Rebecca Chambers (pianist)
Rebecca Chambers is an Australian concert pianist from Melbourne. In 1996 she was named Young Australian of the Year. She was educated at Victorian College of the Arts. She made her debut as piano soloist with an orchestra at age 7.
She won the piano section of the ABC Young Performers Award in 1993 and has performed around Australia with every symphony orchestra. She received the Roy Rubinstein Award while pursuing her master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music. A solo performance with the Manhattan Symphony at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City was her professional debut overseas, as winner of the inaugural Panasonic Award. She also received the John Gaitskell Mensa Award for highest academic and performance achievement.
When interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald in 2003 for a story about how winners of the Young Australian of the Year Award thought their country had changed, Chambers stated:
Chambers has a son, Fox McMaster, who was born on September 7, 2009. She is married to Greg McMaster, a vocalist and a personal trainer for over 20 years. Together they started a business in May, 2014 called Kidko. Kidko holds performing arts classes - singing, dance and drama as incursions and after school classes.
Chambers is the director of Chambers Music and been teaching private piano lessons for over 20 years.
She is an accomplished ballroom dancer. She has also produced, filmed and edited five documentaries, which have been aired on Channel 31.
Chambers is a naturopath, having completed an Advanced Diploma in Health Science from Endeavour College in 2009.
