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Joshua Tromans needs votes to become CBC's Piano Hero

Competition is looking for Canada's favourite amateur classical pianist
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Ten-year-old Joshua Tromans of Tsawwassen is hoping online voters will propel him into the next round of Piano Hero.

Tsawwassen's Joshua Tromans needs votes to make it to the next round of Piano Hero.

The CBC Music contest is looking for Canada's favourite amateur classical pianist.

Tromans, 10, said it would be exciting if he were able to win.

Tromans performs Bach's Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 in his video submission to the contest.

The top-10 online vote getters move on to have their videos judged by a panel of piano professionals. Voting closes tomorrow. The winner gets a trip for two to Toronto, a private piano lesson with Emanuel Ax, an upright piano, the opportunity to make a professional music video and attend the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's RBC Piano Extravaganza.

Tromans, whose goal is be a concert pianist, started playing piano when he was three. He practices three to four hours a day.

Asked what he enjoys about playing the piano, he says it "fulfills my soul."

He studies at the VSO School of Music in Vancouver.

As well as receiving top prizes in a pair of recent music festivals, Tromans has recently performed in masterclasses with pianists Tomislav Baynov and Inon Barnatan, his parents noted.

Tromans will be performing in the 101 Pianists concert with international superstar Lang Lang at the Orpheum Theatre in March.

"He's developing a lot faster than anybody expected," says Jullie Izawa, Tromans' mom.

He scored a 97 per cent in his advanced rudiments music theory exam from the Royal Conservatory, she added.

Visit http://www.piano.strutta.com/entry/8298380 to view and vote for Tromans' submission.