Chinese-born pianist Erica Xiaoyan Guo has been praised by San Francisco Classical Voice as having “a marvelously flexible touch, the kind of playing that makes you want to hear more…” She has spent over a decade performing internationally as a solo pianist, collaborative pianist, and chamber musician. She has been presented at prestigious institutions such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Nymphenburg Palace, Temppeliaukion kirkko, and the Musiikkitalo in Helsinki, among others.

In 2021 she was an apprentice coach at San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Merola Opera Program, where she performed in a recital titled What the Heart Desires, as well as in Merola’s award-winning film, Back Home: Through the Stage Door, directed by David Paul. She made her Schwabacher Recital Series debut in 2022 in concert with mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz. Since the summer of 2022, Ms. Guo has served on the music staff at Santa Fe Opera, Minnesota Opera, Utah Opera, and Dayton Opera. In 2024, she was on the opera coaching faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music. She is also an alumna of the Aspen Music Festival and School as well as Pittsburgh Festival Opera.

Ms. Guo received her training from the Manhattan School of Music, Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, and the New England Conservatory of Music. She earned her doctorate degree at the University of Maryland. Her teachers include Rita Sloan, Kathleen Kelly, Cameron Stowe, Jonathan Feldman, Antti Siirala, and Solomon Mikowsky.