Ethan Loch
11th October 2024 at 7.30pm
“Ethan found orchestral colours on the piano like
no-one else can.”
Judge, BBC Young Musician Competition
About Ethan:
In September 2022 Ethan Loch won the Keyboard Category Final of the BBC Young Musician competition at the age of seventeen and went on to compete in the final. He went on to secure a place in the Grand Final at Bridgewater Hall, where he performed Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mark Wigglesworth, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4.
Ethan was born in 2004 and diagnosed completely blind since birth. As a toddler, he would explore the piano for hours imitating his first inspiration: Rowlf the piano-playing dog from the Muppet Show and his other inspiration, the DVD “Horowitz in Vienna”, was played relentlessly. His formal piano lessons began at age 4 with his mother, and he now studies with Fali Pavri at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Ethan was the focus of a BBC radio documentary called ‘Batman and Ethan’ which explored the freedom a blind child can experience through working with the talented teacher of the blind, Daniel Kish. He has also appeared on BBC’s The One Show and ITV’s Little Big Shots, where he performed both solo and with the Romanian singer and harpist Daria.
Ethan is grateful to the Young Classical Artists Trust for their generous support in their aftercare scheme for BBC Young Musician finalists.
Programme
| J. Haydn Sonata E flat major no 62 |
| M. Ravel Jeux d’eau |
| F. Chopin Scherzo no 3 C sharp minor op39 |
| F. Liszt Étude No. 2 in E♭ major (Andantino capricciosamente) |
| Ethan Loch Martellato etude no 10 G minor |
| S. Rachmaninoff Prelude no 13 G major op 32 Prelude no 6 E flat major op 23 Prelude no 7 C minor op 23 |
| Ethan Loch Ballaturno D minor no 3 |
| C. Debussy Prelude no 7 bk 2 “La terraces des audiences du la lune” Prelude no 12 bk 2 Faux d’artifice (Fireworks) |
| Ethan Loch Waltz no 6 C sharp minor “A Dialogue” |
| F. Chopin Ballade no 4 F minor op 52 |