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Multi-award winning Classical/Flamenco guitarist Eric Harper combines, Salsa, Bossa, Classical, Jazz, Flamenco and Pop to create a unique musical experience. He has performed all across the globe from Portugal to Spain, France to Israel, Mexico to the US, Canada to China and more. Eric is one of the most sought after guitarists in his class. His recent credits include performing on Oscar winner Marketa Irglova's new songs "Happy" and "If You Want Me".
“Not only can his hands move like lightning like the Gypsy Kings but his voice is smooth, velvety and invokes a strength that moves even the biggest music skeptic" - The Port Theatre
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Price Range: $1000-$5000
Gig Length: 60 - 120 minutes
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
What happens when a North American suburban teenage metalhead is thrust into the rigorous classical conservatory world of Portugal?
For Eric Harper it resulted in an explosive chemical reaction of craft and creativity, and the development of a style of guitarring almost a genre unto himself.
Having achieved impeccable musicianship and craft during his European conservatory training, Eric took on the new challenge of studying film scoring at Berklee School of Music. By the time of his graduation, Eric had found his full stride as composer-singer-songwriter, with a style that evokes a mad but moving medley of The Dave Matthews Band, the Gipsy Kings and music a la Cirque du Soleil.
Eric began his musical education at the age of 8 where he studied drums for 6 years. At the age of 12 he took his first guitar lesson and fell in love. Three years later his parents and him packed their bags and moved across the Atlantic to Portugal where his mom enrolled him in the Conservatory of Music Calouste Gulbenkian. He studied classical music there for two years with a focus on classical guitar. Afterwards, he moved to the city of Porto to continue his studies in classical music at the Professional School of Music where he finished his studies three years later. After earning a diploma in classical music, he then moved to Boston to study film scoring at Berklee College of Music. He earned a four-year degree graduating Magna Cum Laude in only two and a half years.
From there, Eric moved to Los Angeles to form a band with his brother where they fused the genres of rock with flamenco. For 8 years their band, MimosA, toured the States and Canada which culminated in a show in Victoria, BC, having sold out the McPherson Theatre on the same night that Sarah McLachlan was performing.
In his time in LA, Eric worked with artists such as Andy Grammer, KC Porter, Lin Cheng and JB Eckl; released his first solo project entitled "Romper a Madrugada". Scored his first movie entitled Waiting Alone, composed for David Vanacore and 5 Alarm Music placing songs on shows such as Top Gear and Kitchen Nightmares.
In 2009 Eric moved from the US to Canada to start a new chapter in the town of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. In 2010 he released his self-titled album “Eric Harper” garnering the attention of The Office’s Rainn Wilson. Since moving to Nanaimo, Eric has opened for Current Swell, Kim Churchill, Grammy-award winning musician Alex Cuba, worked with Juno-award winning producer Joby Baker and released his instrumental album entitled “Ribeira”.
In 2014 Eric fulfilled one of his dreams and moved to the city of Victoria. Since then he’s won an Emmy, performed all over Canada, the US, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Iceland, France, Israel, China and Mexico, written music for over 1900 TV episodes including How I Met Your Mother, Shameless, The Originals, Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour, won the New York Film and European Independent Film Awards for his work on the movie Wished, won the Guitar Mania Contest, the ReREC Contest, released his album “The Very Best of Eric Harper”.
Eric's live show melds a bravura virtuosity with hilarity and heart-felt storytelling from his times living, learning, and loving deeply in multiple countries and cultures. As anyone who has seen an Eric Harper show can attest, there will be a lot of laughs and tears and dancing.
Black Orpheus
Sway
Quizas
Recipe for Love
Canción del Mariachi
Chan Chan
Fechar de Olhos
Amar Pelos Dois
Across the Sky
Message in a Bottle
Hallelujah
La Belle Dame Sans Regrets
Se Que No Se
El Cuarto de Tula
As Always
Cream & Suga’
Encore: Volare
Vicente Amigo, Dave Matthews Band, Sting, Paco de Lucia, Mariza, Edite Piaf, Yann Tiersen, The Gipsy Kings, Tomatito, Metallica, and Sergio Mendes.
Julie W. said “Ford was great! He played the right mix and was not over peering!”
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