Celebrated for his imaginative playing and virtuosic stage presence, young Canadian pianist Thomas Torok has already established himself as one of Canada’s brightest upcoming talents. The award winning artist has earned international recognition for his musicianship as a finalist in the MostArts Piano Competition 2014, and the New York International Piano Competition 2016, as well as being a silver medalist in the Vienna International Music Competition 2019. Most recently in 2023, Thomas was a finalist in the first ever series of Classicalia, a new televised competition aimed at promoting the best young classical artists across the globe.

Already having performed in such esteemed venues around the world such as Carnegie Hall and the Wiener Konzerthaus, recent performance engagements have taken him to renowned Canadian venues such as Toronto’s Koerner Hall and the Canadian Opera Company’s Four Seasons Performing Arts Centre.

Thomas made his orchestral debut as a soloist at age fifteen, and has since then performed with several orchestras including the Toronto Concert Orchestra, Vienna Opernball Orchester, Scarborough Philharmonic, Royal Conservatory Orchestra, Greater Toronto Philharmonic, and the Huronia Symphony Orchestra. With his recent orchestral engagements, Thomas has collaborated and studied with some of Canada’s most active conductors including Ivars Taurins, Oliver Balaburski, Claudio Vena, and Ronald Royer.

Thomas’s performances have been broadcast on numerous radio and television stations across Canada and the United States, including WRTI Philadelphia, PBS SoCal, The New Classical 102.9 FM, and Yamaha Canada’s “Going Solo” podcast.

Born in Hungary in 1998 and raised in a culture where the love for music was predominant, Thomas began piano lessons at the age of six. After he and his family immigrated to Canada, Thomas began his formal musical education in Toronto at the The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Phil and Eli Taylor Academy for Young Artists with renowned Chinese-Canadian pianist Li Wang. He completed his Bachelors degree in 2022 and his Artist Diploma in 2024 at the Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School studying under James Anagnoson, one of Canada’s most sought after pedagogues. Other professors have included the Irish pedagogue John O’Conor and Canadian-Israeli pianist Michael Berkovsky. As a soloist in the international masterclass scene, Thomas has played for and studied with several world-renowned artists such as Stephen Hough, Emanuel Ax, Ronan O’Hora, Gary Graffman, Jeremy Denk, and Anton Nel. Additional studies have taken place at the Miami International Piano Festival, and the Philadelphia Young Pianists Academy at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Thomas has a love for teaching, and is very present in the music education scene. At 25, he became the youngest member of the Royal Conservatory’s College of Examiners, and is an active RCM examiner and teacher, and teaches within the Greater Toronto Area.