Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1934-03-10
- Active to
- 2020-12-28
classicaldeath by covid-19performerpianist
Discography
- Klavierkonzert a-Moll / Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 f-Moll
- Sonata in B-flat, D. 960 / Sonata in A minor, D. 784
- Piano Sonatas opp. 109,1101962
- Etudes1980
- Preludes1980
- 4 Ballades / Contredance / Cantabile / Feuille d'album / Largo / Fuga / Souvenir de Paganini1983
- Nocturnes1993
- Mazurkas1993
- Fantasie / Polonaise-fantasie / Berceuse / Barcarolle1994
- Fantasia in C minor, K. 475 / Sonata in F major, K. 533/494 / Sonata in C minor, K. 4572001
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13,449
- Total plays
- 99,892
Tags
pianoClassicalclassical pianoChinaworld
Fou Ts'ong was born in Shanghai, China in 1934. After first studying with Mario Paci, he moved to Europe in 1953, to study with Zbigniew Drzewicki at the Warsaw Conservatory in Poland. In 1955, only some 12 years after he started playing the piano, he won Third Prize and a special Mazurka Prize at the renowned Chopin Piano Competition. Indeed, Herman Hesse - the notable writer - famously proclaimed Fou to the only true performer of Chopin's work. Fou was the first Oriental pianist to become succ
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Fu
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of China
- Place of birth
- Shanghai
- Place of death
- London
- Father
- Fu Lei
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Chopin University of Music
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Native language
- Chinese
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Fou Ts'ong 1965b.jpg
- Work location
- London
- Residence
- London
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1934-03-10
- Commons category
- Fou Ts'ong
- date of death
- 2020-12-28
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- 傅聰
- P12749
- Lomnica
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