Eric Zivian: Virtuoso fortepianist plays chopin.

Eric Zivian was born in Michigan and grew up in Toronto, Canada, where he attended the Royal Conservatory of Music. After receiving a diploma there, he left home at age fifteen to attend the Curtis Institute of Music, where he received a Bachelor of Music degree. He went on to receive graduate degrees from the Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music.

He studied piano with Gary Graffman and Peter Serkin and composition with Ned Rorem, Jacob Druckman, and Martin Bresnick. He attended the Tanglewood Music Center both as a performer and as a composer.

Mr. Zivian has given solo recitals in Toronto, New York, Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area. He has played concertos with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the Portland Baroque orchestra.

Since 2000, Mr. Zivian has performed extensively on original instruments. He is a member of the Zivian-Tomkins Duo, a fortepiano-cello duo that has performed throughout the United States. He is also a member of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and has performed with the Empyrean Ensemble and Earplay. He is a frequent guest artist on the San Francisco Conservatory's faculty chamber music series.

Mr. Zivian's compositions have been performed widely in the United States and in Tokyo, Japan. He was awarded an ASCAP Jacob Druckman Memorial Commission to compose an orchestral work, Three Character Pieces, which was premiered by the Seattle Symphony in March 1998.

  Eric Zivian

[Chopin Preludes for Piano by Eric Zivian]

Chopin Preludes for Piano
Eric Zivian lives in California, USA.

Tagged as: Classical, Romantic Era, Instrumental, Composer: Frederic Chopin, John Buckman Signature Series, Classical Piano.

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