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Born in Vancouver to a family of pianists, Mr. Parker began his piano studies at age three with his father, Edward Parker. He holds both the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Yoheved Kaplinsky. While at Juilliard, he was awarded the Sylva Gelber Career Grant by the Canada Council for the ...
Ian Parker was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of Eileen Parker and Edward Parker. His cousins James Parker and Jon Kimura Parker are also pianists. [2] His father, Edward, a highly respected piano teacher in Vancouver, [3] taught all three pianists including Ian, beginning at the age of three.
Bio. Magnetic, easy-going, and delightfully articulate, Canadian pianist and conductor Ian Parker captivates audiences wherever he goes. As a pianist, he has appeared with philharmonic orchestras from Buffalo to Calgary, as well as the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom, and the symphonies of Cincinnati, Edmonton, Greenwich, Honolulu, National (Washington, D.C.), San Francisco, Santa Barbara ...
Jul 11, 2018 · Ian’s mother, Eileen Yuen, came from Shanghai, China originally. She fled Mao’s Communist regime to find refuge in Hong Kong for a decade or so before making the jump to Vancouver. “She came to Vancouver to pursue piano,” Ian says. She soon found herself taking lessons from one Edward Parker, and a romance eventually was born.
Magnetic, easy-going, and delightfully articulate, Canadianpianist/conductor Ian Parker captivates audiences wherever he goes. As a pianist, he has appeared with virtually every Canadian orchestra, notably the symphonies of Toronto, Quebec, Vancouver, Montreal,Winnipeg, Edmonton, the Calgary Philharmonic and OrchestreMétropolitain.
