Eric Zuber
Eric Zuber (born June 9, 1985) is an American virtuoso pianist and pedagogue.
A native of Baltimore, Zuber has won prizes at many international piano competitions, including the Honens International Piano Competition, Cleveland International Piano Competition, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Seoul International Music Competition, Sydney International Piano Competition, Dublin International Piano Competition, Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition, Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition, and the Hilton Head International Piano Competition.[1][2] He made his debut at age 12 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and has since then gone on to perform with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic, the Korean Symphony, and Ireland's RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra among many others. He holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard School, and the Peabody Institute of Music.[3]
He is currently serving as Visiting Professor of Piano Performance at Ball State University in Indiana, and has been Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis' Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and Faculty Associate at the Peabody Institute. In the summer of 2017, Zuber served on the faculty of the Music Fest Perugia for the first time. He will join the piano faculty at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus University in the fall of 2017, as the L. Rexford Whiddon Visiting Chair in Piano Performance. He was recently named Assistant Professor of Piano at the Michigan State University School of Music, where he will begin teaching in the fall of 2022. [4]
References
- Koznin, Allan (November 21, 2007). "A Pianist's Tour of Styles, From Weighty to Delicate". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
- Rosenberg, Donald. "Cleveland piano contest laureate Eric Zuber shows maturity during Mixon Hall concert". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
- "Guest Artist Recital: Eric Zuber, piano". School of Music, University of Washington. 23 February 2014.
- "Eric Zuber to join MSU Piano faculty". www.music.msu.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-04.