Pianist George Fu Livestream
Sunday, January 10 at 2:00pm
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
TICKETS $5 HERE!
London's Keyboard Trust and the Arts Club of Washington Present
2pm New York/DC, 7pm in London, 3pm Beijing
"A heroic piano soloist...stunning virtuosity” Boston Music Intelligencer
The Program
J.S. Bach/Sergei Rachmaninov - Gavotte from Violin Partita No. 3 by J.S. Bach
George Xiaoyuan Fu - Transformation on Gigue from Violin Partita No. 2 by J. S. Bach (2020, world premiere)
Franz Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Sergei Rachmaninov - Selections from Études-tableaux Op. 39
No. 3 in F# minor
No. 5 in Eb minor
No. 8 in D minor
No. 9 in D major
Chinese-American pianist George Xiaoyuan Fu is establishing a reputation as a captivating performer with distinctive intelligence and sensitivity. He has performed as a piano soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, and collaborated with conductors Michael Tilson Thomas, Stefan Asbury, Kensho Watanabe, Vinay Parameswaran, and Jonathan Berman. He has appeared at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood. He has been heard on BBC Radio 3, National Public Radio, and On Stage At Curtis Institute.
George continues a busy performance schedule in 2021, making several solo recital appearances which includes a debut at Kings Place in London and at the Presteigne Festival in Wales. After a successful tour of Latin America with violist Roberto Díaz, George will perform in a tour of Europe led by Curtis On Tour in a trio with violinist Andrea Obiso and cellist Timotheos Petrin.
George is an active composer and performer of contemporary music, having collaborated with composers Krzysztof Penderecki, Harrison Birtwistle, George Lewis, Unsuk Chin, Tansy Davies, Phil Cashian, Matthew Aucoin, and Freya Waley-Cohen.
After receiving a bachelors in economics from Harvard University, George studied at the Curtis Institute of Music under Jonathan Biss and Meng-Chieh Liu, and then at the Royal Academy of Music under Christopher Elton and Joanna MacGregor. He has also worked intensively with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, specifically on the music of Messiaen and Debussy. George is currently the Hodgson Piano Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. He receives career support as an artist of the Kirckman Concert Society, the City Music Foundation, and the Keyboard Charitable Trust.
George Fu has been selected by London’s Keyboard Trust for their artist development program. The Keyboard Trust celebrates their 30th anniversary in 2021, and supports the most gifted young pianists on stages in London, New York, Mexico, Berlin, Rome, Washington, DC, and other music capitals. The Trust has presented more than 250 international pianists, historic-keyboard players, and organists in nearly 1000 concerts. With such notable musicians as Evgeny Kissin, Alfred Brendel, and the late Claudio Abbado among its trustees, this formula has proved its worth. www.keyboardtrust.org
