Piers Lane

Lane's English father and Australian mother met while auditioning as piano students for the Royal College of Music . Lane was born in London and he grew up in Brisbane . He graduated with a Medal of Excellence from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music , where his teacher was Nancy Weir , winning the Margaret Nickson Prize in 1978 and the Ruby C Cooling prize in 1977 and 1978. He was later awarded an honorary doctorate by the conservatorium.

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