PIANO WORKS by ERNEST CHAUSSON - BARRY TAN, piano
Remarked in The Boston Globe for his “mesmerizing performance,” Canadian pianist Barry Tan enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist, collaborative artist, and educator based in Los Angeles. Barry has performed at notable venues worldwide, including the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (Vancouver, Canada), Tanglewood Music Center (Massachusetts, USA), Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria), Banff Centre’s Rolston Recital Hall (Banff, Canada), War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco, USA), Gilles-Lefebvre Concert Hall (Quebec, Canada), Herbert Zipper Concert Hall (Los Angeles, USA), and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York City, USA). His performances have been broadcast on Michigan’s IPR Radio WIAA 98.7FM from Interlochen’s Studio A, featured performances with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra on the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s BSO Now streaming platform, and various collaborative performances at the Colburn School via The Violin Channel.
As a concerto soloist, he has performed with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Philharmonic, University of Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Harmonia Chamber Orchestra, Laos Chamber Orchestra, University of Southern California Symphony Orchestra, West Coast Symphony Orchestra, Temple Symphony Orchestra, and various solo and collaborative performances throughout Canada, USA, and Europe. Through the Sheva label, his discography includes a release of solo piano works by French composer, Ernest Chausson. Barry currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, where he teaches Piano, Music Theory, and coordinates the Chamber Music Program. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, as well as degrees from McGill University and the University of Victoria.
As a concerto soloist, he has performed with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Philharmonic, University of Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Harmonia Chamber Orchestra, Laos Chamber Orchestra, University of Southern California Symphony Orchestra, West Coast Symphony Orchestra, Temple Symphony Orchestra, and various solo and collaborative performances throughout Canada, USA, and Europe. Through the Sheva label, his discography includes a release of solo piano works by French composer, Ernest Chausson. Barry currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, where he teaches Piano, Music Theory, and coordinates the Chamber Music Program. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, as well as degrees from McGill University and the University of Victoria.
