Piano Notes: 4pm Saturdays
Over three weeks during Piano Notes with Damien Neylon or Julie Waters, 3MBS will broadcast its recordings of the top three finalists chosen in the 2026 Australian National Piano Award.
The semi-final and final performances were recorded by 3MBS engineer Steve Bullock at the Award in Shepparton during October 2026.
Oscar Wong (Third place)
28 years old from Queensland
Nikolai Kapustin
Concert Étude, Op. 40 No. 1 (Prelude)
Robert Schumann
Drei Romanzen, Op. 28
(ii) Einfach in F-sharp major
Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Moritz Moszkowski (arr. Vladimir Horowitz)
Étincelles, Op. 36 No. 6
Carl Vine
Sonata No. 1
(ii) Leggiero e legato
Heino Kaski
Yö Meren Rannalla (Night at Sea), Op. 34 No. 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Samuil Feinberg)
Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
(iii) Allegro molto vivace
Alyssa Chambers (Second place)
22 years old from New South Wales
Percy Grainger
Colonial Song
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
Frédéric Chopin
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
(i) Grave – Doppio movimento
(ii) Scherzo
(iii) Marche funèbre: Lento
(iv) Finale: Presto
Johann Strauss II (arr. Alfred Grünfeld)
Soirée de Vienne, Op. 56
Adam Adov (First place)
23 years old, from New South Wales
Franz Liszt
Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161
(vii) Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D minor, K. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 3 in C minor
Franz Liszt
Grandes Études de Paganini, No. 6
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
(xxii) Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867
Mily Balakirev
Islamey: Oriental Fantasy
Image (L-R): Oscar Wong, Adam Adov & Alyssa Chambers taken by Lingy Harhangi, AttentionMedia