ERIKA CRINO, PIANO

Italian pianist Erika Crinó is very active both as a chamber musician and a soloist, as well as profoundly dedicated to teaching.
Several of her performances have been featured on CBC Radio both as a soloist as well as in collaboration with percussionist Salvador Ferreras, clarinetist Francois Houle, pianist Brett Kingsbury, and with soprano Vania Chan.

Since her move to Toronto, Erika has been regularly heard in several important venues, among which, several times at the Glenn Gould Studio where she also premiered Canadian composer Michael Pepa’s TREMA with the Canadian Sinfonietta as well as his VARIAZIONI for piano and orchestra with the Croatian Cantus Ansambl.  Dedicated to the performance of New Music, Erika has been invited to perform several times at the New Music Festival at the University of Toronto.

Throughout the years, Erika has maintained also her presence in Italy performing at Teatro Marcello and Palazzo Sacchetti in Rome, Sala Corelli in Ravenna, Auditorium San Giacomo in Forli’, Teatro Dragoni in Meldola, Teatro Savio in Messina, the Istituto Mario Negri in Milano, as well as Sala Tripcovich and Auditorium Revoltella in Trieste. She has been regularly invited to perform at the Guarnerius Hall in Belgrade, FUGA Series in Budapest, and at the New Music Festival in Chisinau (Moldavia).

Erika is currently faculty at the Conservatorio Bonporti of Trento (Italy). Before relocating to Italy, she held the position of chamber music lecturer at the University of Toronto, Scarborough, and was member of the College of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory.

After obtaining the Diploma in Piano with top marks at the conservatory of Trieste (Italy) and the Diploma in Chamber Music with the Trio di Trieste, Erika perfected her studies with Maestro Bruno Canino in Milan and in chamber music in Vienna. Shortly after, she moved to Canada where she completed her Bachelor in Piano Performance at the University of Victoria with Prof. Bruce Vogt, and her Master and Doctorate in Piano Performance with Dr. Robert Silverman at the University of British Columbia.