Aidan Boase

Melbourne-based pianist Aidan Boase enjoys the multifaceted life of a pianist and collaborator. He is an Associate Faculty Artist at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), where he has the delightful job of performing alongside and coaching musicians of the Academy. He performs regularly with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria as an orchestral musician. In 2025 and 2026 he has the pleasure of joining Rubiks Collective for shows at the Canberra International Music Festival, as well as in Perth, Melbourne and Bendigo. Aidan has performed at festivals in Europe and in the US, and he was a 2015 fellow at the prestigious Norfolk Chamber Music Festival of Yale University. He was a prize winner in the Virtuoso and Bel Canto Chamber Music Competition in Lucca, Italy. As a concerto soloist Aidan has performed with orchestras around the country, including the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria.

Aidan was born in Perth, Western Australia, and has completed studies with Anna Sleptsova at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and with Timothy Young at ANAM in Melbourne. During his time studying at ANAM he was twice a finalist in the Concerto Competition and won first prize and the 3MBS Listeners' Choice award in the Chamber Music Competition.