Background
Born in Shanghai, to a family of intellectuals (his father was the translator Fu Lei), Fou first studied piano with Mario Paci, the Italian founder of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.
傅聰
Born in Shanghai, to a family of intellectuals (his father was the translator Fu Lei), Fou first studied piano with Mario Paci, the Italian founder of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.
In 1953, Fou moved to Europe to continue his training at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw (at present Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw) with Professor. Zbigniew Drzewiecki, where he impressed his professors with his grasp of the mazurka rhythm. Fou has been based in London since 1960, whence he embarked on a performing and teaching career that has taken him throughout the world and been acclaimed for his interpretations of Chopin.
Hermann Hesse proclaimed him to be the only true performer of the composer"s work.
Their marriage ended in divorce. He lives in London. Fou"s parents Fu Lei and Zhu Meifu were persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and committed suicide in September 1966.
Fou Ts"ong has a brother named Fu Minister
He was a member of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition"s jury in 1991, 1999 and 2007.
