Geoffrey Saba (born 1946) is an Australian classical pianist of Lebanese descent, based in

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. Saba was born in

Toowoomba Toowoomba ( ), nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar', is a city on the border of South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoom ...

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, where his parents established a well-known haberdashery store. He attended

Toowoomba Grammar School Toowoomba Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding grammar school for boys, in East Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. Toowoomba Grammar was established in 1875, the third school to be ...

. He was awarded the University of Queensland Music Scholarship for 1963, and chose to take it at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. After graduating, he moved to

in the late 1960s, and has resided there ever since. He has worked with

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and

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. He was one of the competitors awarded a bronze medal at the First

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in 1974. He tours in North America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Japan, South East Asia and Australia. In its facsimile edition of

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's C major Sonata, ''Relique'', D.840, the International Franz Schubert Institute, Vienna, published Saba's essay on a performer's approach to playing Schubert's unfinished piano sonatas.InterAct Stroke Support
. Retrieved 30 May 2016

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saba, Geoffrey 1947 births Living people Australian male classical pianists Australian expatriates in England Australian people of Lebanese descent University of Melbourne alumni People from Toowoomba 21st-century Australian classical pianists 21st-century Australian male musicians 21st-century Australian musicians People educated at Toowoomba Grammar School