Professor Anna Goldsworthy is Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music at the University of Adelaide, and an award-winning pianist, writer, and festival director.
As a pianist, Anna performs extensively throughout Australia and internationally, as a soloist and collaborator. She is a founding member of Seraphim Trio, whose most recent recordings are the ARIA-award-winning Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds for Decca, with Paul Kelly, James Ledger, and Alice Keath, and the ABC Classics set Trio Through Time for ABC Classics.
As a writer, Anna was awarded Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards for her debut memoir, Piano Lessons, released in Australia, North America, Germany, Korea and Vietnam, and shortly to appear in China. Her most recent book, the novel Melting Moments, was released in 2020. She is the author of several works for the stage, including the libretto of the Graeme Koehne’s opera A Christmas Carol, premiered by Victorian Opera in December 2022. Her stage play, Welcome to Your New Life was premiered by the State Theatre Company of South Australia in November 2023.
Anna has directed numerous festivals, including the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, the Coriole Music Festival, and the Music and Mountains Festival in Queenstown, New Zealand. In 2024, she delivered a Boyer Lecture for ABC radio and television, on the future of classical music. Highlights for 2025 include performances throughout Australia and Europe with Seraphim Trio; appearances at the Adelaide Festival; the launch of the Elder Conservatorium’s new staff ensemble, Lumen, under the artistic directorship of Lloyd Van’t Hoff; and collaborations with a number of Australia’s most distinguished musicians, including Andrew Haveron and Teddy Tahu Rhodes.
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