Grace Clifford is Fine Music 102.5 Young Performer of the Year following a performance of Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy Op 25 and Debussy’s Beau Soir at Sydney Conservatorium’s Verbrugghen Hall on Saturday.
Organiser Judy Deacon said her appearance was all the more impressive for the fact that she was still recovering from a severe upper respiratory tract infection and had come very close to forfeiting. ‘Had it been 24 hours earlier, she would not have made it,’ Deacon said.
