Eric Hunter is a pianist, composer, arranger, and educator based in New York City.  Working in a wide variety of genres including classical, jazz, film, and electronica, his music has been acclaimed by audiences across the world.   In 2019 his score for the animated short "Pin and Pon" went viral; it currently boasts over 3.5 million views.  He also scored the multi-award winning short film "Run Little Boy," by Dominick Bedasse.  He was  a prizewinner in the 2012 operamission Cabaret Night songwriting competition, and contributed music to the multimedia piece Connection commissioned by Arts on Site. His music has been featured on the podcasts "Moveable Do" and "The Heart of the Ark."  Recently he completed a set of arrangements for Tag Team Productions and the Las Vegas String Quartet.

 

Mr. Hunter's solo career has taken him to the stages of such venues as Carnegie Hall and Walt Disney Concert Hall, and he has soloed with the Greenwich, University of Rochester, and University of Southern California Symphony Orchestras.  Laureate of numerous competitions, he has since become a dedicated proponent of musical outreach and therapy, working with organizations such as the Austen Riggs Center for Mental Health, VISIONS at Selis Manor, DOROT, and Sacred Music New York.  In 2008 he played an all-Liszt recital at the home of the renowned Golden-era pianist Earl Wild at his invitation.  Since then Mr. Hunter has drawn on Earl Wild's influence for his own arrangements of popular songs from Broadway musicals.

 

A lifelong educator, Mr. Hunter's private piano studio reflects his creative and innovative approach.  He has been Head of Professional Development at The Piano Teachers Congress of New York, where he spearheaded the Open Forum program for teacher enrichment.  As guest lecturer at the School for Visual Arts, New York University, and Columbia University, he taught creative process and gave lecture recitals on composers as varied as Liszt, Hindemith, Medtner, Shostakovich, and Cage.  Formerly a co-host of "The Piano Pod," a piano-centered podcast, he interviewed industry groundbreakers across the globe.  A prolific writer, his thoughts on composition, piano pedagogy, and other topics can be found at erichuntermusicstudio.com/blog.

 

Mr. Hunter is currently at work on an album of piano and orchestral works to be released in 2023. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and two sons.