BIOGRAPHY
In 2020, Augustin Graduated with his International Baccalaureate Diploma, as a principal's list student at Mulgrave School in West Vancouver. Augustin excels in science, sports, and music. Augustin represented his school in the 2018 BC Track and Field Championships and was awarded the MVP for athletic excellence. For two consecutive summers since 2018, Augustin was invited to work in a cancer research internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital (USA). As part of his gap year during 2020-2021, Augustin is pioneering a data collection software that has the potential to increase data-collection efficiency in the field of Ovarian Physiology Research. Augustin aspires to one day be able to study both music and science at university. He speaks French, English, Spanish and Mandarin.
Since his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 10, Augustin Henry Wright has been establishing himself as an emerging, dynamic Canadian pianist. He has distinguished himself in many local, national and international competitions; most recently, at the Virtuoso International Competition, Salzburg, Austria. He has performed numerous times on CBC radio, and featured on the award-winning TV Series “Virtuose”. Just before the pandemic hit, Augustin was awarded second prize and a scholarship at the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition. In 2018, Augustin’s chamber group won first place in the BC Friends of Chamber Music competition. Furthermore, he was the grand prize winner in the Phyllis Salter Scholarship Competition, senior division winner of the Chilliwack Lions Club Kiwanis festival, senior division concerto winner of the Vancouver Kiwanis Festival, and was selected as a representative for BC Performing Arts Dominion festivals. In 2019, Augustin performed solo piano with orchestra at the CHAN Centre for Performing Arts and was awarded a scholarship in the Bjorn & Lori Hareid Senior Secondary Provincial competition.
Augustin is a piano student at the Vancouver Academy of Music, where he completed two years of the Young Artist Collegiate Program (YACP) for gifted students. Augustin holds with the highest distinction, an FLCM Fellowship diploma, an LLCM Licentiate diploma from the London College of Music (England), ARCT diplomas in both Piano and Cello performance from Royal Conservatory of Music (Canada). He studies piano with Krystyna Tucka, and cello with Bo Peng.
Annually since 2011, Augustin has produced and performed various benefit concerts for charities such as UNICEF, Red Cross, and ALS. Augustin performed the opening concert for the 2018 International Rotary Club Peace Building & Environmental Conference. Augustin was invited as a motivational speaker to talk to young musicians at the Steinway Young Artists Chinese New Year Gala, 2018. For his community service work, Augustin has three times been awarded the Mayor of West Vancouver Youth Recognition Award. He was awarded the gold level 2019 Duke of Edinburgh International Award (Canada). Augustin also received the "Youth Who Make a Difference" award from UNICEF and has been featured in the spring 2018 and 2019 editions of UNICEF Canada magazine.