7. Ruby Luck

Ruby Luck is undertaking a Masters of Music Studies at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, under the tutelage of Natasha Vlassenko. She has been successful in competitions including recieving fourth prize in the 2019 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, in which she performed Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. In the past she has also performed Mozart’s Double Concerto with both the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra in 2018 and the Young Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra in 2016.

Within the Queensland Conservatorium, she has won the Hilda Woolmer Accompaniment Prize (2019), the Margeret Nickson Prize for Voice and Accompaniment (2019), the Minnie May Bussey Pianoforte Prize (2017), the Ruby C. Cooling Prize (2017), and was a joint winner of the Queenslanders Foundation Prize (2017).

Ruby has performed in masterclasses and lessons with esteemed international pianists including Peter Hill, Roy Howat, Alexander Strukov, Lance Coburn, Gil Garburg and Vyacheslav Gryaznov. During her time living and studying in Brisbane, Ruby has performed frequently in various concert venues, both as a soloist and a collaborative pianist.

A passionate chamber musician, Ruby has performed in duos with instrumentalists and vocalists, as well as in piano trio, quartet and quintet ensembles. She has been fortunate to have performed alongside esteemed local and international artists in the Queensland Conservatorium Side-by-Side concert in 2018, and as a mentee with Ensemble Q in 2020.