Van-Anh Nguyen (born 21 November 1987) is an Australian classical pianist. She was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album. She was nominated for the 2022 ARIA Awards for Children's Album for her album The Princess and the Piano. Her 2020 album Peaceful Piano Essentials reached number one on the Aria Classical Album Charts. She lives in Los Angeles, United States.
Career
Born in Sydney to professional Vietnamese musicians who fled to Australia in 1983, Nguyen began learning piano when she was 15 months old. 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. She first played at the Sydney Opera House when she was eight, in an event that aimed to raise awareness of refugees. 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."Graduates: Van Anh Nguyen", The Hills Grammar School
In 2008, Nguyen accepted the role as ambassador for Heart Reach Australia
In 2014, she joined Discovery Channel as the host of a music travel show, 'Philippines In-Sync'.
In 2018, Nguyen was signed to Universal Music.
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". 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).
Discography Albums + List of albums, with selected details Title Details Mise-en-scene Released: 2008 Format: Label: Tonalita Released: 2012 Format: Label: Crossfire (with Chris Howlett) Released: 2016 Format: Label: Pop Alchemy Released: 2018 Format: CD, digital Label: Decca Records Virtuoso Meets Soul EP (with Ronee Martin) Released: 2019 Format: Label: Peaceful Piano Essentials Released: 2020 Format: CD, digital Label: 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).
! |- | 2022 | The Princess and the Piano | Best Children's Album
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