Eric Tan

Winner of the 2007 Provincial Young Artist Competition held in Mississauga, July 2007.

Fifteen year old Eric Tan is this years Young Artist.  He began studying piano at the age of seven and has performed both as a soloist and in ensemble at various events including Roy Thomson Hall’s Open House, and at the Glenn Gould Theatre for the Ontario Trillium Foundation (which he did at the age of 10).

A busy performer and competitor, Eric won first place in the Canadian Music Competition 2007 National Final (16 years and under age category).  This year he has also received an Honourable Mention in the OMFA Provincial finals (June), captured first prize in the Grand Prize Competition in the ALL TV Music Festival in May and he received the David Ouchterlony Memorial Award/Scholarship for the Most Promising Piano Student in the GTA Kiwanis.

Eric was the grand winner of the Central Toronto ORMTA Spring Senior Honours Recital in 2006 and he also won first prize in the overall piano senior division in the ALL TV Music Festival in 2006. Eric has received First Class Honours with Distinction on his RCM grades 9 and 10 piano as well as all of his theory examinations over the past two years. He is currently studying for his ARCT in piano performance with Gloria Saarinen.  Eric is the official accompanist for Dixon Hall Music School Choir and his high school’s concert choir. He is currently enrolled in a grade 9 gifted program.

Apart from playing piano, Eric has an interest in composing and has written three piano solo pieces as well as a trio for violin, cello and piano.  He likes to take challenges such as entering math and writing contests.  He also enjoys reading, playing chess and sports. c

Toccata in E minor
Sonata in E major, Op. 109
L'Isle Joyeuse

INTERMISSION

Deux Études de Sonorité
24 Preludes, No. 24
Ballade in A flat major, Op. 47, No. 3The Winter Wind, Etude, Op. 25, No.11

J. S. Bach
L. van Beethoven
C. Debussy

F. Morel
D. Kabalevsky
F. Chopin
F. Chopin

Tour Dates:

Sunday, October 14, 2007
Niagara Falls Branch
2:00 pm
Niagara Falls Public Library, LaMarsh Room
4848 Victoria Ave., Niagara Falls
Contact: Nancy Dale 905-468-5639

Saturday, October 20, 2007
Hamilton-Halton Branch
7:00 pm
First Unitarian Church
2170 Dundurn St. South, Hamilton
Contact: Heather Dunham 905-627-5646

Sunday, October 21, 2007
Sarnia Branch
2:00 pm
Dunlop United Church
757 Rosedale Ave., Sarnia
Contact: Connie Kennedy 519-339-8909

Sunday, November 4, 2007
Owen Sound Branch
2:30 pm
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
840 1st Ave. West, Owen Sound
Contact: Linda Hawkins 519-371-1237

Sunday, November 18, 2007
Thunder Bay Branch
2:00 pm
Lakehead University, Jean McNulty Recital Hall
Thunder Bay
Contact: Derek Oger 807-345-3423

Sunday, November 25, 2007
London Branch
3:00 pm
Riverside United Church
451 Dunedin Dr., London
Contact: Anne Weiser 519-432-1481