On Saturday night at the Auckland Town Hall, Angel Tao led the Nino Rota Trio to victory in a magnificent performance at the national finals of this highly prestigious secondary school competition.
All three girls (Angel Tao, Ella Zhang and Iris Guo) have played chamber music since Year 7 and have won Junior Awards, Newcomers Awards, Adjudicator Awards and last year both Angel and Ella were selected for national finals.
At this year’s finals, all three judges were unanimous in their decision about the top award and they congratulated the girls on their mature interpretation of this very difficult work.
Their achievement this year in chamber music is exceptional, especially given Angel is only in Year 10!!
All these talented musicians have represented Dio in orchestras and choirs over the years and each of them, individually, have won prizes at international competitions.
