Biography

Andrew Rumsey is a classical pianist, accompanist, music educator, and AMEB examiner. He has performed in prestigious festivals around the globe, including the Miami Music Festival, the Atlantic Music Festival, the Burning Man Festival, the Canberra International Music Festival and the Agustin Aponte International Music Festival. He was the Artistic Associate for the late-Autumn residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in 2017.

Graduating with a Masters degree and First-Class Honours degree from the Australian National University, Andrew has been a prize winner in the Margaret Smiles Accompaniment Competition, the ANU School of Music Chamber Music Competition, and the Australian National Eisteddfod. He was also awarded the Imad Nassir Piano Performance Prize and the Dennis Griffin National Masters Piano Scholarship. He is a passionate advocate of Australian classical music, and has given multiple world premiere performances in Australia and abroad.

With a background in psychology, Andrew also has a keen interest in music memorisation and performance anxiety. He has presented lectures at the Atlantic Music Festival in Maine and the Mannes School of Music in New York. He has taught privately, and at the Music Learning Centre (Canberra), the ACT Academy of Music, and Methodist Ladies College (Sydney).

Andrew has led the Kawai Education Direct program since 2018.