Hsiang
Tu
涂祥,
piano
 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 2025, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of
Maurice Ravel’s birth, Tu has embarked on performing the complete
piano solo works by the French composer in Croatia, Peru, Taiwan,
and the U.S., with a recording of the cycle scheduled for release in
the Fall. Following the critical acclaim of his debut album,
Bestiary on Ivory (Bridge Records, 2020), a second
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.”
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, the World Civic Orchestra, and
student orchestras at New England Conservatory, Boston University,
Snow College in Utah, the University of New Hampshire, and UF. He
has adjudicated for various music teachers’ association competitions
in California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Virginia,
and given masterclasses in renowned institutions such as the
University of Southern California, Peabody Conservatory Preparatory
Division, Penn State University, Baylor University, and the
University of Oklahoma.
Before being appointed Assistant Professor 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 D.M.A. in Piano Performance from The
Juilliard School. He studied with Hung-Kuan Chen, Jerome Lowenthal,
and HaeSun Paik. For more info, please visit hsiangtu.com.
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