Catherine Norton

New Zealand pianist Catherine Norton studied with Dr Thomas Hecht at Victoria University of Wellington, winning the VUW Concerto Competition in 2002. She soon became sought after as an accompanist specialising in vocal repertoire, and in 2006 was an Emerging Artist with the NBR New Zealand Opera. She is currently based in London and studies with Eugene Asti and Pamela Lidiard at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she was the winner of the 2010 Paul Hamburger Prize for voice and piano duo and the 2011 Cunard Piano Accompaniment Prize.