Annie Burbank was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She studied piano from a young age with Bruce Rixon and the higher levels with Miss Eunice Gardiner, earning the Licentiate diploma in Piano Performance from the Trinity College of London in 1985. Annie completed the Bachelor of Music degree from The University of Sydney in 1988, including composition under Peter Sculthorpe and Dr Eric Gross. She has been composing since she was a child, and has continued to write largely for piano, but also for a variety of instrumental and vocal combinations. Annie is an avid arranger, and loves to reimagine classic tunes on the piano, as well as arranging for choir and other ensembles. Annie has been a working musician for over three decades, performing piano at hotels and restaurants in Australia and overseas, and is currently the resident pianist at the Hydro Majestic Hotel and Echoes Restaurant in the upper Blue Mountains. She has also been teaching for many years privately, as a regional conservatorium staff member, and as a high school music teacher. While teaching, performing and livestreaming weekly, Annie continues to create remarkable and lush pieces for piano and other instruments, at a variety of performance levels. Annie's original pieces are published through Wirripang.

annieburbank.com.au
australiancomposers.com.au/pages/annie-burbank
youtube.com/@annieburbankpiano
twitch.tv/annieburbankpiano
facebook.com/annieburbankpiano/

Diane Berger has held the position of Principal Piccolo/Flute with the Opera Australia Orchestra since 1990. Before this time, Diane studied under Rosamund Plummer at the NSW Conservatorium gaining her Bachelor of Music (with Merit) and at Indiana University with Peter Lloyd and Kate Lukas attaining her Graduate Diploma of Performance (with Distinction). This was achieved with the support of a Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, and grants from the Music Students' Overseas Study Foundation and the Sydney Conservatorium Association.  Private teaching is also a great passion as well as performing in chamber music recitals.  Diane is a Haynes Flute Representative Artist.


Richard Rourke spent two years freelancing in London before becoming a permanent member of the Opera Australia Orchestra in 1992. Richard has recorded and performed widely as a soloist and chamber musician performing with The Gallery Players, the Sydney Symphony and the Australia Ensemble. In 2010 he played with the Australian Chamber Orchestra on their trans-Atlantic tour, performing at the Tanglewood Festival in the US and major European summer festivals. Richard is a Yamaha Music Australia Artist.


Sumiko Yamamura is a freelance accompanist born in Japan. She completed Bachelor of Music in performance with Elizabeth Powell, and Graduate Diploma in piano accompaniment with David Miller at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Sumiko has performed and recorded for ABC FM and Fine Music FM with various musicians and groups including Orana Trio, Sirius Ensemble, The Phoenix Ensemble, Ensemble Vinifera, Kammer Trio, John Cran and Richard Rourke and Jonathon Ramsay. Recently she performed for Lane Cove Music Club with Mark Walton.

Originally based in Melbourne, Tristan Sumarna holds a AMusA and Bachelor of Music in Classical Piano from Monash University. Under the tutelage of Aura Go, he was awarded the Anna Chmiel Memorial Prize in 2021 and 2023, the 1st Place Prize at the Australian Music Competition, and was a finalist in the Monash Concerto and Aria Competition in 2023. In conjunction with piano studies, he first studied organ under Jennifer Chou from his time at Melbourne High School, and has held organ scholarships at Richmond Uniting Church and St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church. In 2024, Tristan was a finalist in the Sydney Organ Competition, and was a participant in masterclass with Olivier Latry at the Sydney Opera House. He is currently continuing his organ studies with Mark Quarmby.

Concurrently, Tristan is working as a meteorologist for the Bureau of Meteorology in Sydney, having studied a Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science and Mathematics at Monash and completed the Bureau's Training Program. He assists in providing weather intelligence to support decisions in the emergency services sector, other organisations, and the wider Australian Community.