ED TURGEON
Piano

Florida Atlantic University; "The Duo Turgeon"; Yale University

Edward Turgeon received the coveted Forsyth Memorial Scholarship from University of Toronto Faculty of Music. At Yale University he received the Catherine Winchell and Phillip Nelson Memorial scholarships, awarded to an outstanding piano performance major, as well as the prize for best chamber ensemble (1993).

He received his Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Toronto (1989), and Master of Music (1993), Master of Musical Arts (1994) and Doctor of Musical Arts (2000) degrees from the Yale University School of Music.

Summer studies included piano and chamber music master classes (1986 - 1990) at the Banff Centre for Music and Sound, as well as European studies at the Holland Music Sessions, International Jeunesses Musicales Chamber Festival and Courses in Germany, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut.

At the University of Toronto, Edward studied with James Anagnoson. At Yale University Edward studied with Peter Frankl. During summer studies, the Turgeon’s coaches included John Perry, John O’Conor, Karl Heinz Kammerling, Marek Jablonski, Jean-Paul Sevilla, Gyorgy Sandor, Lorand Fenyves and Claude Frank. He received four-hand coaching from Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Peter Frankl and Peter Serkin.

Mr. Turgeon has served on the faculties of Algoma University College, Algoma Conservatory, Mount Holyoke College, the HARID Conservatory and Florida Atlantic University. He currently servse as keyboard faculty and ensemble-in-residence at Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of the Arts, in Boca Raton.

Edward Turgeon, together with his wife Anne Louise-Turgeon as "The Duo Turgeon", has given hundreds of performances, including a European debut at the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, and a New York debut at Weill Recital Hall, to name a few.

The Turgeons appear on seven compact discs, including “New Music for Two Pianos” (Vanguard Classics) “Romantic Dances” and “Latin American Journey” (Marquis). They were featured in the PBS documentary “Two Pianos — One Passion”, and they have been heard in numerous radio broadcasts, on classical music stations throughout the world including several appearances on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today”, and numerous appearances on various CBC radio programs.

The Turgeon’s prizes and awards include first prize in the Sixth International Schubert Competition for Piano Duos (Czech Republic, 1995) and first prize in the prestigious Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition (Miami, 1997). They received additional special prizes at the Dranoff, including the award for best performance of works for one piano, four-hands, and a special award for best performance of the commissioned work “Chiaroscuro”, by John Corigliano.

The latter prize included an opportunity to complete a world premiere recording of Chiaroscuro, which American Record Guide described as having “hypnotic intensity”. Upcoming recording projects include the two piano works by Johannes Brahms, scheduled for release in early 2006.

As soloists, the Turgeons took prizes in competitions such as the Canadian Music Competition, the CIBC National Competitive Festival (Canada), the Cleveland International and Sydney International Piano Competitions.