Published on Apr 18, 2014

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Genre: Musicals

Dates: Friday, May 23, 2014

Venue: Forbidden City Concert Hall

Prices: 80, 180, 280, 380, 580, 880

Features: Fou Ts'ong is considered one of the most authoritative performers of Chopin's works. On May 23rd, acclaimed pianist Fou Ts'ong will be performed at Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Fou Ts'ong is a Chinese pianist. Born in Shanghai to a family of intellectuals (his father was the translator Fu Lei), Fou first studied piano with Mario Paci, the Italian founder of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. In 1953, Fou moved to Europe to continue his training at the Warsaw Conservatory, where he amazed his professors with his intuitive grasp of the mazurka rhythm. His mastery was confirmed when he won the special Mazurka Prize at the 1955 International Chopin Piano Competition.

Fou had been based in London since 1960, whence he embarked on a performing and teaching career that has taken him throughout the world and been distinguished above all by his authoritative interpretations of Chopin; indeed, Hermann Hesse proclaimed him to be the only true performer of the composer's work. Among Fou's closest friends are the fellow pianists Martha Argerich, Leon Fleisher, and Radu Lupu, who, acknowledging his influence upon their musical development, were "obliged to Fou Ts'ong for all his new ideas and for opening new musical horizons for all of us."

Fou Ts'ong was a member of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition's jury in 1991, 1999 and 2007.

Tickets for Fou Ts'ong Piano Recital are Available now!