FEI-PING HSU MEMORIAL WEBSITE

Discography

Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata

1. Sonata No. 14 in C# minor (Moonlight)

2. Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathetique)

3. Sonata No. 23 in F minor (Appassionate)

4. Albumblatt a-moll WoO 59 (Für Elise)

Beethoven: Piano Concertos No.1 & 4

1. Piano Concerto No.1 in C Op.15

2. Piano Concerto No.4 in G Op.58

Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

Chopin According to Fei-Ping Hsu

1. Three Mazurkas: Op.7 #2, Op.24 #2, Op.33 #4

2. Sonata No.2, Op.35 in B flat minor (Funeral March)

3. Polonaise Fantaisie, Op. 61 in A flat

4. Two Nocturnes, Op. 62

Piano Solo by Hsu Fei-Ping

Selected Piano Pieces by Huang An-Lun

1. Thirty Pieces in Saibei Folksong Style

2. Poem for Dance No.3

Everlasting Piano Works By Hsu Fei-Ping (1)

1. S. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concert No.2 , Op.18

2. S. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Russian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by K. Krimets

Everlasting Piano Works By Hsu Fei-Ping (2)

1. Huang An-Lun: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.57

2. Huang An-Lun: Poem For Dance No.3 Op.40

Russian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by K. Krimets

In Memory of Fei-Ping Hsu

A book in Chinese of memorial tributes to one of the greatest

Pianists of our time.

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Reviews

He hit the elusive combination of fire and delicacy.

-- NEW YORK TIMES

A commanding athleticism born of grace and agility.

-- THE WASHINGTON POST

Marvelous displays of technical virtuosity and musicianship.

-- SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER

His performance seemed like small pearls attached, one after another, onto a long string of musical sensitivity and dazzling technique.

-- AL HA MISHMAR, ISRAEL

His audience was intoxicated and captivated by the beauty of sound that poured from his fingers. Here was a plentiful supply of poetry, humor and dazzling finger work.

-- THE HONG KONG STANDARD

Biography

Pianist Fei-Ping Hsu was one of the most important Chinese pianists to emerge in the 20th century. He was a Gold Medal winner at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition, the first pianist in the competition’s history from the People’s Republic of China. He has also garnered top prizes in many other international competitions including the Gina Bachauer Memorial Piano Scholarship Competition, the University of Maryland International Competition, and the Paloma O’Shea International Competition (Spain). Mr. Hsu made his New York recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in 1983 and has since performed throughout the United States, including appearances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He also frequently toured Europe, South America, and the Far East. Mr. Hsu was especially noted for the sensitivity, brilliance, and poetry in his interpretations.

The NEW YORK TIMES remarked he was “A fully developed performer of particular ability, he hit the elusive combination of fire and delicacy.”

THE WASHINGTON POST states he displayed “A commanding athleticism born of grace and agility.”

Fei-Ping Hsu passed away in an auto accident last November while on concert tour in China. In the ensuing weeks, friends and family poured into New York from all across the continent to pay him tribute. Memorial concerts were immediately organized all across China, and articles were collected from the New York Times, the Clavier magazine, the Washington Post, and major journals in Finland, United Kingdom, China, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, and South America.

Mr. Hsu was born on the island of Gulangyu in southeast China. As the youngest son of a Christian pastor, he grew up singing hymns while his mother played on a missionary’s upright piano. One day when she was sick, five-year-old Fei-Ping went to the piano and played the hymns by ear. The family realized his great talent and began encouraging his music. When he was eight years old, he had a rare opportunity to meet Professor Ji-sen Fan, the head of the piano department of the Shanghai Conservatory, and recognized as a child prodigy. By the time he was twelve-years-old, he already played the complete Chopin etudes and had performed with the Shanghai Philharmonic. At this time he was invited to perform by Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, who was so impressed with his talent that she personally invited Mr. Hsu to study and perform in Europe. Unfortunately, he was not allowed to accept this invitation because of the advent of the Cultural Revolution in China. However, he survived the labor camps and became well known in China and toured extensively throughout the Far East as a soloist with the Central Philharmonic which is the top national orchestra.

In 1979, Fei-Ping Hsu miraculously received permission to study in the United States. He first entered the Eastman School of Music, and then the Juilliard School of Music under the tutelage of Sascha Gorodnitzki. He has received international acclaim ever since, performing in Germany, France, Andorra, Switzerland, and Italy. He has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras such as the Moscow Philharmonic, the Finnish Tempere Symphony Orchestra, and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Charles Dutoit, and in countless international festivals. Mr. Hsu was also in demand in his native Asia, where his concerto collaborations include the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra in Japan, the China National Symphony Orchestra in Beijing, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and the Shanghai Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded for Columbia Records, RCA Victor Records, Hugo Records, ROI Productions, M-A Recordings in Japan.

Fei-Ping Hsu’s life was cut short by a fatal auto accident on November 27, 2001, while on a concert tour in China. May the beauty of his performance last in our hearts forever.