep Up With The Play Part 1. The first week of the Winners' tour 2018. Photography Sheena Haywood, Anne Rodda, Andrey Gugnin. The first prize winner of Michael Hill International Violin Competition 2017 Ioana Cristina Goicea, and the winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition, Andrey Gugnin, met for the first time in the Sydney International Airport last Wednesday. They caught the same flight over the Tasman to land in magnificent Queenstown - one of the dreamy…

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Keep Up With The Play

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. We’ve had a marathon of emotion, beginning in Queenstown, with sixteen extraordinary young musicians sharing their passion and pathos, charm and confidence, vigour and vivacity.     Announced tonight at the Auckland Town Hall, Goicea receives NZ$40,000, a recording contract with the Atoll label, an intensive performance tour across New Zealand and Australia in 2018, a Michael Hill Spirits Bay pendant designed by Christine, Lady Hill, and a personalised professional development…

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