The Piano in the Park Showcase
Event Start Date & TIme: May 2, 2026 12:00
Purchase Tickets
| Ticket Type | Tickets left | Price | Quantity | Cart |
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| Seated General Entry | 82 | $29.00 | ||
| Seated Student Entry | 10 | $24.00 | ||
| Seated Duke/Duchess | 3 | $0.00 |
Doors 12pm
Show 1pm
A showcase featuring celebrated pianists and emerging musicians. Anna Sleptsova and Dr Tommy Seah will be performing with their young mentees, including Maya Portella-Schulz who featured on the ABC iview series ‘the piano’. Maya was a recent finalist in the French Prodiges series in Paris.
About the Showcase
Victoria Park Centre for the Arts (VPCA), was donated a community piano from the ABC in 2025. VPCA has run its first piano mentoring program in 2026, with an arts grant from Town of Victoria Park; senior pianists have shared their musical and creative experience with young and emerging local musicians. This event marks the culmination of the mentoring program at Ellington Jazz Club.
About Anna Sleptsova
Anna has appeared as a recitalist and soloist with orchestras and ensembles in Eastern Europe, Germany, Canada, UK, New Zealand, Australia, United States, France, China, Singapore, Japan and Thailand.
In Australia, Anna has made numerous live and studio recordings for ABC Classic FM, ABC TV, SBS Radio and 2MBS FM as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. Anna collaborated with several distinguished musicians, among them Simon Tedeschi, John Harding, Pei-Sian Ng, Alexandre Da Costa, Barbara Jane Gilby, Roger Smalley, Sophie Rowell, Esther van Stralen, Sally Anne Russell, Caitlin Hulcup, Michael Lewis, Michael Goldschlager, Janis Laurs, Paul Wright, and many others.
Anna performs as a soloist with West Australian Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Youth Orchestra, Fremantle Chamber Orchestra, Faith Court Orchestra. In 2001 Anna received a Churchill Fellowship and released her highly acclaimed CD “A notable keyboard talent“
About Dr Tommy Seah
As a solo performer, Tommy has performed across Australia, Asia, Europe, North America, and Central Asia. He has been selected to compete in prestigious international competitions such as the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, and the Liszt International Piano Competition, Bayreuth-Weimar in Germany, to name a few. Tommy is also an accomplished chamber musician, having performed with renowned musicians such as Akiko Miyazawa, Margaret Blades, Andrew Nicholson, Yi-Yun Loei, Eve Silver, Sally Boud, Jon Tooby, Robert Gladstones, Adam Miculicz, Ashley Smith, Philip Everall, Jonathan Paget, and Emily Gunson. With violinist Akiko Miyazawa, he has performed the complete sonatas for violin and piano by Beethoven and Brahms.
Since 2017, Tommy has been teaching at WAAPA as a sessional piano lecturer. Additionally, he has taught and directed the Adamant International Piano Summer School in Vermont, USA. He is also the artistic director and founder of Perth Recital Series, and the president of the Royal Schools Music Club.
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