{"id":99714,"date":"2023-10-16T16:59:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=99714"},"modified":"2023-10-16T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:59:34","slug":"scoop-glenn-gould-school-student-eric-guo-wins-2nd-international-chopin-competition-period-instruments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/10\/16\/scoop-glenn-gould-school-student-eric-guo-wins-2nd-international-chopin-competition-period-instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Glenn Gould School Student Eric Guo Wins 2nd International Chopin Competition On Period Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eric Guo (Photos courtesy of The Fryderyk Chopin Institute)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eric Guo, currently in his fourth year of study in the BMus programme at the Glenn Gould School, has won the first prize at the 2nd International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments. He is a laureate of the Fifth Canadian Chopin Piano Competition and was named one of CBC\u2019s 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30 in 2019.<\/p>\n

The competition, held every five years at the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, comes with a \u20ac25,000 cash prize.<\/p>\n

For the finals, Eric performed the Chopin\u2019s Concerto in E minor on an 1842 Pleyel. He also won the award for Best Mazurka performance. He is a graduate of The Royal Conservatory\u2019s Taylor Academy, and currently studies with David Louie and John Perry at the GGS.<\/p>\n

Along with the cash prize, the win comes with an exciting and far-reaching three-month, 10-concert tour of Europe and Asia that will include stops in Prague, Vienna, Dresden, Madrid, Brussels, Hamamatsu, and Tokyo.<\/p>\n