Vanessa Sharman
Vanessa Sharman is a Tasmanian-born pianist and teacher who has lived and worked in Sydney while retaining close ties to her home state. She has a particular interest in contemporary music.
She studied in Australia with Eric Mitchell, Beryl Sedivka and Geoffrey Lancaster, and in Paris with Cécile Ousset and Yvonne Loriod.
Her debut recording, Bird Chants (TP210), presents piano works by the Tasmanian composer Don Kay written for particular pianists, including music shaped with her in mind. A second volume, Blue Sky Through Still Trees (TP268), continues that partnership with further sonatas and later works, recorded in the Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre.
Vanessa Sharman is featured on the following titles
Blue Sky Through Still Trees
Vanessa Sharman returns to the piano music of Tasmanian composer Don Kay in this second volume, with Sonatas Nos. 7 and 9. Recorded in the Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre, her playing catches the delicacy and emotion of these works.
Don Kay: Bird Chants
Don Kay is an Australian composer from Tasmania with a substantial body of piano music. This collection gathers works written over ten years from 1998, each shaped by the personality of a particular pianist.