Eve Egoyan, Piano

A leading composer and performer of new works for piano, renowned Armenian-Canadian pianist Eve Egoyan makes her Wentworth Villa debut Piano Next: Extending the piano in response to the pianist’s touch. Eve Egoyan‘s works for augmented and acoustic piano delve into the space between what a piano can do and what she has always wished it could do. At their core is the live acoustic sound of the piano, but through the delicate intervention of technology and recorded sounds, Eve tests (and teases) the edges of that sound, pushing it beyond the familiar, through the impossible, and into the extraordinary. Recital Program Eve Egoyan In Stone A Doubling Ghosts Beneath my Fingertips ( for Viva) "We are Stardust” Eve Egoyan is a celebrated Armenian-Canadian pianist born in Victoria. She has performed as a soloist at major festivals across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, including Other Minds (USA), Huddersfield (UK), Sydney Festival (Australia), Klangspuren (Austria), Kobe International Festival (Japan), and Luminato, Victoriaville, and PuSh Festivals in Canada. Solo recitals have taken her to major Canadian venues such as Koerner Hall, George Weston Hall, The Isabel, Salle Bourgie, and Domaine Forget, and she has performed as soloist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver CBC Orchestra among others. She has collaborated extensively with artists across theatre, dance, film, and new media, and has released thirteen acclaimed solo discs, many featuring works written expressly for her. As a composer, Eve writes for augmented and acoustic piano, exploring the space between what a piano can do and what she has always wished it could. At its core is the live acoustic sound of the piano, but through the delicate intervention of technology, she pushes it beyond the familiar — through the impossible and into the extraordinary. She’s widely broadcast on CBC Radio, named one of Canada’s 25 top pianists of all time by the CBC, and inducted into the CBC Hall of Fame. Major awards include the Muriel Sherrin Award for music performance and Canada Council New Chapters funding for Solo for Duet.