World-renowned pedagogue and concert pianist, Glenn Riddle, shares his insights, artistry and great playing with audiences in Melbourne - mark your calendar for this wonderful event!
PROGRAM
Chloe Au:
Chopin, Nocturne in F-sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2
Liszt, Transcendental Etude No. 5 ‘Feux Follets’
Caitlin Au and Chloe Au, Piano duet – Mendelssohn: Allegro Brillante Op 92
Caitlin Au:
W.A Mozart - Sonata in D major, K311, 3rd movement
Scriabin - Etude Op. 8 No. 2
Jacqueline Wang:
Chopin - Etude Op 10 no 2 in A minor
Chopin - Variations Brillantes Op. 12 in B-flat Major
Glenn Riddle, Piano, Larissa Aguiar, Violin, Kate Cherry, Viola and Stephen Hughes, Violoncello:
W.A Mozart: Piano Quartet in Eb major (excerpts)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor (excerpts)
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BIOS
Glenn Riddle
Australian pianist Glenn Riddle is Senior Lecturer in Keyboard at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Research Associate at the University of Waikato New Zealand, Visiting Professor at the Nanjing University of the Arts, China, AMEB Federal Examiner, and Senior Music Critic for Classic Melbourne. He has recorded for Tall Poppies, Move Records, Hal Leonard Publishing and ABC Classics, and continues to perform both locally and internationally as concerto soloist, chamber musician and in solo recitals. One of Australia’s most distinguished piano pedagogues, he has edited 12 volumes of piano music for the AMEB, and is regularly invited to present recitals, masterclasses and pedagogy workshops throughout China, the South-East Asia region, in Australia and New Zealand. He has been on international competition juries in the USA, Greece, Israel, Thailand, China, New Zealand and Indonesia. His own students have won numerous prizes in international competitions performing with such prestigious ensembles as the Russian National Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Les Solistes de Neuchâtel (Geneva), the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Maroc, the Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Ningbo Symphony Orchestra, the Jakarta Concert Orchestra, the Academia di Perugia Orchestra in Italy, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Polish International String Quartet.
Chloe Au
Fourteen-year-old Chloe Au started learning piano with Yuko Ikeda when she was five, and now studies piano with Glenn Riddle. She is an Academic Scholar at Lauriston Girls’ School. In 2024, Chloe was awarded LMusA (Distinction), her examiners commenting that her playing was ‘nothing short of a world-class display of transcendental pianism and musicianship’, exhibiting ‘outstanding artistic authority’. She then was invited to perform for the 2025 AMEB Graduation Ceremony.
In 2025, Chloe was awarded First Prize in the Little Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition. In Hanoi, Vietnam, she also won six First Prizes at the Vietnam International Piano Competition. Other competition success include First prize in the Bernstein National Piano Competition, First Prize in the VMTA Geoffrey McFerran Award, and the VMTA Kault Prize for the Most Outstanding Diploma Student. Chloe has also won numerous First Prizes at the Boroondara, Ringwood, Latrobe Valley, Monash, By the Bay, & Royal South Street Eisteddfods.
Caitlin Au
Eleven-year-old Caitlin Au has been playing piano since she was three and a half, starting her musical journey with Yuko Ikeda at Suzuki Music. She now studies with Prof. Glenn Riddle at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and is a proud recipient of both academic and music scholarships at Lauriston Girls’ School.
Her dedication to music has earned her many impressive achievements, including a High Distinction result in her Certificate of Performance exam in 2023. Last year (2025) was a busy one for Caitlin. She was recently awarded First Prize in the prestigious Australian National Junior Piano Competition for Children, ‘the little Lev’, held in Brisbane. Caitlin was also awarded Distinction in the Szafarnia International Junior Chopin Competition held in Poland and won Third prize at the Vietnam International Chopin Piano Competition and Festival in Hanoi. Caitlin has also won multiple prizes at the Boroondara, Ringwood, Royal South Street and Monash Eisteddfods in Australia. In January 2025, Caitlin was also invited to perform in Kobe, Japan. In March this year Caitlin performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C major K 415 with the Mozart Festival Quartet at the 45 Downstairs Mozart Festival.
Alongside piano, Caitlin enjoys playing the violin and is a member of the Melbourne String Ensemble’s chamber program (MSE Chamber). Outside of music, she has a keen interest in science and art, and in her free time she loves reading and coding.
Jacqueline Wang
Jacqueline Wang (Australia, age 11) is an emerging young pianist whose performances are distinguished by exceptional musical maturity, expressive depth, and a commanding virtuosity far beyond her years. A student of renowned pedagogue Glenn Riddle at the Melbourne Conservatorium, she has already established herself as one of the most promising pianists of her generation, with successes on both national and international stages. She is also a music scholarship recipient at Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Melbourne.
Recently, she was invited by Denis Matsuev to compete in Grand Piano Competition in Moscow where she performed Chopin Concerto No 2 in F Minor with Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra under the Baton of conductor Oleg Hudyakov. In 2024, Jacqueline was awarded Second Prize in the Professional Junior Category at the Indonesia International Piano Competition, where she performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K.271 as soloist with the Jakarta Symphony Orchestra. That same year, she was named a Laureate of the 31st Szafarnia International Chopin Competition for Children in Poland, following her Second Prize at the Thailand Chopin International Piano Competition in 2023. In 2025, Jacqueline also appeared as a soloist performing the Bach Concerto in D minor BWV 1052 with T.I.M.M ensemble at Todi Italy under the baton of Francesco D’Ovidio.
At just nine years old, Jacqueline became one of the youngest pianists in Australia to be awarded the Licentiate in Music with Distinction (LMusA). Her achievements have also been recognized with the prestigious Des Stephenson Memorial Award from the Musical Society of Victoria.
Her artistry has been featured at distinguished international venues and festivals, including a special invitation to present a solo recital at the Chopin Festival at Kasteel Oud Poelgeest in the Netherlands. There, critics praised her playing as “warm-hearted, highly personal, and virtuoso… superbly mature, self-assured, and of remarkable strength and independence” (Lidy van der Spek). Jacqueline also presented solo recitals in St. Paul’s Cathedral, and in 2026 April Jacqueline performed Mozart Concerto K413 with Mozart festival chamber players. In August 2026, she performed the complete Chopin concerto No 2 in F minor with a string quartet in Austral Salon.