Erik Topor had a quiet if not sheltered childhood growing up in a traditional Polish family

in the Chicago suburb of Burbank. Quite the introspective albeit extroverted individual

from a young age, Erik discovered a passion for music as a means of expression and

catharsis, picking up folk violin and then piano at the age of seven. This opened

opportunities that would not only shape his understanding of the world, but also lead to

meeting and inte...