At 12, he began his studies with Charles Crowder at the Preparatory Department of Music at American University.
"[2] In 2003, Classics Today wrote, "Precision, beauty, and surface polish characterize Eric Himy’s superb way with Ravel’s piano music.
The echo effects in ‘Oiseaux tristes’ are what you dream of, and the liquid quality of ‘Une barque sur l’océan’ invites you to listen over and over again.
Even the passages of single-line melody in ‘Alborada’ have an indescribably exotic atmosphere in Himy's subtle moulding.
"[4] In 2017 Mr. Himy performed with the Washington Ballet in Justin Peck choreography Suite for Two Pianos by Philip Glass with pianist Glenn Sales.