Dr. Stephanie Neeman is an active international performer and has performed to critical acclaim across the United States, Asia, and Australia. Stephanie  has won virtually all major piano competitions in Indonesia, including the first prize in the prestigious Yamaha National Piano Competition. She won first prizes in the Empire State International Piano Competition and the Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition. She was also a top prizewinner and won the prize for the best interpretation and outstanding performance of Franz Liszt at the Liszt-Garrison International Piano Competition in the United States. Stephanie performs regularly with her husband Edward Neeman as the Neeman Piano Duo. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music at the Manhattan School of Music in New York and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from CCM at the University of Cincinnati as a scholarship student of James Tocco. She is currently the head of the piano department at ELMS Conservatory of Music in Jakarta.  Stephanie’s passion and dedication to teaching have brought positive impact and accomplishment to her students. Her students have won top prizes at the Pittsburgh International Piano Competition, Seattle International Piano Competition, Henle International Piano Competition, Steinway Piano Competition, Sydney Eisteddfod, Carmel Klavier International Competition, Southeast Asia International Chopin Piano Competition, the ASEAN International Concerto Competition, the Alberti International Piano Competition, Hong Kong International Music Festival, among others. She is in demand as an adjudicator, judging the Mozart International Piano Competition in Thailand, the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, West Australian Pianists Competition, and numerous competitions and festivals in the United States and Asia. She is the author of an advice column for STACCATO, a monthly music education magazine in Indonesia. She has previously served as the CEO/Artistic Director of Music for Canberra (Canberra Youth Orchestra) and as a piano professor at Valdosta State University and University of Utah. www.neemanpianoduo.com

Timothy Young is one of Australia's leading pianists, Head of Piano at the Australian National Academy of Music and a founding member of Ensemble Liaison, for whom he has composed and made countless arrangements for their ‘Ensemble Liaison and Friends’ annual series. His versatility and large repertoire has seen him forge a career as a pianist that highlights the eclectic nature of the instrument itself. Recent activity includes touring Australia with violinist Ray Chen for Castiglione Arts and Culture, performing in the Boulez Saal season in Berlin with Soprano Siobhan Stagg and touring NZ with Ensemble Liaison for Chamber Music NZ. As a concerto soloist highlights include a performance of Messiaen’s ‘Turangalilia Symphony’ at Hamer Hall with the Australian World Orchestra and conductor Simone Young, the Ravel Concerto with the MSO and conductor Benjamin Northey at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, play/directing Mozart and Ligeti Concertos from the keyboard for the Mostly Mozart Series at the MRC with the ANAM Orchestra, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Ginastera’s Piano Concerto n.1 with conductor Ilyich Rivas, Stravinsky’s Concerto for piano and winds with Paul Dean, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with Fabian Russell. Frequent festival appearances include all of Australia’s major festivals and internationally the Novi Sad Music Summer Festival in Serbia, the Kotor Arts International Festival in Montenegro, MIMIR FestivalTexas, and the Capraia Festival of Music in Italy. Timothy’s internationally acclaimed discography champions Australian composers with a recent release for ABC Classics of Australian chamber works written for Ensemble Liaison, the complete works of Stuart Greenbaum for clarinet and piano with David Griffiths and for the MOVE label a unique collaboration with the Tony Gould trio and Ensemble Liaison. For Tall Poppies label he has recorded Australian piano and cello works with cellist, David Pereira. For Heritage Records UK with Penelope Thwaites he features in the complete two piano music of Percy Grainger. For the MOVE record label he has recorded Michael Kieran-Harvey’s Symphony without orchestra and for the Melba label in Australia he has recorded a solo recital of works by the Australian George Frederick Boyle, along with numerous collaborations with violist Roger Benedict, and the complete works of Stravinsky for piano and violin with violinist Ray Chen. Other recital disks include performances with soprano Cheryl Barker and virtuoso violin and piano works with Christian Li for the distinguished Decca label UK.