Filipino-American pianist, Dr. Tristan Savella has been an active soloist and chamber musician in the
United States, Canada, and Europe. His career has taken him to performances at Carnegie’s Weill Recital
Hall in New York City, the Schloss Mirabell in Salzburg, Austria, and the Canadian Opera Company’s
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre in Toronto. Tristan holds a Bachelor of Music in Applied Music from
the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, a Master of Arts (Klavier Solistenausbildung) with
highest distinction from the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and an Artist Diploma from The
Glenn Gould School in Toronto. He is also an alumnus of the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen,
Michigan. His principal teachers have included T.J. Lymenstull, Nelita True, George Kern, John O’Conor.
He recently finished the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the University of Toronto, where he studied
with the late Marietta Orlov as well as with Jamie Parker and Lydia Wong.

Additionally, Tristan has taken part in numerous music festivals, including at the Banff Arts Centre, the
Orford Music Academy, the Gijon International Piano Festival, and the Chautauqua Institute.

Furthermore, Tristan is the recipient of multiple prizes at various national and international competitions,
including third place at the Concours Flame in Paris, first place at the Bradshaw and Buono International
Piano Competition in New York City, and a finalist prize at YoungArts Week – sponsored by the National
YoungArts Foundation – in Miami. More recently, Tristan was awarded third prize at the 2018 Glenn
Gould School Chamber Music Competition. Apart from performing, Tristan works as a private piano and
music theory teacher in Toronto, as an accompanist at The Royal Conservatory of Music, and has served
as an adjudicator for local festivals and competitions (most recently at the 2022 Aegio International Piano
Competition in Richmond Hill, Ontario). Aside from music, Tristan enjoys traveling, cooking and is an
avid tennis and ping pong fan.