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Eric Guo, Toronto native, started piano at 4 years old. Currently full scholarship studying with John Perry and David Louie in 4th Year Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance (Honours) at The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, and alumnus of The Royal Conservatory’s Taylor Academy studying with Li Wang and John O’Conor.

Top prize-winner of international competitions: Chopin Competition on period instruments in Warsaw, PianoTexas Concerto Competition, Minnesota e-Piano, Hastings Concerto Competition, Moscow Chopin Competition and Canadian Chopin Competition. Also CMC Grand Prize. Named CBC 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30 and recipient of 2023 Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Arts Grant in Piano.

Performed at prestigious venues in Europe, USA, Canada, such as: Rudolfinum in Prague, Vzlet in Prague, Dresden Lukaskirche, Salle Cortot and Bibliothèque Polonaise in Paris, Warsaw National Philharmonic Hall, Chopin’s Birthplace in Żelazowa Wola, Chopin Museum in Warsaw, Krzysztofory Palace of Krakow Museum, Pszczyna castle in Poland, Ateneo de Madrid, Bozar in Brussels, Ehrbar in Vienna. Merkin Concert Hall in New York (aired on WQXR), North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, Gusman Concert Hall in Miami, Koerner Hall, Salle Gilles Lefebvre, Maison des Arts Desjardins Drummondville, Four Seasons Center, Harbourfront Theatre, McMaster University LIVELab, Burlington Performing Arts Centre, etc. Jan 2024 Japan tour: Hamamatsu Act City, Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Tokyo Opera City Hall, etc.

Worked with conductors: Rory Macdonald, Vaclav Luks, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Mark Russell Smith, Sergio Baietta, Earl Lee, Marco Parisotto, Denis Mastromonaco, Julien Proulx, Charles Demuynck, etc

Appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras: UK’s Royal Philharmonic, Poland’s {oh!} Orkiestra, Czech’s Collegium 1704, Russia’s Ural Youth Symphony, Italy’s Brescia Master Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Minnesota Symphony, Drummondville Symphony, Ontario Philharmonic, Burlington Symphony Orchestra, Oakville Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Toronto. Jan 2024 for Chopin both concertos with Bach Collegium Japan under Masaaki Suzuki in Tokyo, etc.

As guest artist, he played recitals at Paderewski Festival in Raleigh and Krakow Piano Summer. Participated in many festivals and courses: Poland’s Radziejowice (modern and fortepiano), Italy’s Brescia, Italy’s Piano Academy Eppan, Gilmore Festival Fellowship and Maria Joao Pires’ Partitura Project in Kalamazoo, PianoTexas, Miami’s Frost Chopin, California’s Music@Menlo, Cincinnati’s Art of the Piano, Philadelphia’s Curtis Summerfest, Academy Fortepiano Performance in Hunter NY, Orford Musique, etc.

Mentored by renowned artists: James Anagnoson, Emanuel Ax, Andrea Bonatta, Angela Cheng, Alvin Chow, Jeremy Denk, Dang Thai Son, Pavel Gililov, Stewart Goodyear, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Krzysztof Jablonski, Gilbert Kalish, Kevin Kenner, Robert Levin, Boris Slutsky, Robert McDonald, Anton Nel, Garrick Ohlsson, Ronan O’Hora, Piotr Paleczny, Maria Joao Pires, Ewa Pobłocka, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Arie Vardi, Adam Wibrowski, etc.