Eric Yves Garcia is a pianist and singer who has had a busy year.  He was honored to be the recipient of the Margaret Whiting Award and perform at the Gala Opening Night of the 24th Annual New York Cabaret Convention held in the Rose Theater of Jazz at Lincoln Center this past October.  Winner of the 2014 Bistro Award for Outstanding Singer/Instrumentalist.  Nominated for the 2014 MAC Awards for New York Debut-Male and Restaurant/Hotel Lounge Instrumentalist.  He was a featured artist in The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s 45th Anniversary Celebration “REMEMBERING MABEL AND BOBBY” at The Town Hall, of which Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote “The evening’s brightest new discovery, Eric Yves Garcia, is a handsome young singer and pianist with genuine star quality.”

His solo show, “ONE NIGHT STANDARDS”, received rave reviews in the NY Times and Wall Street Journal at The Laurie Beechman Theater.  He headlined a special Valentine’s Day show at the Café Carlyle, and performed a short residency with his trio at the Carlyle Hotel’s Bemelmans Bar during Sundays this past Winter, and will be returning for several dates this Summer.  He was invited to perform “ONE NIGHT STANDARDS” at the prestigious Brownville Concert Series in Nebraska during April.  In May he was part of a select group of performers asked to participate in Symphony Space’s “WALL TO WALL CABARET”, where he was included in their “CABARET NOW” section and heralded as one of a few “up-and-coming cabaret superstars who are re-defining cabaret with their unique blend of traditional song stylings and modern performance art, expanding the repertoire into the world of pop, folk, and a new contemporary take on the classic American Songbook”.  He just returned from Paris, playing a five night engagement at the new nightspot Club Rayé.  In June he’ll be participating in “IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING”, a tribute show to the late Margaret Whiting being held in the Weill Recital Space at Carnegie Hall.

In NYC, you may have seen him at Cafe Carlyle and Bemelman’s, 54 Below, Chez Josephine, Firebird, Feinstein’s at the Regency, The Iridium, Monkey Bar, The National Arts Club, The Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, The Players Club, The Rum House, Urban Stages, York Theatre Company, and numerous others.  He is a graduate of Fordham University at Lincoln Center’s theatre department.