Farrah Sa'adullah, acclaimed a prodigy when she was 5 years old by the Sydney Morning Herald, graduated her Associate in Music, Australia at the age of 9. She became the youngest person to obtain this performance diploma. She played her first concerto at the age of six, and with SBS Youth Orchestra playing Mozart K488, at 9. She is now 12. At 11 in 2001, she again became the youngest person to complete the L.MusA performance level qualification in pianoforte of the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB). At 11 too she won the junior section of the 30th Annual Bartok Festival. She was awarded the best performer for all sections.
In January 2002, she was selected by the Australian National Academy of Music (Melbourne), ANAM, for the Summer School Masterclass/Mastercourse. She had lessons with Prof. Frank Wibaut, Timothy Young, Aquiles Delle Vigne, and Mamiko Suda.
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Her repetoire includes compositions by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel, Chopin, Gabriel Pierne, Bartok, Miriam Hyde, Elena Kats-Chernin, Haydn, Webber etc.
She loves concert and has performed for charity. She has performed at the Sydney Opera House on three occasions.
She was featured in an Australian television program entitled "Prodigies". She has moved audience during her performance. She is currently living in Sydney.
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