Closing & Piano Recital
| Sunday, July 27, 2025 |
| 5:35 PM - 6:00 PM |
| West Road Concert Hall |
Overview
- Closing remarks: The Honourable Diana Bryant AO KC, Chair of the World Congress
- George Gershwin (1898–1937): Rhapsody in Blue (1924), by Albert Frantz, world renowned concert pianist
Speaker
The Honourable Diana Bryant
Chair
World Congress on Children’s Rights and Family Law
Opening Ceremony closing remarks
Biography
Former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Chair of the World Congress of Family Law & Children’s Rights
Mr Albert Frantz
Piano recital: George Gershwin (1898–1937): Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
5:45 PM - 6:00 PMAbstract
This is the piece that inspired Albert Frantz to discover his musical talent in his late teens and aspire to become a concert pianist. He performed it to a standing ovation for his first onstage performance but never again due to its association with childhood trauma — until he made a startling and cathartic discovery about his family decades later.
Biography
Albert Frantz is an American concert pianist based in Vienna, Austria. He began piano studies at the unusual age of 17 and became a Fulbright Scholar, Bösendorfer Artist, and Ironman triathlete. Albert's unique story was the subject of a documentary and he was the cover story for Toastmaster Magazine in 142 countries. As a late-discovery donor-conceived person and children's rights activist, he speaks internationally on identity as a human right and protecting children from violence at venues including the Austrian Parliament and the United Nations in Geneva. A special highlight of the coming season will be Albert’s performance of the inaugural Concert for Children’s Rights at Vienna’s City Hall, together with the Vienna Boys’ Choir and Vienna Girls’ Choir, in support of children's rights nonprofits: UNICEF Austria, the World Childhood Foundation, Kindernothilfe and the Kinderschutzbund.
