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SUMMARY:Music Appreciation Series: Eric Tran\, Piano
DESCRIPTION:“A View Over the Water” UW-Madison lecturer Eric Tran will pe
 rform a piano concert on the theme of “Water" with engaging commentary t
 hat will make the works easily understood by all. The music will include
  Chopin\, Ravel\, and Tran. The concert will conclude with a brief Q&A s
 ession. Eric Tran (D.M.A.) is a pianist-composer and teacher. He is a na
 tive of the Bay Area\, CA\, graduating with honors from Stanford Univers
 ity and receiving his MM from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. A
 fter his piano duo—infamously known as “Happy Dog Duo”—won 1st prize and
  the Abild American Music Award at the Ellis Duo Piano Competition\, he 
 went on a 2-year performance tour of the US\, which included a guest art
 ist performance at the Chautauqua Institution and a historic performance
  on the Pleyel Double Grand Piano. Tran moved to Madison\, earning his D
 MA with Christopher Taylor at the Mead Witter School of Music at the Uni
 versity of Wisconsin–Madison\, where he now serves as lecturer. Tran has
  performed in Italy\, Korea\, China\, Canada\, and in 20 US states. He w
 on multiple awards from the Wideman International Piano Competition\, 3r
 d place from the American Prize\, and invitations to the US Chopin Natio
 nal and Virginia Waring International. Tran was selected for a Gilmore F
 ellowship and has also performed at PianoTexas\, Aspen\, and Art of the 
 Piano\, where he worked with Jonathan Biss\, Robert Levin\, Leonard Slat
 kin\, and Olga Kern. Tran’s compositions have been performed across the 
 US\, including by the St. Lawrence String Quartet and the Friction Quart
 et. The SF Examiner reviewed his String Quartet as having “a tendency to
  thwart the usual expectations… fascinating”. His String Quartet also wo
 n the 1st Prize in Composition from the Pacific Musical Society\, after 
 which no 1st Prize was awarded for almost a decade. It can be heard on T
 ran’s album Water along with other original solo/chamber music. In addit
 ion to writing concert music\, Tran has composed over 100 pedagogical pi
 eces for different levels. Tran has given masterclasses and workshops fo
 r the Jacobs School of Music Young Pianists program\, the National Feder
 ation of Music Clubs Conference\, and for teachers in the Madison area. 
 His scholarly edition of the Chopin Barcarolle Op. 60 has been downloade
 d more than 3000 times and has been praised by International Chopin winn
 er Kevin Kenner\, Juilliard Professor Hung-Kuan Chen\, and Van Cliburn W
 inner Jon Nakamatsu. Tran’s students have won prizes for piano and compo
 sition and have gone on to pursue degrees at UC Berkeley and UCLA. Tran 
 has been involved for over 15 years with the US Open Music Competition\,
  a non-profit organization that holds a comprehensive annual competition
  for over 1\,000 young musicians across 100 events. As a youth\, he was 
 its record-setting\, 29-time gold medalist. He later held posts as compo
 ser-in-residence\, accompanist\, adjudicator\, and program director. His
  principal studies were with pianists Sharon Mann\, Thomas Schultz\, and
  Christopher Taylor\; and with composers Jaroslaw Kapuscinski and Laura 
 Schwendinger. He underwent additional piano studies with Julian Martin\,
  Arie Vardi\, and Kevin Kenner. Outside of music\, Tran is also a youth 
 chess coach. www.erictranmusic.com General Admission - Free Will Donatio
 n\n\nMore info: https://www.stoughtonoperahouse.com/events/2026/11/9/mus
 ic-appreciation-series-eric-tran-pianonbsp\n\nhttps://findlocal.communit
 y/event/afcaded5-20b9-4f0c-a51c-63760a192ab6
LOCATION:Stoughton Opera House\, Stoughton\, WI
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/afcaded5-20b9-4f0c-a51c-63760a192ab
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