VAN-ANH
NGUYEN
Concert Pianist & Composer
Australia & USA
ARIA nominated concert pianist and Universal/Decca/Deutsche Grammophon recording artist Van-Anh Nguyen is a worldwide sensation and in-demand artist. She has had several ARIA & iTunes chart toppers and became the first Australian-Vietnamese to ever in history enter the US iTunes Classical Charts.
Born to Vietnamese refugee musicians and having started piano studies at the tender age of 13 months old, Australian born concert pianist gave her Sydney Opera House debut at age 8.
Her bubbly contagious personality and emotive playing has graced the stages as a soloist across Australia at venues including the Sydney Opera House, City Recital Hall, the Forbidden City Concert Hall (China), the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre (China), Segerstrom Performing Arts Center (LA), Herbst Theater (SF). She regularly guests with the Ho Chi Minh City Symphony Orchestra (HCMC, Vietnam) and Vietnamese American Philharmonic Orchestra (California, USA).
Her ability to perform classically as well as have the stage flair for creative classical-crossover arranging and mash ups has allowed her to perform for such brands as Moet & Chandon, Tiffany & Co, Porsche, Barons de Rothschild, the Patron Secret Society, Fairfax & Roberts, Vicki Lee Gallery, Ferrari to name a few.
Van-Anh currently has 10 albums released on all major digital music outlets with her most recent release on Deutsche Grammophon. Van-Anh has been featured across various publications including L’Officiel Magazine, Elle Magazine Vietnam, Sunday Life, Marie Claire Australia and Harper’s Bazaar Magazine as a music icon and she has had her own TV show on Discovery Channel Asia.
Her versatility as a pianist allows her to collaborate across genres, having toured and performed with internet sensations TwoSet Violin, soul singer Ronee Martin (Quarter Finalist America’s Got Talent 2016, backup singer for Patti La Belle), classical violinist Filip Pogady, Reigan Derry (Sony Music Australia, ARIA Platinum Artist) through to being a recording solo pianist for various composers as well as writing for other artists.
She is also one half of Double Touch, a melodic house duo blending live instrumentation with electronic beats. They are signed to All Day I Dream and have performed across the globe at Brooklyn Mirage (NYC), Scorpios (Mykonos), Cova Santa (Ibiza), OMNIA (Bali, Indonesia), Return to Rio Festival (NSW, Australia), San Francisco Golden Gate Park (SF, USA) and have released on labels including All Day I Dream, TrybesOf, Buddha Bar and Ministry of Sound.