A8 - North Shore News - Sunday, April 10, 2011
Young WV pianist hits international notes
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TRISTAN Teo’s mother, Li Teo, doesn’t like to use the word prodigy, but that’s what her son is proving to be, one note at a time.
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At only 13 years old, Tristan is already climbing the scales in concert piano circles. He’s been awarded some of the top prizes in piano competition. Most recently, the West Vancouver youth created history by winning both the solo and concerto intermediate competition categories of the prestigious Virginia Waring International Piano Competition in California, judged by experts from institutions such as the Juilliard and Peabody schools He’s already played with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for an audience of 2,800. He admits that he was nervous backstage. “I was hyperventilating, but once you get (on stage) you have to start playing.” In May, he will be playing a solo performance at the famed Salle Cortot in Paris, France. He’s hopeful that his career will lead him to perform solo
Tristan Teo concertos. “Solo concerts are really impressive,” said Tristan. Because of his practice schedule, Teo teaches her son at home through distance education. He is finishing Grade 10 after skipping two grades and will graduate high school at 15. Outside of his rising status in the world of classical music, he leads a somewhat regular life. “I still really like Lego, but I don’t play video games, and I don’t really watch television, just the news,” said Tristan. After he completes high school, Tristan hopes to go to a music conservatory school in Europe. “Now that Tristan is older, he definitely thinks more about
the music. It’s all about service to the music,” said Teo. Tristan loves playing the masterpieces from the classical composers, however he warns that if given the chance, he wouldn’t play with Beethoven. “He was way too moody for my taste. He would throw his books at me.” Tristan prefers to share his piano bench with Mozart. Vivaldi was the soundtrack for Tristan’s first birthday, and even at that age he was moving with the music. Teo says that she knew then that he was going to be musical. Tristan was enrolled in piano classes from the age of four, but it wasn’t until he started studying under Sasha Starcevich of Bellevue, Wash., that his talent came to the surface. “He’s the best teacher. He’s very funny, and it’s good to have a teacher that you really like,” said Tristan. While classical music is usually what can be heard in the Teo house, Tristan admits that he likes listening to the Beatles. “I’ve told Tristan, if you do make it, then that’s great,” said Teo. “But if you don’t, it’s OK because (he will) still have the music.”
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