LENPC 2024 Semi-Finalists Announced
New Zealand’s finest emerging classical music talents will descend on Auckland this December for a true musical celebration.
Fifteen of New Zealand’s most talented emerging piano players have been chosen to perform in the live Competition.
LEJMC for PIANO 2024
The Lewis Eady Junior Music Contest for PIANO 2024 featured over 200 budding young pianists; a fantastic two-day event held over two weekends during the month of August, in the Lewis Eady Steinway NZ Showroom.
CLEF Scholarship Recipients for 2024
We are proud to support the future of classical music here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Congratulations to…
Congratulations to our National Competition Winners
The winners of the special 2022 combined National Strings Competition and Lewis Eady National Piano Competition, presented by Lewis Eady Charitable Trust and the Hill Family Foundation for Art and Music, were announced in a prize giving following the conclusion of the Grand Final performances held on Saturday 12 February at the Diocesan School Performing Arts Centre.
CCT 2020 Annual Event
The Chiron Charitable Trust (CCT) held its annual event on Friday, 20th November – an opportunity to formally announce the CCT Scholarship recipients for 2021 and to recognise the importance of charitable support for the arts here in New Zealand.
LEJMC for PIANO 2020
We were thrilled to present the Lewis Eady Junior Music Contest for PIANO 2020 over two amazing days in the Lewis Eady | Steinway NZ Showroom. An awesome weekend featuring 190 brilliant young pianists.
Meet the 2021 CCT Scholarship Recipients
From twenty auditions, the jury selected seven talented musicians to receive the scholarships. The jury members found the experience nothing short of inspirational and were all highly impressed by the level of music-making, the technical level, and the assurance of the performances.
NZJPC 2020 Semi-Finalists Announced
LECT received over 40 entries this year; double the entries received in 2018. This year's semi-finalists are from Auckland, Wellington, Lower Hutt, and Christchurch, and aged between 10 to 18 years old. The NZJPC Preliminary Adjudicator commended the excellent quality of music-making and the dedication from each applicant.
Diane Huh – Chiron’s Young Artist of 2019
Diane grew up in Korea in a musical family. She began to learn the violin at the age of seven after her grandfather gave her a toy violin to brighten a stay in the hospital, but she has seriously pursued that instrument instead of any other because of its versatility: suited to solo, chamber, and symphonic music, she knew the violin would offer her the kind of opportunities she wanted.
An Evening of Music for the Future of Music
The Chiron Charitable Trust exists to foster the next generation of New Zealand classical music as it becomes the current generation. At the Trust’s launch, around a hundred attendees had the opportunity to sample some of the best of that music – as well as snapper sashimi and Geraldine goats’ cheese.