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Louise Page Soprano T: +61 2 6125 5770 F: +61 2 6248 0997 E: Louise.Page@anu.edu.au

Soprano Louise Page is one of Australia 's most highly regarded singers, appearing in opera, operetta, oratorio, cabaret, recital and broadcasts.

Louise won the 1995 inaugural Mietta's Song Recital Competition and the 1989 ABC Young Performer of the Year vocal final. As winner of the Robert Stolz/Apex scholarship to Vienna , the Belgian Radio and Television Opera en Bel Canto Prize and as a member of the young artist program of the Vienna State Opera, Louise performed throughout Europe and Australia , including roles at the Vienna State Opera.

Now based in Canberra, Louise is a very versatile performer who regularly appears with groups such as Art Song Canberra, the Royal Military College Band, Stopera, Canberra Choral Society and the Wesley Music Centre. She frequently performs in various regional music centres and for groups in Sydney and Melbourne.   She has appeared as a soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the Central Coast Symphony Orchestra and the National Capital Orchestra.

For the large body of work presented in 2007, Louise was awarded a Canberra Critics Circle Award for musical excellence and the title of the 2007 Canberra Times Artist of the Year.  She combines performing with teaching, adjudicating and recording.

With Phillipa Candy she has recorded 2 CDs of Lieder - Louise Page sings Richard Strauss (Move), and Eternity: the Song Cycles of Erich Korngold. A popular new album Looking to the Light – Songs of Christmas (Move) was released at Christmas 2007.  She is in the process of recording 2 more CDs for release in 2008.

School of Music faculty member since 2008.