Eric Zuber (BM ’05, AD ’09, Piano), current DMA student of Boris Slutsky, placed fourth in the Ninth National Chopin Piano Competition. A recipient of a $10,000 cash prize, he will also be flown for an all-expense-paid trip to Warsaw, Poland to attend the Preliminary Round of the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition in April 2015. Peabody students Rieko Tsuchida and Sungpil Kim also competed.