Nhat-Viet (“Toto”) Phi made history by winning the first prize for piano in 1982 at the Canadian National Music Festival in Toronto, at the precedent-setting age of eleven. He followed in 1983 by a first prize at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra competitions. Nhat-Viet has made numerous broadcasts on Radio-Canada and the CBC, soloed with several Canadian orchestras, and has been praised for his wide-ranging collaborative talents by such renowned artists as Marc Durand, Tom Plaunt, Gwen Beamish, Anton Kuerti, Paul Pulford, Rosemarie Landry, Stephen Hatfield, Wayne Riddell and David Ferguson. Currently, Mr. Phi is official accompanist and an instructor at l’Université de Moncton’s music department.