Eric Zivian, piano

Eric is a pianist, fortepianist, and composer, with degrees in piano and composition from Curtis, Juilliard, and the Yale School of Music. He is founder and Music Director of the Valley of the Moon Music Festival in Sonoma, specializing in Classical and Romantic music on period instruments. Eric has performed extensively on fortepiano since 2000. In recent years, Eric performed the Mozart C minor Concerto with the Portland Baroque Orchestra and the Beethoven Choral Fantasy with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. At the height of the pandemic, he livestreamed all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas on period pianos.