Daniel Le started his piano studies at the age of 3, and at the age of 11 was awarded a music scholarship to the Melbourne Grammar School. He then attended the Australian National Academy of Music Young Academy.
Daniel was the 2nd prize winner of the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition 2015, where he won the Audience Choice Prize as well as the Best Performance of a Classical Sonata. Other successes include 2nd Place in the 2014 Australian National Piano Award, including prizes for the Best Performance of works by Chopin and Bach. He was described by Murray McLachlan of the award organization as, “a deeply thoughtful, intelligent and considered artist who always brings stylistic flair, sensitivity and integrity to all that he performs.”
In the 2014 Kerikeri International Piano Competition he earned the Encouragement Award. He also enjoys collaborative piano work and was awarded the 3rd place and the Best Accompanist Prize at the 2013 Yong Siew Toh Concerto Competition.
In 2015, Daniel attended the Bowdoin International Music Festival and was also awarded a scholarship to the Engadin Piano Summer Academy in Switzerland. He currently studies with Professor Thomas Hecht at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore. His former teachers include Rita Reichman and Stephen McIntyre. He has worked with Stephen Hough and Julian Martin, and performed for artists including Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Mikhail Rudy, Christopher Elton, Ann Schein, and Melvyn Tan.
Daniel will appear with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra playing Gershwin and Chopin in the 2016 season.
Repertoire
Round I
Beethoven Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Liszt Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 10 in F minor, S. 139
Round II
Bach Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
Harvey Toccata DNA (1993)
Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Round III
Vine Toccatissimo (2011)
Franck Prélude, chorale, et fugue, Op. 21
Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Round IV
Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
