THE FLORIDA
STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
Guest Artist Recital of Hsiang Tu, Piano
Friday, March 21, 2025
7:30 p.m. | Longmire Recital Hall
To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All…
Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers.
Recording Notice: This performance may be recorded. Please note that members of the audience may at times be included in this process. By attending this performance you consent to have your image or likeness appear in any live or recorded video or other transmission or reproduction made in conjunction to the performance.
Florida State University provides accommodations for persons with disabilities. Please notify the College of Music at (850) 644-3424 at least five working days prior to a musical event to request accommodation for disability or alternative program format.
Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899)
PROGRAM
Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau (1901) (1875–1937)
Menuet in C-sharp Minor, poth. (1904)
Sonatine (1903-05)
I. Modéré
II. Mouvement de menuet
III. Animé
Prelude (1913)
Gaspard de la nuit (1908)
I. Ondine
II. Le gibet
III. Scarbo
À la manière de...Alexander Borodine—Valse (1913)
À la manière de...Emmanuel Chabrier—Paraphrase sur un air de Gounod (1913)
La valse (1919-20)
Praised by The New York Times for his “eloquent sensitivity,” The Boston Intelligencer for his “impeccable technique,” and Fanfare for his “Chameleon-like ability to move between composers,” pianist Hsiang Tu was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and debuted in New York at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center as the winner of The Juilliard School Concerto Competition (Chopin Concerto No. 1). Since then, he has performed at high-profile venues such as Museum of Modern Art and Joyce Theater in New York City, Cardiff National Museum, Leeds University Great Hall, and Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris in Europe, and Sendai Youth Cultural Centre in Japan and National Recital Halls in Taiwan.
In the 2023-2024 season, Dr. Tu completed a four-recital tour in Taiwan and appeared as a concerto soloist with ensembles at the University of New Hampshire, Snow College in Utah, and the University of Florida. Following the critical acclaim of his debut album, Bestiary on Ivory (Bridge Records, 2020), a new album featuring Chopin’s 24 preludes and Sonata No. 2 was released by Da Vinci Classics in March of 2024, which the American Record Guide singled out the 24 preludes as “among the best.”
During the 2024-2025 season, Hsiang is scheduled to appear as a guest artist at Baylor University, Columbus State University, the University of Central Florida, and the University Putra Malaysia and perform recitals in Boston, Lima, and three cities in Taiwan, encompassing Maurice Ravel’s complete solo piano works. A prizewinner at the New Orleans International Piano Competition, the Iowa International Piano Competition, and the American Paderewski Piano Competition, Tu has appeared with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, and the World Civic Orchestra.
Before his current appointment as an Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Florida, Dr. Tu taught at Virginia Tech, the University of New Hampshire, Utah Valley University, and Snow College. He holds a B.M. in Piano Performance from the University of Calgary and an M.M. and DMA in Piano Performance from The Juilliard School. For more info, please visit hsiangtu.com.
