Eric Lariviere

Board Member through January 2011
elariviere@markham.ca

Eric Lariviere was appointed Manager of the Markham Theatre for Performing Arts in Ontario in 2009. 

From 2002 to 2007, Eric Lariviere served as General Manager of the Florida International Festival and its Winter Season presenting division, Central Florida Cultural Endeavors (CFCE). In 2007, Lariviere became President of Daytona Beach International Festival upon the reorganization and renaming of the former Florida International Festival. Under his leadership, the event blossomed into the largest orchestral Festival in Florida while CFCE was the leading concert presenter in eastern Central Florida. During his leadership tenure, Lariviere was pivotal in launching a comprehensive strategic planning process and major organizational transition that led to repositioning the Festival as a major cultural destination attraction. In addition, he implemented strategies to diversify funding sources that resulted in significant organizational and programmatic growth.

Prior to his arrival in the United States, Eric was General Manager of the Societe du Centre Pierre-Peladeau, in Montreal, Canada. During his nine-year tenure, he developed and positioned the Center as one of the prime performing arts venues in Downtown Montreal; implementing multiple programs in music, modern dance and family entertainment. Lariviere also brought the 2003 International Performing Arts for Youth Conference to the Center.

Lariviere's management experience also includes work with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra as well as other cultural projects at the national and international level. Involved in the community, he was successively President of the Canadian Arts Presenting Association (the Pan-Canadian association for touring and presenting), President of the Volusia County Cultural Alliance, and has recently begun serving on the Board of Directors of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

A native of Canada, Lariviere studied cello at McGill University and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Quebec in Montreal.