Ethan Loch

Ethan David Loch (born 2004) is a Scottish pianist and composer. Born blind, Loch was a competitor in the BBC Young Musician 2022 competition. He reached the competition's grand final, after winning the keyboard category final.

Early life Loch was born in 2004 in Blantyre, Scotland, to Larinda and Fraser Loch. At ten weeks old, he contracted bacterial meningitis and almost died. During eye examinations doctors noticed an unrelated defect in his retinas. At around ten months old he was formally diagnosed with Leber's Congenital Amaurosis. Until the age of five, Loch resided in Vancouver, Canada.

Loch has been playing piano since he was eighteen months old. By the age of three-and-a-half, he had learned the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight Sonata). Under the tutoring of his mother, he began studying piano at the age of four using the Suzuki method.

Education Loch is currently studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. For his primary education, Loch was homeschooled by his parents.

BBC Young Musician Loch was a participant in the BBC Young Musician 2022. He won the competition's keyboard final, playing the fourth movement of Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3; Scriabin's Poème, Op. 32, No. 1; and Debussy's Feux d'artifice. On hearing his playing, the judging panel chair Anna Lapwood remarked: Seventh James Waterhouse Loretto Piano Competition winner (2017) Scottish International Youth Piano Competition senior division winner (2019)

Discography Mysterious Pathways (2019)

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