Ethan Chan was born in 2008 in Kilmarnock, Scotland. He began playing the piano at the age of 7 at the Yamaha Music Point in Kilmarnock. At 11, he started studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under Dr. Marianna Abrahamyan. Ethan has participated in numerous orchestral works with the junior orchestras at RCS, recently performing “Symphonic Dances” from *West Side Story*. He has also played in chamber music groups, including participation in the chamber music project “Attune” by Young Sounds UK in 2024. In 2023, Ethan won the Gilbert Innes Piano Prize at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the EMCY Prize at the 11th International Junior Piano Competition “Brin d’herbe” in Orléans, France, 2025.
If you are interested in working with Ethan Chan, please get in touch with the EMCY Office.
Solo:
Bach J. S. – Bb major prelude and fugue, book 1
Bach J. S. – G major prelude and fugue, book 1
Beethoven L. V. – 32 Variations
Beethoven L. V. – Piano Sonata No. 20, Op. 49, No. 2
Bolcom W. – Serpent’s Kiss
Bolcom W. – Through Eden’s Gates
Brahms J. – Two Rhapsodies Op. 79
Cage J. – And the Earth Shall Bear Again
Chopin F. – Etude No. 2 Op. 25
Chopin F. – Etudes Op.10 No. 1. Etude in C major
Chopin F. – Etudes Op.10 No. 3. Etude in E major
Chopin F. – Etudes Op.10 No. 4. Etude in C# minor
Chopin F. – Etudes Op.10 No. 12. Etude in C minor
Chopin F. – Nocturne in f minor Op. 55, No. 1
Cooper P. – Obsession
Couperin F. – Passacaille in b minor, 8ème Ordre
Debussy C. – Des pas sur la neige, Book 1 No 6
Jianzhong W. – Liuyang River
Kapustin N. – Concert Etude No. 1, Op. 40, “Prelude”
Ligeti G. – Etude no. 18
Ligeti G. – Musica Ricercata
Mozart W. A. – Sonata in A K331
Pärt A. – Fur Alina
Pärt A. – Variationen zur gesundung Von arinuschka
Schubert F. – Impromptu No. 3 Op. 90
Tchaikovsky P. I. /Pletnev M. – Pas de Deux
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Chamber Music:
Birch G. – Piano trio arrangements
Chaminade C. – Piano trio no. 2, Op. 34
Schumann C. – Piano Trio Op. 17
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With Orchestra:
Bach J. S. – Piano Concerto no. 5, BMV 1056
Balmages B. – Love and Light
Bernstein L. – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Doyle P. – “IT”
Kapustin N. – Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev S. – Piano Concerto No. 1
Saint-Saens C. – Piano Concerto no. 2, Op. 22
Shostakovich D. – Piano Concerto no. 2, Op. 102
Tower J. – Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
