The Orchestra Project

Meet Joshua Han, our Piano Soloist,

23-year-old Australian pianist Joshua Han has been praised for “complete mastery of his instrument as well as complete empathy with the music” (Sydney Arts Guide). Joshua is an accomplished performer who has received international success and appeared with distinguished orchestras including the Queensland Symphony, Sendai Philharmonic (Japan) and Suwon Philharmonic (South Korea).

Joshua achieved critical recognition with first prizes at the 2025 International Piano Competition J. S. Bach in Saarbrücken, Germany, and the 2024 Australian National Piano Award, where he also received the prize for Audience vote and prizes for best interpretation of Bach, Chopin, and Beethoven. He was also awarded Second Prize at the 2024 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, where final round performance of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra received Concerto Prize and QSO Musicians’ Choice Prize. Joshua maintains a regular performance schedule; feature appearances in the 2025–26 season include the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Harbour Ensemble, Canberra International Music Festival, Albury Chamber Music Festival, Shepparton Arts Festival, among others.

Born in 2002, Joshua started piano studies at the age of four with his mother. Joshua showed early promise by being among the youngest recipients of the Licentiate of Music (LMusA) at 10 years and Fellowship Recital Diploma (FTCL) at 14 years. He received first prizes at the 2014 Ettlingen International Piano Competition, Germany, and the 2015 Aarhus International Piano Competition, Denmark. Joshua and his violinist brother, Oscar, appeared in the 2013 edition of the television talent show, Australia’s Got Talent, where they progressed to the Grand Final stage.

Joshua currently studies a Master of Music Studies (Performance) under Dr Paul Rickard-Ford at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He is a current grant recipient of the Theme and Variations Foundation and Cope-Williams Arts Foundation.

📷 Joe Cheng

Meet Eve McEwen, Associate Principal Horn of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Born and raised in Sydney, Eve began playing the horn at age nine and went on to study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, graduating in 2018. She later continued her training at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), where she performed Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 2 with the ANAM Orchestra.

Before joining WASO, Eve built a vibrant freelance career, performing with the Sydney Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony, and Opera Australia orchestras, and appearing as Guest Principal Horn with Orchestra Victoria and Guest Associate Principal Horn with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She has also featured on numerous film and video game soundtrack recordings.

Outside of music, Eve enjoys cooking and tending to her ever-growing collection of indoor plants.