george xiaoyuan fu

2020

[2020 14 Jan. 8pm] nightmusic: Piano four-hands with Thomas Ang, piano
Nikolai KAPUSTIN Excerpt from Sinfonietta, op. 49
Loren LOIACONO Dyspnea, from Primum non nocere
New Work TBA (world premiere)
Edwin ROXBURGH Hommage to Debussy
George CRUMB Gamma Draconis, from Celestial Mechanics
St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales

[2020 6 Mar. 7pm] Solo Recital: Short Stories
Helen GRIME Ten Miniatures
Robert SAXTON Fantasy on the Notes ACADE (world premiere)
Harrison BIRTWISTLE Saraband, The King’s Farewell
Philip CASHIAN Short Stories (world premiere)
Tansy DAVIES Loopholes and Lynchpins
Mark-Anthony TURNAGE On Marylebone Road (world premiere)
Oliver KNUSSEN Ophelia’s Last Dance
Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London UK

[2020 17 Mar. 7.30pm] Listenpony at Barnes Music Festival: Solo Performance (Cancelled)
Selections by J. S. BACH, DEBUSSY, MESSIAEN, Daniel FARDON, William MARSEY, and Freya WALEY-COHEN
OSO Arts Center, London UK
(Click here to learn more about Listenpony)

[2020 19 Mar. 7pm] Solo Recital: Etudes Project (Postponed)
Program to comprise of piano studies written by the composition students at the Royal Academy of Music; more information TBA
Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London UK

[2020 8 Apr.] Solo Recital: Festival Saint-Mère (Cancelled)
L. V. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Frédéric CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op 61
Claude DEBUSSY Douze Études L 136
Château de Mérens, Gers, France

[2020 16 Apr. 2:15pm] Solo Recital: Meet the Artists (Cancelled)
L. V. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
William MARSEY Selection from Dutch Indoor Subjects
Frédéric CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
Claude DEBUSSY Études L 136, Book I
Reston CenterStage, Reston, VA

[2020 19 Apr. 3pm] Zodiac Duo: Celestial Sounds (Postponed)
W. A. MOZART Sonata in C major for Four Hands, K. 521
György KURTÁG Selections from Jatékok
Maurice RAVEL (arr. Léon Roques) Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, for four hands
Loren LOIACONO Dyspnea, from Primum non nocereGeorge CRUMB Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV): Cosmic Dances for Amplified Piano
The Zodiac Duo: Mika Sasaki and George X. Fu, piano
Gildenhorn Recital Hall at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD

[2020 30 Apr. 1.10pm] Solo Recital: St Anne’s Lewes (Postponed)
L. V. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Frédéric CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
George Xiaoyuan FU Transformation on Gigue from Partita No. 2 by J. S. Bach
St Anne’s Church, Lewes, UK

[2020 7 May 1pm] Solo Recital: Brighton Festival (Cancelled)
Claude DEBUSSY Selections from Douze Études, L. 136
Frédéric CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
George Xiaoyuan FU Transformation on Gigue from Partita No. 2 by J. S. Bach
L. V. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
All Saints Church, Hove, UK

[2020 13 Oct] Beethoven 250+: The Natural World
L. V. BEETHOVEN Sonata in D major, Op. 28 “Pastorale”
Tansy DAVIES Nature (cond.)
George X. Fu, piano and conductor
Joseph Havlat, piano
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London UK

2021

[2020 12 Dec. 2pm Costa Rica Time] Masterclass, live streamed
Clase maestra de piano por el Curtis Institute of Music para el Teatro Eugene O’Neill, San José, Costa Rica (en español)

[2021 10 Jan. 7pm BT/2pm ET] Solo Recital: Keyboard Charitable Trust/Arts Club of Washington
J. S. BACH/Sergei RACHMANINOV Gavotte from Violin Partita No. 3
George X. 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
St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale, UK

[2021 26 Jan. 2pm Mexico Time] Masterclass, live streamed
Clase maestra de piano por el Curtis Institute of Music (en español)
Festival de Música de Cámara San Miguel de Allende

[2021 1 Feb. time] Solo Recital: Royal Academy of Music (postponed)
Harrison’s Birtwistle’s large-scale work, Harrison’s Clocks, and new pieces by composition students at the RAM

[2021 23 Feb. 5pm BT] BBC Radio 3: In Tune
Click here to listen live

[2021 24 Feb. 1pm BT] City Music Foundation Lunchtime Concert Series
Claude DEBUSSY Selections from Douze Études, L. 136
Sergei RACHMANINOV Gigue from Violin Partita No. 3 by J. S. Bach
George X. FU Transformation on Gigue from Violin Partita No. 2 by J. S. Bach
Sergei RACHMANINOV Selections from Études-Tableaux, Op. 39
The Great Hall at St Bartholomew’s, West Smithfield, London, UK
Available for streaming on CMF’s Youtube/Social Pages

[2021 14 Apr. 7:30pm BT] Solo Recital: Kirckman Concert Society Kings Place Showcase
Oliver KNUSSEN Ophelia’s Last Dance, Op. 32
George X. FU passacaglia on a theme by radiohead (2020, world premiere)
Claude DEBUSSY Selections from Douze Études, L. 136
Franz SCHUBERT Sonata in c minor, D. 958
Livestreamed from Kings Place, London, UK

[CANCELLED. 2021 21 Apr.] Keyboard Charitable Trust/Brazilian Embassy: John Leech’s 96th Birthday Concert (rescheduled for September)
Darius MILHAUD Selection from Saudades do Brasil
Alberto NEPOMUCENO Folhas d'Álbum
NEPOMUCENO Noturno
Brazilian Embassy, London, UK

[CANCELLED. 2021 3 May - 9 May] Curtis on Tour with Andrea Obiso, violin, and Timotheos Petrin, cello
Felix MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 2 in c minor, Op. 66
Franz SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 1 in c minor, Op. 8
Maurice RAVEL Piano Trio in A major
Performances in Munich, Berlin, and Bremen

[2021 9 Jun. 1pm BT Livestream] Solo Recital
Claude DEBUSSY Selections from Études, L. 136
George X. FU passacaglia on a theme by radiohead (2020)
Johannes BRAHMS Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Händel, Op. 24
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon, UK

[2021 24 Jun. 7:30pm BT Live+Livestream] Solo Recital
Sergei RACHMANINOV Gigue from Violin Partita No. 3 by J. S. Bach
George X. FU Transformation on Gigue from Violin Partita No. 2 by J. S. Bach
Franz SCHUBERT Sonata No. 19 in c minor, D. 958
Maurice RAVEL Miroirs
RACHMANINOV Selections from Études-Tableaux Op. 39
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead, UK

[2021 22 July, 7pm. Live] Solitude with Schubert
Recital with Lotte Betts-Dean, soprano
Works by Franz SCHUBERT
Einsamkeit, D. 960
Piano Sonata in B-flat D. 960
Selections from Schwanengesang, D. 957
Austrian Cultural Forum, Knightsbridge, London

[2021 6-7 Aug. Live] Festival de Sainte-Mère
[2021 6 Aug. 6:45pm] Solo Recital: Mirrors
Germaine TAILLEFERRE Pastorale
Claude DEBUSSY Selections from Douze Études, L. 136
Henri DUTILLEUX Le jeu des contraires, from Préludes
Maurice RAVEL Miroirs
Chateau de Sainte-Mère, France

[2021 7 Aug. 6:45pm] Solo Recital
Sergei RACHMANINOV Selections from Études-Tableaux, Op. 39
Franz SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat, D. 960
Château de Sainte-Mère, Sainte-Mère, France

[2021 26 Aug. - 31 Aug. Live] Concerts at Presteigne Festival
[27 Aug, 11:30am & 2:30pm] Solo Recital: Miroirs
Henri DUTILLEUX Le jeu des contraires, from Préludes
Timo ANDRES Clear and Cold
Freya Waley-Cohen Bad Habit
James B WILSON Water Dance (world premiere)
Maurice RAVEL Miroirs
Presteigne, Wales, UK

[29 Aug, 6pm & 8pm] Solo Recital: Debussy Connections
Michael TIPPETT Piano Sonata No. 2
Paul DUKAS La plainte, au loin, du faun
Germaine TAILLEFERRE Pastorale
Manuel de FALLA Homenaje ‘Pour le Tombeau de Debussy’
Oliver KNUSSEN Ophelia’s Last Dance, Op. 32
Ninfea CRUTTWELL-READE Three études for piano and flower pots
Claude DEBUSSY Selections from Études, L. 132
Presteigne, Wales, UK

[30 Aug, 6pm & 8:30pm] Schumann Piano Quartet, with Ensemble Perpetuo
Adrian SUTTON Trio Dances (world premiere)
Jean FRANÇAIX String Trio in C major
Robert SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Presteigne, Wales, UK

[2021 Sep.] Curtis On Tour, with violinist Josef Spacek and cellist Timotheos Petrin

[21-24 Sep.] Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadius Library
[21 Sep.] Solo Recital
Sergei RACHMANINOV Étude-Tableau in e-flat minor, Op. 39 No. 5
Germaine TAILLEFERRE Pastorale
Henri DUTILLEUX Le jeu des contraires
Maurice RAVEL Selections from Miroirs
Franz SCHUBERT Sonata no. 21 in B-flat major, D. 960
Cotsen Hall at the Gennadius Library, Athens, Greece

[22 Sep.] Recital with Timotheos Petrin, cello
Franz SCHUBERT (arr. Piatagorsky) Introduction, Theme and Variations op. 82 no. 2
Igor STRAVINSKY Suite Italienne
Francis POULENC Sonata for cello and piano, FP 143
Cotsen Hall at the Gennadius Library, Athens, Greece

[24 Sep.] Piano Trios with Josef Spacek, violin and Timotheos Petrin, cello
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in D major, op. 70 no. 1 “Ghost”
Antonin DVORAK Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky”
Cotsen Hall at the Gennadius Library, Athens, Greece

[26 Sep.] Piano Trios with Josef Spacek, violin and Timotheos Petrin, cello
Same program as 24 Sep.
Kleiner Saal, Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany

[28 Sep.] Piano Trios with Josef Spacek, violin and Timotheos Petrin, cello
Same program as 24 Sep.
Hôtel de Talleyrand, Paris, France

[2021 2 Oct. 11:30am] Two Moors Festival, Solo Recital
Robert SCHUMANN Vogel als Prophet (Bird as Prophet), from Waldszenen
Olivier MESSIAEN Le chocard des alpes (The Alpine Chough), from Catalogue d’Oiseaux
George Xiaoyuan FU Three Paraphrases from Respighi's The Birds (world premiere)
MESSIAEN Le loriot (The golden oriole), from Catalogue d’Oiseaux
Maurice RAVEL Oiseaux tristes, from Miroirs
Olivier MESSIAEN Le merle bleu (The blue rock thrush), from Catalogue d’Oiseaux
St Pancras’ Church, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Newton Abbot, UK

[2021 5 Oct.] Keyboard Charitable Trust/Brazilian Embassy: John Leech’s 96th Birthday Concert
Solo performances alongside other Keyboard Charitable Trust Artists
Brazilian Embassy, London, UK

[2021 7 Oct. 1pm] St George’s Bristol, Solo Lunchtime Recital
Germaine TAILLEFERRE Pastorale
Henri DUTILLEUX Le jeu des contraires
James WILSON Water Dance
Freya WALEY-COHEN Bad Habit
Maurice RAVEL Miroirs
St George’s Bristol, Bristol, UK

[2021 22 Oct. 1pm] Barber Lunchtime Concert Series, Solo Lunchtime Recital
Germaine TAILLEFERRE Pastorale
Henri DUTILLEUX Le jeu des contraires
James WILSON Water Dance
Freya WALEY-COHEN Bad Habit
Maurice RAVEL Miroirs
Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK

[2021 1 Nov. 7:30pm] Solitude with Schubert with Lotte Betts-Dean, soprano
Works by Franz SCHUBERT.
Einsamkeit, D. 620
Sonata no. 21 in B-flat major, D. 960
Selections from Schwanengesang, D. 957
22 Mansfield Street, London, UK
To book please email boasb1@outlook.com. Tickets are £35 with drinks and canapés after/£20 with just preconcert drinks at 7pm

[2021 17-24 Nov.] Tour of Ireland with Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
Albert DIETRICH/Johannes BRAHMS/Robert SCHUMANN F-A-E Sonata
Igor STRAVINSKY Duo Concertante
Finola MERIVALE Release
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata no. 9 in A major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”
Click above link for tickets and more information
[17 Nov. 8pm] Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
[18 Nov. 7:30pm] Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford
[19 Nov. 8pm] glór, Ennis
[20 Nov. 8pm] Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr
[23 Nov. 8pm] Ionad Cultúrtha, Baile Mhúirne
[24 Nov. 7:30pm] St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, Dublin