Words from our winners are short ‘postcards’ written by the winners
Annie Ma – 2018 Recipient
In early March of this year, I was extremely fortunate to receive an invitation to perform at the Weill Recital [...]
Calvin Abdiel – 2017 Recipient
Thank you for the kind support that the Theme and Variations Foundation has given me through the scholarship. It had [...]
Oscar Wong – 2017 award recipient
Last year in December I was also fortunate to become a prize winner in the Japan Open International Piano Competition. [...]
Postcard from Rachael Shipard – 2017 award recipient
I am very excited about the Canberra International Music Festival! Thanks to the Theme and Variations Foundation and the Festival [...]
Postcard from Pavle Cajic – 2014 award recipient
2017 was my year off study, as I did teaching work and private compositional and pianistic work in preparation for [...]
Postcard from William Shi – 2015 recipient
The year moves along so fast! The last time I wrote an update, I had just finished Semester One of [...]
Calvin Abdiel – 2017 award recipient
I would like to update you regarding my musical journey of this year. I went to Singapore from 28th January [...]
Rachael Shipard – 2017 award recipient
Moscow was a great experience! I went there for a week for the Moscow Conservatory Winter School. The School was [...]
Ayesha Gough – 2016 Award Recipient
Recently I travelled to the lovely town of Imola, just a short train journey south-east of Bologna, Italy, in order [...]
Alexander Yau – 2016 Award Recipient
I am very honoured to be one of the winners of the Theme & Variations Foundation Award. It will assist [...]
2015 Winner: Robbin Reza, Our Good Wishes for 2016
Since I have been a recipient of the Theme & Variations Foundation award in November 2015, I have been looking around [...]
James Guan – 2015 Award Recipient
I am writing to let you know that I have been awarded Greta Parkinson Prize from the Royal Academy! It [...]
2013 Winner: Joshua Han
May 2015 Joshua Han was one of the award winners in the Theme and Variations Foundation’s inaugural assistance program for [...]
2013 Winner: Hank Xiang
July 14 2014 From September 2013 until July 2014, I spent the entirety of my time in Saint Petersburg, Russia [...]
2013 Winner: Tony Lee
August 23, 2015 Tony Lee was one of three a recipients of the first Theme & Variations Foundation awards in 2013. Tony [...]
2014 winner: Alex Raineri
April 2015 Having recently returned from a month’s travel in Europe on study scholarships, I’m left with many wonderful experiences [...]
James Guan 2015 award recipient
I have had quite a lot of experiences since we last spoke in March, in April I travelled to the [...]