242 (Vladimir Ashkenazy/Daniel Barenboim/Fou TsвЂ™ong, piano English Chamber Orchestra Daniel Barenboim, cond.The two actresses may now be working on separate projects, but it seems they try to hang out whenever possible. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for 3 Pianos in F Major, K. Fou, who shared his life with Zamira Menuhin, daughter of Yehudi Menuhin then with the Chinese pianist Patsy Toh, died in London aged 86.ДЇor more of the best in classical music, sign up to our E-Newsletter And even with these two, you have to be prepared to get nowhere in terms of worldly success.вЂќ In the words of a colleague, Fou was a pianist who let the piano speak for itself. If you really have got it in you, not only talent but real aspiration, that means you are ready to sacrifice your life for it, totally dedicated to it, thatвЂ™s almost more important than talent. вЂњFirst, you must have good self awareness,вЂќ he writes, вЂњto know what youвЂ™re made of. Despite all hardships and heartbreaks, Fou вЂњconsidered himself terribly lucky, although he did not consider his career that easy, partly because of his deficiencies, but partly and largely because of his character.вЂќ Fou was always thankful that вЂњI never had so much success that I could be blinded by vanity, and as my father told me, with music you could never be lonely because you are living with the greatest souls of the history of mankind all the time.вЂќ Fou had some very sensible advice for young pianists as well. While Fou was immediately celebrated in the West, his parents got caught in the Cultural Revolution in China and both committed suicide. His father disagreed and the family became temporarily estranged, but eventually Fou returned to Shanghai to continue his musical development.ДЇou TsвЂ™ong (front left) with his classmates and teachers at Shanghai National Training School of Music, 1945 I was taught classical Chinese from a very early age.вЂќ The family owned a large number of records of classical music, and from an early age вЂњI was mesmerized by music, yet it was not until I was 17 years old that I began to take the piano seriously, and it became the focus of my life.вЂќ He did receive early lessons at ten, but after the family moved to Yunan province, Fou became a rebellious teenager committed to the idea of communist revolution. вЂњMy father was an extraordinary person,вЂќ he said, вЂњa renaissance man of great humanism that is the way I was brought up. Fou TsвЂ™ong was the son of a leading Chinese scholar, Fu Lei, who had spent a number of years in Paris and Europe. It is a story of forced exile, which ranged from his childhood during the Japanese occupation in China, the horrific fate of his family during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and all the way to his dramatic escape via Poland after the Chopin Competition.

17 No.4 (Fou TsвЂ™ong, piano)ДЇou TsвЂ™ongвЂ™s life was anything but a glittery fairy tale. You could feel his scar inside him, the pain he carried, which he tried to heal everyday through music.вЂќДЇrГ©dГ©ric Chopin: Mazurka No. We are obliged to Fou TsвЂ™ong for all his new ideas and for opening new musical horizons for all of us.вЂќ His former student William Youn writes, вЂњhe was an artist-the most sensible, unpredictable, he could laugh like a child and suddenly be transcendental like an old monk. In a special album recorded to mark the artistвЂ™s sixtieth birthday, Martha Argerich, Leon Fleisher and Radu Lupu wrote, вЂњFou TsвЂ™ong became one of the great teachers of our time. вЂњI am always a beginner,вЂќ he once said, вЂњI am always learningвЂ¦вЂќ For a good many of his colleagues, Fou TsвЂ™ong was a pianistвЂ™s pianist, and the Chopin Institute writes, вЂњwe bid farewell to a master, musician and philosopher with a unique gift for conveying ChopinвЂ™s greatness to the world both in words and, above all, through his playing. He was an introspective interpreter, who lived his life in the greatest modesty. In the waning days of 2020, Covid-19 has claimed the life of Fou TsвЂ™ong, the original Chinese poet of the keyboard and the first internationally acclaimed Chinese soloist.

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