"Duo Pianos" - Jean Luc Therrien, Tristan Savella - Marbin Matinees Series

April 5, 2025 | 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
2025-04-05 02:00 PM 2025-04-05 03:00 PM "Duo Pianos" - Jean Luc Therrien, Tristan Savella - Marbin Matinees Series Gordon Lightfoot Concert Hall America/New_York

 

About The Artists

Tristan Savella

Filipino-American pianist, Dr. Tristan Savella is an active soloist and chamber musician based in
Toronto. His career has taken him to performances at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in New York
City, the Schloss Mirabell in Salzburg, Austria, and the Canadian Opera Company’s Richard
Bradshaw Amphitheatre in Toronto. Furthermore, Tristan is the recipient of multiple prizes at
various national and international competitions, including third place at the Concours Flame in
Paris, first place at the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition in New York City,
a finalist prize at YoungArts Week (sponsored by the National YoungArts Foundation) in Miami,
and third place at the Glenn Gould School's Chamber Music Competition.
Tristan’s performances in 2024-25 include a variety of solo and chamber music concerts,
including programs for Piano Trio, Cello & Piano, Oboe & Piano, and Piano Four-Hands.
Highlights include performances at the Candlelight Concerts (Toronto), Doors Open for Music at
Southminster (Ottawa), the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society, Syrinx Concerts
(Toronto), the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage Concert Series (Washington D.C.), and
Emerson Avenue Music Salon (McLean, Virginia). Apart from performing, Tristan works as a
private piano and music theory teacher and as an accompanist at The Royal Conservatory of
Music’s Taylor Academy and the Glenn Gould School. He also regularly serves as an
adjudicator for local festivals and competitions, including Kiwanis (Toronto and Kingston, ON),
ORMTA (Toronto and Newmarket, ON) and the Aegio International Piano Competition
(Richmond Hill, ON).
Tristan holds a Bachelor of Music in Applied Music from the Eastman School of Music in
Rochester, New York, a Master of Arts with highest distinction from the Universität Mozarteum in
Salzburg, Austria, and an Artist Diploma from The Glenn Gould School in Toronto. He is also an
alumnus of the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. His principal teachers at
these institutions were John O’Conor, George Kern, T.J. Lymenstull, and the late Nelita True. In
2023, Tristan completed the Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Toronto, where he
studied with the late Marietta Orlov, as well as with Jamie Parker and Lydia Wong. Additionally,
Tristan has taken part in numerous music festivals, including at the Banff Arts Centre, the Orford
Music Academy, the Gijon International Piano Festival, and the Chautauqua Institute. Aside
from music, Tristan is a lifelong tennis fan and his other interests include traveling & cultural
exploration, learning languages, urbanism, data science & analytics, soccer, and video games.

 

Jean Luc Therrien

Named one of the “30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30” by CBC Music in 2020, it was said of
pianist Jean-Luc Therrien that he ‘’[...] was able to stand out through his frank playing, [...] not
hesitating to go off the beaten track to reveal to us his personal reading of certain passages. A very
refreshing performance.‘’ (La Scena Musicale)
Finalist and prizewinner in several competitions including the NTD International Piano Competition in
New York City, the Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize in Italy, the Canadian Music Competition Stepping
Stone and the Luigi Zanuccoli International Competition in Italy, Jean-Luc Therrien has stood out in
many other notable competitions such as such as the Sendai International Piano Competition in Japan,
the Lyon International Piano Competition, the Roma International Piano Competition, the Prix d'Europe
Competition, the OSM Standard Life Competition, etc.
In addition to being active on the national and international scene, Jean-Luc has two albums to his
credit; these are available on most online music platforms. He also shares his recordings in video
format on his YouTube channel (Jean-Luc Therrien, pianist).

 

Program

Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165 G,  Gilles Bellemare: From “Scènes de l’autre Forêt” IV. Le récit du chasseur,  Germaine Tailleferre: Three Improvisations,  Poulenc: Sonata for Piano Four Hands, FP 8,  Barber: “Souvenirs” for Four Hands, Op. 28,  Alexina Louie*: Fastforward

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