Ethan Liang is a conductor, pianist, fortepianist, and harpsichordist.
This is his inaugural season as the Handel Society’s Music Director
Ethan started his musical journey in his preteens in his native Taiwan, focusing primarily on violin and piano. In high school his interest switched almost exclusively to piano. The range of the instrument, with its inherent ability to express orchestral pieces greatly appealed to him. He began playing everything from Bach to Chinese Pop He says he was not a “prodigy”, but instead a “hard worker”.
When his family immigrated to Canada, Ethan picked up his studies with the renowned pianist Jane Hays studying privately while attending Kwantlen University in Langley, BC. Around this time he also began playing jazz on weekends with a local group and became particularly fascinated with musical counterpoint.
He moved to Montreal to pursue his undergraduate and graduate degrees in music at McGill University. During this time he began studying the fortepiano with Tom Begin and Harpsichord with Hank Knox. He also took continuo classes with Hank Knox and become fluent in figured bass and improvisation on keyboard instruments. Ethan has a wide range of experience with chamber ensembles and choral groups as well as baroque orchestras on both piano and harpsichord.
His conducting experience includes choirs in Montreal and he has taught music and directed bands at several private schools including Bodewell High School and Cascade Christian School. In addition to his new role of Music Director with the Handel Society he is a music and classroom teacher in the Langley Publish School District.
Ethan is also a piano rebuilder and piano technician. He has serviced and rebuilt many fine European and American pianos including such classics as Steinway, Baldwin, and Chickering.
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