Ms Annie Ma
Piano Teacher
Annie began her piano studies at the age of six, under the tutelage of Rena Mammadova. She continued her pre-college music studies in the Rising Stars Program at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she begun to perform regularly as a soloist and chamber musician. She went on to obtain her LmusA a with Distinction. She was awarded first prize in the 2019 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition, 2016 Sutherland and St George Youth Music Awards as well as garnered multiple prizes in eisteddfods throughout Sydney, over the years.
Annie has been a recipient of various scholarships including the Theme and Variations Piano Foundation Award, Sydney Scholars Award, George and Margaret Henderson Scholarship and the PJV & MAH Cromack Memorial Scholarship. She has performed as a soloist at the Sydney Opera House, in Gisborne, New Zealand as part of a Summer Concert Series in support of the Gisborne International Music Competition and has been recently invited to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She has had the opportunity to participate in masterclasses with Dominique Merlet, Orli Shaham, Alessio Bax and Alexey Sokolov.
Annie is currently studying with Natalia Ricci at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.