Louise Page
Louise Page graduated with distinction from the Canberra School of Music in 1988 and was an ABC Young Performer of the Year vocal finalist. She won the inaugural Song Recital Competition in 1995 and has appeared widely in recital, oratorio and opera.
Louise Page graduated with distinction in 1988 from the Canberra School of Music, where she studied with Ronald Maconaghie. The following year she was the vocal finalist in the ABC Young Performer of the Year and won the Robert Stoltz scholarship to study in Vienna.
As a member of the Vienna State Opera Studio she performed roles in a number of State Opera productions and took part in concerts and operas in Austria, Germany and Belgium. She has worked with teachers including Waldemar Kmentt, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac and Geoffrey Parsons.
Since returning to Australia she has given numerous recitals with accompanist Phillipa Candy and appeared in oratorios, concerts and operas in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. In June 1995 she won the inaugural Song Recital Competition (now the City of Melbourne Recital Award), and has since appeared in recitals for Musica Viva, the Port Fairy Folk Festival and the Collins Street Promenade with accompanist Len Vorster.
Louise’s accompanist Phillipa Candy is a graduate of the Canberra School of Music (with Joan Chia) and holds master’s degrees from the Hobart Conservatorium (with Beryl Sedivka) and Temple University (with Charles Abramovic). She has also studied with Geoffrey Parsons. She has worked as an accompanist and repetiteur for the Philadelphia Singers and for the studio of the operatic baritone Robert MacFarland, and was a founding member of Austral Skies, which specialised in Australian music and toured for Musica Viva in 1988.
She was Musical Director and Conductor for Canberra City Opera’s 1996 season (including The Marriage of Figaro, Trial by Jury and Some Enchanted Evening) and has been Director of the Canberra Harmonie Germany Choir since 1994. In partnership with soprano Louise Page she has given many lieder recitals to high critical acclaim.
Louise Page is featured on the following titles
Louise Page sings Richard Strauss
Soprano Louise Page, with pianist Phillipa Candy, sings lyrical and romantic Strauss lieder spanning early Op. 10 songs, the Op. 48 cycle, the Ophelia songs and the late Fünf kleine Lieder. Winner of the 1995 City of Melbourne Song Recital Award.
New Norcia: A Spanish Rhapsody
The Team of Pianists present Spanish and Spanish-tinged piano music as a tribute to New Norcia’s Benedictine heritage, from Infante and de Falla to Ravel’s Rapsodie Espagnole.
The Magic of Operetta
Soprano Louise Page and pianist Phillipa Candy have long delighted Australian audiences with a partnership of varied and entertaining programmes for Musica Viva, the ABC and many other organisations.
Looking to the Light: Songs of Christmas
Looking to the Light is an easy-listening Christmas collection of favourites such as O Holy Night, The Little Drummer Boy, Ave Maria and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, with Australian carols, lesser-known songs and children's numbers including All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth and I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.