Filipino-American pianist, Dr. Tristan Savella is an active soloist and chamber musician based in Toronto. His career has taken him to performances at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City, the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Schloss Mirabell in Salzburg, Austria, and the Canadian Opera Company’s Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre in Toronto. Furthermore, Tristan is the recipient of multiple prizes at various national and international competitions, including prizes at the Concours Flame (Paris), the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition (New York), and the Glenn Gould School’s Chamber Music Competition. 

Engagements in 2025-26 include a variety of programs (solo, chamber and operatic) at the Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series (Toronto), the Chapelle historique du bon pasteur (Montreal), Emerson Avenue Music Salon (McLean, Virginia), Highlands Opera Studio (Haliburton, Ontario), and the University of Toronto New Music Festival. Apart from performing, Tristan is a passionate educator, working as a chamber music coach at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Taylor Academy, as well as maintaining a private piano studio. He also regularly serves as an examiner and collaborative pianist at the RCM, and as an adjudicator for multiple festivals and competitions (such as Kiwanis Toronto and Kingston, VAYA Festival in Vancouver, ORMTA, and the Aegio International Piano competition). 

Tristan is an alumnus of the Interlochen Arts Academy, the Eastman School of Music (B.M.), the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg (M.A. with Distinction), the Glenn Gould School (Artist Diploma) and the University of Toronto (D.M.A). His principal teachers at these institutions were John O’Conor, T.J. Lymenstull, Jamie Parker, Lydia Wong and the late Nelita True, George Kern and Marietta Orlov. He pursued additional training at various festivals, such as the Banff Piano Masterclass, the Orford Music Academy, the Gijon International Piano Festival, and the Chautauqua Institute. Aside from music, Tristan works as a Research Analyst for the Ontario Arts Council and his other interests include tennis, traveling, cooking, learning languages and playing video games.