Van-Anh Nguyen

Van-Anh Nguyen
Born21 November 1987 (1987-11-21) (age 37)
Sydney, Australia
GenresClassical music
InstrumentPiano
Websitewww.vananhofficial.com

Van-Anh Nguyen (born 21 November 1987)[1] is an Australian classical pianist. She was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album.[2] She was nominated for the 2022 ARIA Awards for Children's Album for her album The Princess and the Piano.[3] Her 2020 album Peaceful Piano Essentials reached number one on the Aria Classical Album Charts.[3] She lives in Los Angeles, United States.[4]

Career

Born in Sydney to professional Vietnamese musicians who fled to Australia in 1983,[5] Nguyen began learning piano when she was 15 months old.[2] She was accepted into the Young Artists Program at the Sydney Conservatorium when she was four years old and obtained her Associate Diploma in Music at the age of nine, and the Licentiate Diploma when she was twelve.[1] She first played at the Sydney Opera House when she was eight, in an event that aimed to raise awareness of refugees.[5][4] Nguyen graduated from The Hills Grammar School in Sydney before completing a Diploma in Performance (piano) at the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Media (Writing) at Macquarie University.[6]

In 2008 Nguyen accepted the role as ambassador for Heart Reach Australia[1]

In 2014, she joined Discovery Channel as the host of a music travel show, 'Philippines In-Sync'.[7]

In 2018 Nguyen was signed to Universal Music.[8]

She has performed in renowned concert halls, including the Sydney Opera House, Segerstrom Centre for the Arts (United States), Herbst Theatre (United States), and Forbidden City Concert Hall (China).

In 2019, she created "Double Touch", a hybrid electronic collaboration with Australian DJ/Drummer/Producer, Mark Olsen. Their style has been described as a "unique dreamy mix of acoustic and electro sounds".[9] They have performed at festivals and venues across the world, including All Day I Dream Festival (California, USA), Scorpios (Mykonos, Greece), Cova Santa (Ibiza, Spain), Return to Rio Festival (Australia), Cloud 9 (Fiji), Glow Rooftop (Vietnam), and Omnia Bali (Indonesia).[9]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Mise-en-scene
  • Released: 2008
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Tonalita
  • Released: 2012
  • Format:
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Crossfire
(with Chris Howlett)
  • Released: 2016
  • Format:
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Pop Alchemy
  • Released: 2018
  • Format: CD, digital
  • Label: Decca Records
Virtuoso Meets Soul EP
(with Ronee Martin)
  • Released: 2019
  • Format:
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Peaceful Piano Essentials
  • Released: 2020
  • Format: CD, digital
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Disney on Piano
  • Released: 2021
  • Format: Digital
The Princess and the Piano
  • Released: 2021
  • Format: CD, Vinyl, digital
  • Label: Decca Classics

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2022 The Princess and the Piano Best Children's Album Nominated [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Van-Anh Nguyen". Heart Reach Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b Masselos, Andrea (14 October 2020). "Why You Need To Know Van-Anh Nguyen". Marie Claire.
  3. ^ a b c Burke, Kelly (12 October 2022). "Aria awards 2022: Rüfüs Du Sol and Amyl and the Sniffers among top nominees". The Guardian.
  4. ^ a b "Concert pianist Van-Anh Nguyen to perform at Opera House with family". 13 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b Robyn Doreian (28 February 2021). "Great expectations: How Van-Anh Nguyen struck a chord from such a young age". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Graduates: Van Anh Nguyen", The Hills Grammar School
  7. ^ "Philippines In-Sync Discovery Channel Trailer hosted by Van-Anh Nguyen". YouTube. 18 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Van-Anh Nguyen on LinkedIn: Today, I am happy to announce that I've signed with Universal Music… | 11 comments". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Double Touch · Biografía · Artista ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2024.