Andrew Tunis
Piano
Associate Professor, coordinator of piano sector and Director of Graduate Studies (Performance), School of Music
Office: Pérez 405
Telephone: 613-562-5800, ext. 3357
E-mail: atunis@uOttawa.ca
Andrew Tunis has been living and performing in the Ottawa area for over 20 years. He has given concerts in North America, Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia. Among the many musicians with whom he has collaborated are violinists Pinchas Zukerman and Martin Beaver, cellists Desmond Hoebig and Steven Isserlis, as well as the Philharmonia Quartet of Berlin and St. Lawrence String Quartet. He has appeared as guest soloist with many Canadian orchestras, including the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic and the Ottawa and Edmonton symphony orchestras. After studies at the University of Ottawa with Jean-Paul Sevilla and Douglas Voice, he went on to study with Artur Balsam at the Manhattan School of Music where he received the Pablo Casals Award for outstanding musical achievement. He won first prize in several national and international competitions and, with cellist Desmond Hoebig, first prize at the 1984 Munich International Competition.
University degrees
MMus, Manhattan School of Music with Arthur Balsam
BMus, University of Ottawa with Jean-Paul Sevilla and Douglas Voice
Field of interest
- Piano
- Chamber music
Courses taught
- Applied music
- Chamber music
Awards and achievements
1984 – 1st Prize (Chamber Music), Bavarian Radio Competition, Munich.
1981 –1st Prize, CBC Talent Competition.
1980 –1st Prize, CMC Tremplin International.
1980 – Winner, New York Young Artists in Recital Competition.
Numerous grants from Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council.
Chamber Music recordings on CBC Records, Analekta, Centrediscs, Marquis Classics.
