Rebecca Chambers (pianist)

For other people named Rebecca Chambers, see Rebecca Chambers (disambiguation).

Rebecca Chambers (born 31 May 1975) 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 Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards 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 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. Rebecca won the MSM

I am very proud of being Australian. I appreciate it much more now I’ve gone overseas. We have a unique personality, which is very refreshing.

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, Rebecca stated:

Sometimes you have no idea what defines you or your nation until you've spoken to other people and have their perspective. … We all want happiness, we all want to avoid pain and suffering.

Rebecca has a son, Fox McMaster who was born on September 7, 2009. Rebecca Chambers is married to Greg McMaster, a vocalist (tenor) 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. Rebecca Chambers is the director of CHAMBERS MUSIC and been teaching private piano lessons for over 20 years. Rebecca is an accomplished ballroom dancer. She has also produced, edited and filmed 5 documentaries, which have been aired on Channel 31. Rebecca is a Naturopath, having completed an Advanced Diploma in Health Science (Naturopathy) from Endeavour College (formerly the Australian College of Natural Medicine) in 2009.