death_date notable_instruments birth_place name background genre article_title birth_name
27 november 2001 piano gulangyu , china fei-ping hsu non_vocal_instrumentalist classical fei-ping hsu
 fei-ping hsu
fei-ping hsu

fei-ping hsu -lrb- b. 1952 - d. 2001 -rrb- is a renowned chinese american pianist who is known for his sensitive , brilliant , and poetic interpretations .
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 an upright piano .
one day when his mother was ill , the five-year-old fei-ping went to the piano and played the hymns by ear .
the family realized his tremendous talent and encouraged him to study 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 was 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 .
feiping was invited to perform for the queen elisabeth of belgium , who was so impressed with his ability that she personally invited feiping to study and perform in europe under her sponsorship .
unfortunately , he was not allowed to accept this invitation because of the advent of the cultural revolution during the 1960s .
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 was the foremost leading orchestra .
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 also garnered top prizes in other international competitions including the gina bachauer memorial piano scholarship competition , the university of maryland international competition , and the paloma o'shea international competition -lrb- spain -rrb- .
mr. hsu made his new york recital debut at alice tully hall in 1983 and performed throughout the united states , including notable 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 his larger-than-life virtuosic style of horowitzian pianism .
in 1979 , fei-ping hsu received permission to study in the united states .
among others he attended the juilliard school of music under the tutelage of sascha gorodnitzki .
he had given numerous concerts in germany , france , andorra , switzerland , and italy .
he has appeared as a soloist with major orchestra including the montreal symphony orchestra under the baton of maestro charles dutoit , the moscow philharmonic in russia , the finnish tempere symphony orchestra in europe , as well as numerous orchestra in the united states performing in various concert halls and music festivals .
mr. hsu was also actively engaged in his native asia , where his collaborations include appearances with the china national symphony orchestra in beijing , the shanghai symphony orchestra , the shanghai radio symphony orchestra and the kyushu symphony orchestra in japan .
since the early 1970s mr. hsu had recorded for major labels such as the columbia records , the rca victor records , the hugo records , the roi productions , and the ma recordings in japan .
highly regarded as one of the foremost pianists of the western and the romantic traditions , hsu is also an early champion of the music of the modern composer huang an-lun .
his life was cut short in a road accident while on a concert tour in china on november 27 , 2001 and is remembered by many to this day .
he is survived by his wife and daughter .
