Louisa Breen (accompanies Selena Pettifer) graduated with Bachelor of Music Honours from the University of Melbourne in 1998. In the same year, she began her postgraduate studies on the piano at the Royal College of Music in London, supported by a Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Scholarship, an Associated Board International Scholarship, and the Clarke Scholarship. After gaining a Distinction for her Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Performance, Louisa completed her Masters in Musical Performance in 2001, followed by two years as an RCM Junior Fellow. While in the UK, Louisa won many prizes including the highest prize for piano at the Royal College of Music, the Chappell Gold Medal in 1999. She has toured Asia and Australasia as a member of the RCM Premiere ensemble and performed regularly as a soloist and as a chamber musician in concerts throughout London and the UK, including such venues as the Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, St Martin-inthe- Fields, and St John's Smith Square. She has performed concertos with orchestra in Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe and New Zealand, including the European Premiere of Carl Vine's Piano Concerto in 2001 with the RCM Sinfonietta. In February 2004, Louisa won the piano section of the prestigious Royal Overseas League Music Competition, followed shortly by her solo Wigmore Hall debut. In 2005, Louisa returned to live in Melbourne, and has been working as a freelance pianist since. She is an Associate Artist at the Australian National Academy of Music, and is a regular pianist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
