Lucinda Collins is an Australian

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and

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ian, who is currently head of piano at

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's senior musical academy, the

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Biography

Lucinda Collins has performed widely throughout Australia, as well as giving numerous broadcasts for

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. After undergraduate study at the

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, and Noreen Stokes, in 1984 she was awarded the Elder Overseas Scholarship in Music by the

to study at the

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Peter Wallfisch Hans Peter Wallfisch (20 October 1924 – 10 November 1993) was a concert pianist and teacher, resident in the United Kingdom from 1951 onwards. Life Wallfisch was born in Breslau, Lower Silesia, in 1924. In 1938, he emigrated to Palestine; he s ...

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. She has given concerts in the United Kingdom and Korea. By July 1997 Collins was a lecturer in piano at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. Since 2000 She has held the position of head of piano and coordinates the

program. In addition to solo repertoire, Collins has worked extensively as a chamber musician and has partnered many distinguished artists including internationally acclaimed cellists

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. She has also performed with William Hennessy on violin: ''

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''s Clive O'Connell described Collins and Hennessy's playing of

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's ''Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano'' in July 1997, " tis well, suited to a player of his character, the slashing strokes and powerful chromatic colors getting a solid hearing, in which Collins took equal honors." Collins performed with the

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and they toured nationally in March 2010. She collaborated with the quartet in 2017 to perform

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's ''Piano Quintet No. 1, Op. 1 in C minor'', alongside appearing as soloist with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra performing

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's G major Concerto, K. 453.Lucinda Collins: Concert Grand
concert 23 July 2017 details

References

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