- Frederic Chiu
Frederic Chiu is a Chinese-American Classical concert
pianist .Education
Chiu studied music and
computer science atIndiana University , then pursued his musical studies inNew York at theJuilliard School , where he studied withAbbey Simon . During his studies he won numerous piano competitions, including theKosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition and theMusic Teachers National Association Competition, both in 1984. He was awarded the American Pianist Association Fellowship (formerly known as the Beethoven Foundation).Career
He moved to
France for 12 years, beginning his career without entering the usual circuit of international piano competitions. His recording career began in 1991, with the well-received release of a program of piano transcriptions. He followed that with a large project of recording the complete Piano Sonatas ofSergei Prokofiev . His recorded repertoire includes Mendelssohn,Rossini ,Chopin ,Liszt ,Grieg ,Brahms ,Ravel , Decaux,Schoenberg ,Schubert and Prokofiev. He recorded the Liszt transcription for solo piano of theBeethoven Symphony #5.In 1993, he entered the
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition , where his exclusion from the final round created enormous media coverage. He was invited to play more and more in the United States, where he eventually returned to live.Highlights of his performances include concerts with the
BBC Concert Orchestra and theBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra , theIndianapolis Symphony, theKansas City Symphony , theDayton Philharmonic , the Hartford Symphony, the Orchestre de Bretagne of France, theChina National Symphony , and the Taipei National Symphony. He has played recitals in many major cities in Europe, Asia, Northern Africa, South America and North America.He has given
master class es at major universities and music schools around the world. Frederic Chiu also created a series ofworkshop s entitled "Deeper Piano Studies" that approach piano playing through non-traditional methods uniting different philosophies of music, performance and learning.Chiu is a
Yamaha Artist .External links
* [http://www.fredericchiu.com Frederic Chiu's Website]
* [http://bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Chiu-Frederic.htm]
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