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The Taiwanese pianist, Peter Chuang-Chuang Fang (方壯壯, piano), had his early endeavors when he began his piano study with his father at age 4 included smaller works such as J.S. Bach's Minuet in G, which he loved, and Isidor Philipp's Piano Exercises and Études, which he did not. At the age 12 entered the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, where he studied piano with Alexander Sung. In 2010, he entered the Music Program of New England Conservatory in Boston at Walnut Hill School, studying under Professor Hung-Kuan Chen. He obtained his Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory (2015), where he studied with professors Alexander Korsantia, Hung-Kuan Chen, and Meng-Chieh Liu; and his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School of Music in New York (2016-2018), where he continued his piano study with Hung-Kuan Chen. Other teachers have included Robert Levin, and Peter Serkin. He is a current student and secondary piano instructor at Yale School of Music (since 2018).
Hailed “piano prodigy” by The Seattle Time and acclaimed for an “immense and electric (performance)...exhibits more winning confidence than most of his peers...sounded unusually musical” by The Boston Music Intelligencer, Peter Fang is a pianist who relishes embracing the major masterpieces of the repertoire. His recitals have typically included such large works as Frédéric Chopin's 24 Études, Franz Liszt's Transcendental Études, J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations (BWV 988), and the complete piano sonatas of Johannes Brahms.
Peter Fang has frequently performed at Hsin Chu City Concert Hall, Taipei KHS Hall and Mozarteum in Salzburg. He appeared with Lev Klychkov, concertmaster of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, at the National Concert Hall in Taipei. He won the First Prize at the 2012 Steinway Society Competition in Massachusetts and performed at the Cohen Wing Symphony Hall in Boston. He received the 2015 Chi Mei Artist Award in Taiwan, and he also appeared as a soloist in the “Piano, Before and After Beethoven" and "Scriabin 100th Anniversary: Complete Piano Sonatas" series at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. He has performed in many other prestigious concert halls around the world, including the Boston Symphony Hall, Lincoln Center, Benaroya Hall, Monteverdi Conservatory’s A.B. Michelangeli Hall, Juilliard’s Paul Hall, Yale University’s Morse Hall, Salzburger Barockmuseum, Orchard Cove Hall, and University of Norte Dame’s Debartolo Performing Center. In addition, he has participated as a soloist and chamber musician at the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg, the Perlman Music Program in New York, and the Music Festival at Walnut Hill.
Peter Fang's father, who is a private music teacher, also taught him violin, viola, and composition. Subsequently, his fourteen years of serious violin education gave him a special affinity for working with others. As a passionate chamber musician, he has collaborated and performed with Nicholas Kitchen, Lev Klychkov, Sam Ou, and among others. In 2014, he substituted at the last minute for the 2011 Warsaw International Chopin Competition Winner Sa Chen, playing with violinist Feng Ning, the 2006 International Paganini Competition First Prize winner, in his recital at NEC's Jordan Hall, and the performance was hailed “highly impressive and phenomenal” by The World Journal. His 2016 duo project with Music Traveler received high acclaim, and his 2018 concert tour with violinist Angelo Xiang Yu “brought passion and panache (The Boston Music Intelligencer)”. He is also the co-founder of the Edelweiss Piano Trio, giving many chamber concerts in the Greater Boston area.
As a new music promoter, Peter Fang has premiered and recorded contemporary solo and chamber works. These include the Premonitions by Kenji Bunch, a solo recording of Light and Darkness by Victor Kong (2015), the piano quintet Enchanted Garden by Behzad Ranjbaran, and the piano trio Differences and Repetition (commissioned by Juilliard) at the Focus Festival. He currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts. |
