Bio

Award Winning Guitarist Eric Harper creates not only a unique sound all his own but his music is melodically entrancing, virtuosically ferocious and harmonically soul-stirring to the core. Among other achievements Eric has also co-scored Kevin Spacey’s latest movie, worked with great Producers such as Grammy Award Winning Producer KC Porter and Juno Award Winning Producer Joby Baker.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Composed the music, along with Nathan Wang, for the latest movie starring Kevin Spacey entitled “Inseparable”. Directed by Dayyan Eng.
• Composed music for the multi-award winning film “Waiting  Alone” by Dayyan Eng.
• Composed the music for a short PSA starring Rainn Wilson about the persecution of the  Baha’is in Iran.
• Composed music for the award winning short film “Missing Pieces” by Samah Tokmachi starring Rainn Wilson.
• Co-composer for short “Smooch My Smackers” directed by Samah Tokmachi.
• Composed for Adidas.
• Composed, recorded and performed for Chinese Superstar Lin Cheng.
• Recently completed his self-titled album produced by Juno Award-Winning Producer, Joby Baker.
• Composed a myriad of cues for Vanacore Music including shows such as “Top Gear”, “Kitchen Nightmare”, “The Ultimate Fighter”, “Holidate”, “My Fair Wedding”, “Ghost Hunters” and several others.
• Opened and performed with artists such as “Andy Grammer”, “Cheng Lin”, “KC Porter”, “Leonor Dely”, “Sweet Thing”, “Current Swell”, “USS”, “Ry Moran”, “Monin Sons” and many others.
• Composed for the LA-based company 5 Alarm Music.
• Performed extensively throughout the US, Canada, Portugal, Spain, China,  Switzerland, Spain, France and Israel.

EDUCATION:

• Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music with a Degree in Film Scoring in only 2 and a half years.
• Graduated with a Diploma in Classical Music from the Professional School of Music of Porto, Portugal.
• Studied at the Conservatory of Music Calouste Gulbenkien in Braga, Portugal.
• Studied with legendary guitarist Craig Alden Dell who studied under the tutelage of Christopher Parkening and Maestro Andre Segovia.

AWARDS:

• Winner of the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Award.
• Finalist in the Morton Gould Competition.
• Honorable Mention in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition.

PRESS:

• “Eric Harper’s song ‘Rain’ is an amazing single!”  - Rainn Wilson
• “I think Eric’s new CD truly shows all the multiple facets of who he is in a very powerful, ethnic, cool and well produced package.”  - KC Porter
• “Eric, whether composing for film or making songs of his own, has the wonderful talent of being able to bring emotion to listeners through his music.” – Dayyan Eng
• “Eric Harper is a fabulous singer/songwriter who has dedicated many years to his amazing nylon guitar playing, growing up in America and Portugal he has been influenced by portuguese fado, flamenco, pop rock and classical music.” – Joby Baker
• “Eric Harper is creating quite a stir in Newhall.” - The Signal
• “Eric is one of the most sought after guitarists in the region. He’s a Virtuoso, with a profound knowledge of music…” – Diario do Minho