Biography
The Early Years
Sarah was born in Launceston, Tasmania (Australia), where she first studied piano with her mother. At the age of 12 she received a state music scholarship and it was decided that she should continue her studies with Eric Mitchell in Hobart. At 15, Sarah received a Queen's Trust Award to continue her studies at the Moscow Central Music School.
Sarah and Eric Mitchell in Hobart
The Moscow Conservatory
Natalia Trull and Alexander Strukov
On graduating from the Central Music School, Sarah was accepted into the prestigious Moscow State Conservatory, where she obtained a BMus under the guidance of Natalia Trull and Alexander Strukov.
Gordon Fergus-Thompson
Freiburg, Paris and London
Following a two-year period of private study with Hungarian pianist Tibor Szasz in Freiburg, Germany, Sarah received the Albert Roussel scholarship to further her studies with Germaine Mounier at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. She then obtained an MMus in performance from the Royal College of Music in London, where she was similarly a scholarship holder, under the guidance of international concert pianist Gordon Fergus-Thompson.
Sarah Cabrol-Douat
Sarah regularly gives concerts in Europe, both as a soloist and a chamber musician. She has performed in such venues as Steinway and Sons and St. Martin in the Fields in London, with the Duisburg Orchestra (Germany) and as part of the International Festival of Mantua (Italy).
Sarah regularly returns to Australia, giving recitals to great critical acclaim in her home town of Launceston and across Tasmania and Victoria. She performs regularly in Paris, which has been her home since 2003.
Sarah has been professor of piano at the La Piana music school in Paris since 2005. She inaugurated the Music Discovery series in 2023.