Performance Year: 2013
Eric Friesen is a veteran broadcaster, writer, and speaker on music and culture. He has spent much of his life as a network music host and producer for CBC Radio and Minnesota Public Radio, and as a network executive for both organizations. Since leaving the CBC at the end of 2008, Friesen has been busy serving a wide variety of major cultural organizations in Canada. He serves as director and advisor to a number of cultural and arts organizations, including Roy Thomson Hall/Masey Hall, the Honens International Piano Competition, and the Kingston WritersFest.
