David Eade International Piano Scholarship

The scholarship is to assist in the education and training of international classical piano undergraduate students at the New Zealand School of Music. This scholarship was established in 2023 through a bequest from David Philps Eade to assist classical pianists studying at the New Zealand School of Music. Recipients must demonstrate exceptional piano performance ability through a recorded audition of four pieces of contrasting mood, tempo and style: any composition of Bach, Scarlatti or Handel; a fast movement from a work by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert; one Romantic composition; and one 20th/21st-century work. One of the four pieces must be a virtuosic etude. Recipients will be expected to perform in a concert honouring the memory of David P Eade and demonstrate engagement within the New Zealand School of Music community through participation in ensembles and masterclasses.