Canadian pianist EDWIN GNANDT enjoys a successful career with over five hundred appearances as soloist, accompanist, adjudicator and workshop clinician. He has been praised by the San Francisco Examiner for his “consistently alluring sound”, by the Oakland Tribune for his “ear for phrasing”, and by the Los Angeles Times for his “distinct refinement”. His performances have been in a variety of countries including Canada, the United States, Russia and Scotland. Recent appearances have taken him to St Petersburg, Russia; Denver, Colorado; Seattle and Vancouver. Many of his students have pursued studies at leading universities throughout Canada and the United States and have been winners at local, provincial and national piano competitions.

Mr. Gnandt completed his Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Calgary and his Masters of Music at the University of Washington under Randolph Hokanson. He did postgraduate studies with Adele Marcus at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He collaborates and records with many of Canada’s finest musicians: Thomas Williams (McGill University) and Allan Monk (New York Metropolitan Opera) whom he has served as personal pianist since 1989. Mr. Gnandt is on faculty at Nazarene University College, Calgary, and is listed in the Lexington’s Who’s Who of Professionals in North America.

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