Eve Egoyan

Eve Egoyan is a Canadian pianist and artist from Ontario. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, she studied at the University of Toronto and the University of Victoria. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) and designated a CMC Ambassador by the Canadian Music Centre. [1]

Eve Egoyan
Born
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Alma mater
OccupationPianist, artist
Spouse(s)David Rokeby
Children1
Parents
  • Joseph Egoyan (father)
  • Shushan Egoyan (mother)
RelativesAtom Egoyan (brother)
Websiteeveegoyan.com

Her musical inspirations include a number of contrasting artists including Alvin Curran, Erik Satie, Ann Southam and Michael Finnissy.[2]

Egoyan worked on several collaborative projects with composer Ann Southam throughout the late 90s and early 2000s including: Qualities of Consonance (1998), Figures (2001), In Retrospect (2004), and Simple Lines of Enquiry (2008).[3][4][5]

She has been the recipient of several accolades including "Best Classical" The Globe and Mail (1999) for her first solo CD, one of "Ten Top" classical discs, The New Yorker magazine (2009), and "Top Classical Disc of the Year", The Globe and Mail (2011).[2]

Egoyan and her brother, Atom Egoyan, now a film director and producer, were raised by their parents in British Columbia.

Discography

Selected solo recordings:[6]

  • (2016) Maria de Alvear's diptych De Puro Amor and En Amor Duro
  • (2015) "Thought and Desire" (Earwitness Editions and World Edition)[7]
  • (2013), 5 (Centrediscs)[8]
  • (2011), RETURNINGS, (Centrediscs)[9]
  • (2009), Simple Lines of Enquiry (Centrediscs)[4]
  • (2007), Asking (Mode Records, New York)
  • (2006), Weave (Earwitness Records)[10]
  • (2005), WU by Rudolf Komorous (Candereen Records)
  • (2004), The Art of Touching the Keyboard (Earwitness Records)[11]
  • (2001), Recoins (Hidden Corners) (CBC Records)
  • (1999), thethingsinbetween (Artifact Music)[12]

Notes
  1. "Eve Egoyan". Canadian Music Centre. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  2. "CBC Music". music.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  3. "Ann Southam". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  4. "Simple Lines of Enquiry | Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique Canadienne". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  5. "Eve Egoyan". National Music Centre. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  6. "Curriculum Vitae". Eve Egoyan. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  7. "Thought and Desire | Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique Canadienne". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  8. "5 | Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique Canadienne". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  9. "Returnings | Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique Canadienne". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  10. "Weave | Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique Canadienne". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  11. "The Art of Touching the Keyboard | Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique Canadienne". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  12. "Things in Between | Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique Canadienne". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

References


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