Vancouver Playhouse
Eric Guo in Recital
Artists: Eric Guo, fortepiano
Pre-Concert Chat: 02:30pm hosted by Patrick May with Eric Guo
Runtime: Approximately 90 min + 20 min Interval
“His delicacy and subtlety elude many of his competition-prize-winning contemporaries, and he has the liquid quality of tone and phrase that Chopin demands.”
– Boston Music Intelligencer
Canadian pianist and rising star Eric Guo makes his Vancouver debut in this co-presentation between EMV and the Vancouver Chopin Society. A gold medalist of the International Chopin Competition on Historical Instruments in Warsaw (2023) and laureate of the Canadian Chopin Competition, Eric will perform a programme of Chopin’s works on EMV’s 1876 newly acquired Pleyel piano, beautifully restored by Mike Story.
Click here for programme notes by Ruth Enns
This concert is generously sponsored In Loving Memory of Ralph & Therese Spitzer
TICKETS ON SALE IN JULY 2025 THROUGH THE CHOPIN SOCIETY
Presented in collaboration with the Vancouver Chopin Society.
PROGRAMME
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Etude in E flat minor, Op. 10, No. 6
Mazurkas Op.17
Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45
Ballade No. 4 in F minor
INTERVAL
Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat minor, Op. 35
Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 51
Prelude in E flat Major, Op. 28 No. 19
Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20
Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 28 No. 21
Prelude in G minor, Op. 28 No. 22
Prelude in F Major, Op. 28 No. 23
Prelude in D minor, Op. 28 No. 24
Eric Guo, fortepiano
Born in Toronto, Eric Guo started piano at 4 years old. As a recipient of David and Renette Berman Scholarships, he enrolled in Athe rtist Diploma Program in Sept 2024 studying under Professor John Perry and James Anagnoson after obtaining a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance (Honours) at The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto.
As a soloist, Eric has appeared with numerous orchestras: the UK’s Royal Philharmonic, {oh!} Orkiestra, Collegium 1704, Bach Collegium Japan, Ural Youth Symphony, Fort Worth, Minnesota, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Ontario Philharmonic, Burlington Symphony Orchestra, Oakville Chamber Orchestra, Drummondville Orchestra, among others.
Eric has performed in concert in Warsaw Philharmonic, Chopin’s Birthplace at Żelazowa Wola, the Chopin Museum, Krzysztofory Palace, Pszczyna castle, Rudolfinum, BOZAR, Lukaskirche Dresden, Salle Cortot, Bibliothèque Polonaise, Ateneo de Madrid, Ehrbar Saal, Tokyo Opera City Hall, Hamamatsu Act City, Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Merkin Concert Hall in New York (aired on WQXR), Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, North Carolina Museum of Art, Stetson Chapel, Gusman Concert Hall, Koerner Hall, Roy Thomson Hall, George Weston Hall, Four Seasons Center, Harbourfront Theatre, McMaster University’s LIVELab, etc.
He has honed his artistry in numerous festivals/courses, including: Radziejowice (modern and fortepiano), Brescia, Piano Academy Eppan, Gilmore Festival Fellowship and Maria Joao Pires' Partitura Project.
He was named one of the CBC 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30 in 2019.
