Fou Ts’ong

Portrety Komitetu Honorowego 17. Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina/ Portraits of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition’s Honorary Committee
Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina/ The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Dyrektor/ Director: Artur Szklener
Producent/ Producer: Kamila Stępień-Kutera
Scenariusz/ Screenplay: Kamila Stępień-Kutera, Piotr Stasik, Tomasz Wolski
Konsultacja merytoryczna/ Specialist consultation: Stanisław Leszczyński, Grzegorz Michalski
Realizacja/ Realisation: Tomasz Wolski, Piotr Stasik, Anna Gawlita, KIJORA FILM sp. z o.o.
Tłumaczenia/ Translations: Katarzyna Świątoniowska
Nadzór organizacyjny/ Organisational supervision: Joanna Dobrzańska
All rights reserved 2015
Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina
Zapraszamy do śledzenia transmisji z Konkursu na kanale/ Broadcasts from the Competition can be followed on the Chopin Institute's KZbin channel: / chopin2015
Oficjalna strona Konkursu/ The official Competition website: chopincompetiti...
Oficjalna aplikacja iOS/ The official iOS app: appsto.re/pl/j...
Oficjalna aplikacja Android/ The official Android app: goo.gl/u93t9T

[@LukeZX4]

Absolutely devastated by the news of his passing. He will be dearly missed.

[@MartinSmithMFM]

MY brother lived 3 houses away from Fou and one day as I was about to ring the bell I heard Fou playing the Schubert B flat first mvt, and he made a small mistake on the second subject. He did not stop but at the next cadence, in time, musically and perfectly, replayed that phrase. He did this three times and then went ahead.

[@MartinSmithMFM]

It was high summer and all the windows were open and the T'Songs had a piano visible on every level of their Islington mansion.

[@huntazin6389]

He will always be one of my favourite Chopin interpreter. RIP

[@counterpoints_]

RIP maestro. Your artistry will live on with us.

[@davidrds]

Rest in peace, Maestro.

[@LondonarabS]

I was fortunate My parents took me to see him in 1968 in city hall Hong Kong I sat in the front row and I could almost touch him . I remember he played all the pieces I have just learned and I thought I have "finished". He made me realise that when the hard work Starts. Thank you so much for your lifetime dedication to chopin. I am now in my 60 and I live a few miles from you. I met Peggy through a mutual friend I wish I can meet you one day You have been my inspiration and idol for 50 years Thank you master

[@saraleetaiwan1572]

R.I.P. maestro 🙏

[@JonDunnmusician]

@@saraleetaiwan1572 peace

[@hwe001]

A man of free spirit, no compromise to any hypocrisy.

[@piotrjasinski6281]

Chopin Institute thank you very much for this video. What a passion, what a soul, what a lost...

[@evelyntsui3005]

I first met him at my high school, he came to practice piano at the Social Hall in our school. Some schoolmates and I went around to watch his playing. We all admired him.

[@viennawoodscarnot]

His understanding about music and Chopin is truly amazing, transcendental to put it in a musical way. A true master

[@sulimabarba2935]

Every single word about Chopin is exactly what I feel and think. Thank God for this great genius that was passionate about another unique genius. Never had the pleasure to hear him in a live performance.Thanks forever, Maestro! 🌹🌹🌹❤

[@voraciousreader3341]

I love this man’s mind, and love his playing, even if he said he was “shallow” in his understanding. If that’s “shallow,” then I’m all in. 100%! I love the “Allegro Films” documentary about Ashkenazy and Barenboim playing the Mozart Concerto for 2 Pianos with the English Chamber Orchestra from the ‘60s. They take Fou Ts’ong out for dinner, and Barenboim of course monopolizes the table with a ridiculous music joke, but I just loved how happy these competing pianists were in each other’s company, how glad they were to be together....it did my heart good! It’s here on KZbin.

[@mahermaher502]

It take genius to understand genius' Very wise man

[@ruhigul492]

For me Ts`ong is the most underrated Chopin interpreter. And the words he said at the end of video should be marked. Mazurkas by him are splendid.

[@johannmarkel2]

Truely beautifully created short documentary combined with very inspiring statements of this master. Thanks for posting!!

[@3340steve]

What a beautiful portrait of the artist. Wonderful film, so engaging . Thank you for posting this.

[@taoyezhang868]

Great Pianist ! Great Aritst ! I love Fou Tsong.

[@antyzhang2203]

R.I.P. 😭😭😭

[@jong-hyonshin632]

Beautiful film about Fou Ts'ong. May he rest in peace.

[@Wilshare]

R.I.P. ꧁꧂ ❤ ꧁꧂꧁꧂ ETERNITY IS YOURS NOW.THANK YOU FOR THE TASTE OF JOY YOU LEFT FOR US. UNTIL WE MEET AGIAN

[@mostbestjia627]

RIP, you and your music will be missed.

[@ui1835]

My deepest sorrow and regret of the passing of our great pianust, Fou Ts'ong.

[@L4AH4N1889]

RIP the greatest Chopin expert 🌷🙏

[@wing148]

Rest in Peace!

[@edwardlee941]

Mr. T'song spoke the truth! Thank you!!

[@user-ie3mn9tr8p]

3:50 大师身后墙上挂的是林风眠，右边墙上是黄宾虹山水

[@StephenHsiang]

应该都是他父亲的收藏，付老在访谈中有讨论过。

[@tommytao976]

@@StephenHsiang 傅雷非常欣赏黄宾虹的画

[@Angelsinging22]

Fou Tsong, a great man.

[@kalinamasash1137]

Very good I love it!!!!, how Fou understand SZOPEN I feel Szopen the same way . Greetings from Poland :)

[@yaolin6091]

Rest In Peace Maestro. A great poetic pianist.

[@MadDogDaily]

R.I.P Legend

[@alisonliu6929]

Joyful and still in wonder of Chopin. Respect.

[@jackatherton0111]

While claiming, along with most critics, that he played an 'authentic' Chopin, Arthur Rubinstein admitted more than a century ago to the soprano Emmy Destinn that he did not play in the manner of the composer. Rubinstein, with his German training and innate brio, played a more masculine Chopin than the composer could or chose to do (although Chopin admired the force of both Liszt and his own pupil Gutmann, at least in certain pieces). Similarly, the 'authentic' Chopinist before Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir de Pachmann, was more influenced by romanticism than by Chopin's classicism. The point is that Chopin himself, playing on a Pleyel in a salon or at George Sand's Nohant home, cannot be recaptured. And even if he could, he cannot be confined to a historically informed performance. He is too great for that. So when some critics accuse Fou Ts'ong of playing with too much rubato, or too fast -- or in some other respect, not 'idiomatically' -- they diminish Chopin, not Fou. When I hear him, I imagine that this is the way Robert Schumann might have played Chopin (before Schumann injured his hand). Schumann, after all, is the composer and friend who, depicting Chopin in his Carnaval, asked performers to play that lyrical episode ‘agitato' -- an instruction now more honored in the breach than the observance. Fou is by turns an agitated, brooding, ecstatic player. I sense that he loves Chopin to distraction. As the interview shows, he insists on his own notion of textual fidelity. But his playing transcends scholarship and achieves artistry. A great musician and a great soul.

[@mackiceicukice]

Beautifully and eloquently written.Thank you.

[@voraciousreader3341]

Early critics characterized Ashkenazy’s playing of Chopin’s works as being “too Slavic” after he began playing his pieces in recitals, and this tended to annoy Ashkenazy. He said something like, ‘[PARAPHRASE!] if you play Chopin’s music, you have no choice but to play Chopin. If you play Beethoven or Mozart, it’s all on the page, you have to play it to the best of your ability, what is written. I can’t play it Slavic, what does that mean?? If they mean something slips in that I’m not aware of, they’re crazy!””"

[@jackatherton0111]

@@mackiceicukice Just saw your very kind comment. Forgive the plug, but you might enjoy a novel I’ve written about an aspiring pianist: The Summer We Skipped Woodstock, available from Amazon. Thanks.

[@mackiceicukice]

@@jackatherton0111 Will look for it , thank you

[@ABOUTCULTUREHH]

R.I.P. Maestro Fou.

[@pigo657]

A real master, a Chinese pianist

[@yunshunyang2084]

真正的鋼琴家

[@hbmbmbmbkbkjbkbjkbj7793]

He is a genius. He is of another dimension. Best Chopin interpreter of all time.

[@fy6524]

Rest in peace Master. You are dearly missed.

[@icebabyellen5495]

"The next generation succeeds because they don't do what the previous generation asked them to do." I really feel it. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, you can go and see Fu Lei's Family Letter.

[@troy5094]

as a Chinese person this comment hit me so hard 😭😭😭

[@icebabyellen5495]

@@troy5094 The truth is: if he had gone back to China, he wouldn't have ended his life like this.

[@troy5094]

I’m talking about the Fu Lei’s Family Letters... it’s almost a classic in modern Chinese literature

[@junxu4438]

I never understand the popularity of those letters, utter nonsense, he was a very abusive father.

[@amelialy9048]

Rest In Peace.

[@thisisbalegate7209]

Rest in peace.

[@onebit1381]

R.I.P.

[@tony.530]

RIP Maestro

[@lynn9499]

rip, my maestro.

[@harbingerseven]

RIP...

[@hsfpiano1989]

He has 3 grand pianos at his house ??? Wow

[@hsfpiano1989]

According to a piano technician, he actually had 5 grand pianos.. RIP maestro.

[@troy5094]

RIP Maestro. 彈一曲升C小調夜曲爲您致敬。

[@vascularsurgeon]

RIP

[@ChiKitWong426]

R.I.P. :(

[@bobtate336]

Very sad that he has left us.

[@LondonarabS]

So sad today

[@JonDunnmusician]

God bless

[@mina-ry2st]

RIP. 💐😌🎹

[@patriciachi]

逝者安息，永远铭记大师

[@yuyunfei9994]

再见！老爷子

[@qingqingliu699]

RIP。 so sad

[@SpyrineMusic]

Rest in peace man

[@akihana4113]

Rip 😭

[@bartoszmaniecki1806]

great video

[@hunanuk]

RIP Mr Fu

[@Ninanotlina]

Oh dear he died in London of Covid 19 😱

[@laputa6464]

Indeed. He escaped from China all those years ago but was still struck by this virus from his homeland.

[@saghhinooz1755]

@@laputa6464 sad

[@swcblad]

赤子孤獨了，會創造一個世界。

[@ice3683]

一生潜心追寻艺术的大师，安息吧🙏🙏🙏

[@fanfeng909]

民國大師，何時可再現？

[@christopherczajasager9030]

Cliches......

[@papagen00]

Let's not get carried away here. There's nothing "extreme" about Chopin's two piano concertos. People always launch their favorite composers into the orbit like a God or something. Chopin was just a person and not a pleasant one at that.

[@eveyueng8733]

I think u over elaborate his original words

[@marcinb4647]

he was an ol' nasty piece of work wasn't he, our Freddy.

[@si.1179]

钢琴演绎一流无疑，少数前几个音符就抓住我的心的，但是个人感觉他没骨气，忘记了父母是怎么死的

[@chenliu3480]

R.I.P.

[@kz518]

RIP

[@hosinooji]

R.I.P.

[@Mofumomomochi]

R.I.P.