Australian pianist Angela Turner enjoys a multifaceted career as pianist and lecturer. Broadcast as soloist and chamber musician, Angela has enjoyed a focus upon chamber music in recent years, most notably with the Lyrebird Trio, who were winners of all piano trio prizes at the quadrennial 2013 Asia Pacific Chamber Music Competition. Lyrebird Trio have been ensemble-in-residence at the Queensland Conservatorium, and at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada.
Angela’s engagements have included appearances at Melbourne Recital Centre, Sydney Opera House, Ukaria, ABC (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne), Kawai Keyboard Series, for Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Musica Viva, and various festivals including Port Fairy, 4MBS, Coriole, Mackay, Tyalgum, and the Australian Piano Duo Festivals.
Since 1998, Angela has been on staff at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, lecturing across a range of practical and academic subjects at pre-tertiary, tertiary and post-graduate levels. She is currently Lecturer in Piano and leads the Senior Piano program for the Young Conservatorium. From 2022-2026, Angela taught piano at the University of Queensland's School of Music. A sought-after adjudicator, presenter and editor, Angela served as Principal Keyboard Consultant for the AMEB’s Piano Series 19 grade books. Her five-volume “Exploring” piano repertoire series is published by Hal Leonard.
Angela completed her Master of Music on exchange at the Royal College of Music, London, and is a graduate and Conservatorium medallist of the Queensland Conservatorium. She is indebted to her former teachers, Yonty Solomon, Natasha Vlassenko and Joyce Bennett.
