ABC Classic Presents: Lily Bryant

The ABC Young Performers Awards is Australia's most prestigious and longest-running classical music competition, which has for decades provided a national platform for emerging artists to launch their professional careers. In 2026, in celebration of ABC Classic's 50th anniversary, the competition has returned with a renewed commitment to fostering the next generation of exceptional young artists.

The twelve semi finalists have just been announced and ABC Classic invites you to be a part of the audience in their ABC Young Performers Awards journey. To learn about each semi finalist, head to the ABC Young Performers Awards website.

About Lily Bryant:

Lily Bryant is a musician, educator and writer, balancing a passion for arts communication alongside a demanding career as a freelance orchestral flautist. She was awarded the Queensland Conservatorium Medal at the completion of her Bachelors degree, before going on to study at the Australian National Academy of Music. She has won First Prize in both the Australian Youth Classical Music Competition and the Australian International Flute Competition, and performed extensively as a chamber musician, soloist and orchestral player across Australia and internationally.

In 2023 Lily was the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Flute Fellow, and she has since appeared as Principal Flute with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and the Sydney, Adelaide and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, having held the role of Acting Principal Flute with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra since the end of 2024. An avid speaker and writer about music, her work has been published in Limelight, CutCommon and Kill Your Darlings, and in her free time she appears as a presenter for 2MBS Fine Music Sydney.

Program:

Matt Laing Destructive Interference

Henri Dutilleux Sonatine for Flute and Piano

Franz Doppler Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise

Lowell Liebermann Sonata for Flute and Piano

Ian Clarke Zoom Tube

Please be advised that this performance forms part of the Semi-finals for the ABC Young Performers Awards 2026.

The performance will be recorded and filmed, and attended by a live adjudication panel.

Guests are kindly requested to arrive at least 10 minutes before the event start time as lockouts may apply for late arrivals.