Van-Anh Nguyen

Van-Anh Nguyen (born 21 November 1987) is an Australian classical pianist. She was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album. She was nominated for the 2022 ARIA Awards for Children's Album for her album The Princess and the Piano. Her 2020 album Peaceful Piano Essentials reached number one on the Aria Classical Album Charts.

Career

Born in Sydney to professional Vietnamese musicians who fled to Australia in 1983, Nguyen began learning piano when she was 15 months old.

In 2008, Nguyen accepted the role as ambassador for Heart Reach Australia

In 2018, Nguyen was signed to Universal Music.

She has performed in renowned concert halls, including the Sydney Opera House, Segerstrom Centre for the Arts (United States), Herbst Theatre (United States), and Forbidden City Concert Hall (China).

In 2019, she created "Double Touch", a hybrid electronic collaboration with Australian DJ/Drummer/Producer, Mark Olsen. Their style has been described as a "unique dreamy mix of acoustic and electro sounds". They have performed at festivals and venues across the world, including All Day I Dream Festival (California, USA), Scorpios (Mykonos, Greece), Cova Santa (Ibiza, Spain), Return to Rio Festival (Australia), Cloud 9 (Fiji), Glow Rooftop (Vietnam), and Omnia Bali (Indonesia).

Discography Albums + List of albums, with selected details Title Details Mise-en-scene Released: 2008 Format: Label: Tonalita Released: 2012 Format: Label: Crossfire (with Chris Howlett) Released: 2016 Format: Label: Pop Alchemy Released: 2018 Format: CD, digital Label: Decca Records Virtuoso Meets Soul EP (with Ronee Martin) Released: 2019 Format: Label: Peaceful Piano Essentials Released: 2020 Format: CD, digital Label: Disney on Piano Released: 2021 Format: Digital The Princess and the Piano Released: 2021 Format: CD, Vinyl, digital Label: Decca Classics

Awards and nominations ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 2022 The Princess and the Piano Best Children's Album