Eric Le Van
Anaheim,CA
Summary
Professional pianist with over 20 years of experience accompanying Catholic masses, interacting and working collaboratively with singers, ensembles, priests, and directors of parish life. Hardworking and encouraging musician with eclectic understanding of repertoire and a deep understanding of the liturgy.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Piano Accompanist
St Bruno's Catholic Church
03.2022 - Current
- Accompany a weekly mass & funeral masses.
- Rehearse & coach cantors weekly.
Choir Director/Piano Accompanist
St Angela Merici Catholic Church
09.2003 - 09.2020
- Accompanied 5 masses a week & all feast day masses, collaborating with 4 groups: cantor & piano, contemporary youth group, Spanish mass, & volunteer choir.
- Promoted to the role of parish event accompanist, providing music for all funerals and weddings & working with families to handle specific requests (2014-2020).
- Selected music, conducted, & rehearsed the volunteer choir weekly, leading two section leaders & 15-30 members (2018-2020).
- Rehearsed with cantors individually, making stylistic & vocal suggestions and coaching singers in learning parts when needed.
- Performed as an accompanist & soloist in 10 fundraising concerts for the St. Angela Merici chapter of the Knights of Columbus, the St. Angela Merici School, & Bread of Angels, raising estimated $10,000.
Substitute Piano Accompanist
Various Parishes
09.2018 - Current
- Accompanied cantors & ensembles, including at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, St. John Neumann in Irvine, & Our Lady of Guadeloupe in La Habra.
- Represented the diocese of Orange as a solo performer & accompanist for Bishop Vann's 40th anniversary of priestly ordination and 70th birthday (2021).
- Selected to give 4 concert & TV appearances as a fundraising performer & accompanist for the OLLV Foundation, including for the opening of the Marian Gardens at Christ Cathedral (2024).
- Performed at fundraising series at the St. John Vianney Chapel Church on Balboa Island & St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Ontario.
Piano Accompanist
Metropolitan Opera House Regional Auditions
02.2020 - 02.2022
- Rehearsed & performed with singers, assisting them in securing District & Region Awards (1st Place & Audience Choice) as well as NYC management.
Education
Diplome D'Etudes Approfondies (PhD) - Music History - Musicology
La Sorbonne University
Paris, France06.1995
Master of Arts - Music History - Musicology
University of The Human SciencesStudied With Danie
Strasbourg05.1993
Concert Diploma (MA) - Music Performance (Piano)
Academy of Music
Basel, Switzerland05.1989
Bachelor of Arts - Music Performance
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA05.1986
Skills
- Friendly and approachable
- Flexible and accommodating
- Creative
- Goal-oriented
- Articulate speaker
- Reliable and dependable
- Expert at sight-reading and memorizing
- Adept at improvising from chord charts
PERFORMANCES
Performed as both soloist and chamber musician throughout North America and Europe, most notably: Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress, Boulder Bach Festival, Music Mountain Festival, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in the USA; Holland Festival, International Piano Stars Festival in Latvia, Östergötland Chamber Music Festival in Sweden, Nohant Romantic Festival and Festival Piano à Riom in France, Bayreuth Festival and Saarländisches Spielefestival, Klassik-Bühne Rhein-Sieg festival, Weimar Franz Liszt Festival, and Bonn International BeethovenFest in Germany.
DISCOGRAPHY
- Brahms: Sonatas No.1 & 3. Eric Le Van (piano). Label: Gallo CD-946
- Liszt: Complete Works for Cello and Piano. Guido Schiefen (cello); Eric Le Van (piano). Label: BMG-Arte Nova 74321 76809 2/ Oehms Classics OC 246
- Raff: Sonatillen for violin and piano Op.99 & 6 Morceaux for violin and piano Op. 85. Michaela Paetsch Neftel (violin); Eric Le Van (piano). Label: Tudor 7109
- Scriabin: Complete Mazurkas. Eric Le Van (piano). Label: Music & Arts CD-1125
- Brahms: Sonata No 2, Scherzo Op. 4, Ballades Op. 10. Eric Le Van (piano). Label: Gallo CD-1203
- Exil: Piano Music by Composers with Roots in Two Continents. Eric Le Van (piano), Label: Music & Arts CD-1271
AWARDS
- Léopold Bellan Competition in Paris, France: Best Accompanist Award (2021)
- Haven Foundation Grant Recipient (2004)
- Neue Musik Zeitung Critic Choice: Best Chamber Music Disc of the Year (2000)
- Fulbright Scholar in Germany (1990)
Timeline
Piano Accompanist
St Bruno's Catholic Church
03.2022 - Current
Piano Accompanist
Metropolitan Opera House Regional Auditions
02.2020 - 02.2022
Substitute Piano Accompanist
Various Parishes
09.2018 - Current
Choir Director/Piano Accompanist
St Angela Merici Catholic Church
09.2003 - 09.2020
Diplome D'Etudes Approfondies (PhD) - Music History - Musicology
La Sorbonne University
Master of Arts - Music History - Musicology
University of The Human SciencesStudied With Danie
Concert Diploma (MA) - Music Performance (Piano)
Academy of Music
Bachelor of Arts - Music Performance
University of Southern California
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