About Anna Goldsworthy

Anna Goldsworthy is an Australian classical pianist and writer. In October 2009 her memoir Piano Lessons was released in Australia by publisher Black Inc. In November 2010 it was published in the United States by St Martin's Press (Macmillan). She is Artistic Director of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, Kenneth Moore Memorial Music Scholar at Janet Clarke Hall at the University of Melbourne, and a founding member of the Seraphim Trio. She won Newcomer of the Year at the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards and her CD Piano Lessons is available on the ABC Classics label. Anna's acclaimed stage adaptation of Piano Lessons, commissioned for the Queensland Music Festival, was nominated for a Matilda Award. Her most recent CD is Trout, recorded with Seraphim Trio, released in February 2012 by ABC Classics.


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Reviews of Piano Lessons

"I have never read a better depiction of a great mentor and of how true learning takes place. Every teacher of anything should read this book. Twice."
Philip Levine, US Poet Laureate

"Deeply felt and elegantly written---like a melody by Mozart: joyous and heartbreaking in a single exquisite line. "
Glenn Kurtz, author of Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music

"...multi-layered, rich with meditations on identity, creativity, ambition and achievement; deeply felt without a hint of sentimentality. This impressive debut will surely mark Anna Goldsworthy's arrival as an Australian writer to be reckoned with."
The Age

"a remarkable book."
The Australian



Piano Lessons Awards

Australian Book Industry Awards 2010: Winner Newcomer of the Year

National Biography Award 2011: Shortlisted

Australian Book Industry Awards 2010: Shortlisted Best Non-Fiction

NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2010: Shortlisted Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction

Colin Roderick Award 2010: Shortlisted

News

  • February 10: Piano Lessons finalist in Best New Play category at 2011 Matilda Awards.

  • February 2: ABC Classics released 'Schubert Trout Quintet', the CD of Seraphim Trio performing Schubert's much-loved 'Trout' Quintet Available now.

  • December 8: US Poet Laureate Philip Levine nominates Piano Lessons as his book of the year. Read more here.

  • November 8: Piano Lessons is released in Korea.

  • August 2: Anna named as a National Ambassador for the National Year of Reading 2012. Read more here.

  • April 13: Piano Lessons is shortlisted for the 2011 National Biography Award.

  • April 1: Anna is included in The Best Australian Essays: A Ten Year Collection alongside Inga Clendinnen, JM Coetzee, Clive James, Helen Garner, and Tim Winton. Read more...

  • November 5: Canada's largest selling paper The Star features article on Anna and her memoir.