Widely known for her brilliant, expressive, and technically confident playing, Erika Switzer grows her reputation as the collaborative pianist of choice.  Throughout Europe, North America, and South Africa, she has been praised for her ability to match emotional playing to dramatic texts.  Highlights include a recent debut at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, as well as recitals with many of Canada’s finest singers: baritone Tyler Duncan, soprano Martha Guth, tenor Colin Balzer, and soprano Edith Wiens.  She has also performed with the Vocal Arts Society of Washington, DC.  As a “Pro Musicis Artist”, she has performed in New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Boston’s Longy Hall, and in Paris, at the Salle Cortot.  Other European performances include the New Discoveries series in Baden-Baden Festspiele, and the Winners & Masters concert series in both Munich and Bielefeld.  She has also played at the Cape Classic Chamber Music Festival in Capetown, South Africa. In her native Canada, she has performed at the Andre Turp Recital Society and Chamber Music Festival of Montreal, and at MusicFest Vancouver.  When not performing the “serious” repertoire, Erika has performed in the cabaret act “Leave it to Diva”.
Ms. Switzer has been recorded by the CBC, Dutch Radio (Radio 4) and in Germany for SWR and the Bayerische Rundfunk.  She was recently broadcast live on WGBH in Boston in concert with Tyler Duncan, which broadcast on NPR in the US.
Erika Switzer won First Prize for best pianist at the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition and the Best Pianist award at the Robert Schumann International Vocal Competition. Following seven years of studies in Germany, Ms. Switzer is currently based in New York City where she is a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at the Juilliard School of Music.