Kat Ho Fu

Location:

London
United Kingdom NW1

Contact:

by phone: 07453034933
by email: KatHoFu@ram.ac.uk

Additional Info:

“ William’s Messiaen is fantastic, he deeply understands it…”
Pascal Gallet

Hong Kong pianist Fu Kat-Ho William is known for his deep understanding, maturity and warm sound in his playing. He is currently studying piano with Prof. Carole Presland in the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) as a Master of Music student. During his study in the Academy, he got a high recommendation in the Lilian Davies Prize, a “ mature and serious” performance of a Beethoven Sonata, which brought him a further concert opportunity in 2018 at Norden Farm Arts Centre in Maidenhead, United Kingdom. His performance then won critical acclaim.

William graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), majoring piano performance and composition under the tutelage of Prof. Raymond Young Chap Lai and Dr. Lo Hau-man respectively. His mentors include Imogen Cooper, James Kirby, Pascal Devoyon, Giuseppe Albanese, Danny Driver, Thomas Rosenkranz, Roland Batik, Ralf Heiber, Adam Zukiewicz, , Nancy Loo and Eleanor Wong.

Competition success includes first-runner up in the 5th Austro-China Piano Competition, followed by a 3rd place in Piano Solo-Gold Medal Award in the 68th Hong Kong School Music Festival in 2015 and 2016 respectively. He has also participated in the Summer Academy of Mozarteum, studying under Prof. Robert Levin. In 2017, he performs as soloist with the Chinese University Student Orchestra, playing Saint-säens’ second Piano Concerto. He frequently receives scholarships, including Talent Development scholarship, CUHK Cash scholarship, C.F. Hu Scholarship and most recently and Yu-Luan Shih Creativity Award. As an active collaborative pianist for chamber works, he is the pianist and composition fellow of Modern Academy 2015, and appears frequently as collaborative pianist in various recitals. He is currently on progress of learning the whole standard repertoire of piano-flute duo. His ensembleship brought him to performances in concert halls like the Hong Kong City Hall High Block and St. Mary Abbots Church. Upcoming performance includes recital at St.Francis of Assisi Church, Emmanuel United Reformed Church.

Apart from being a versatile pianist, William is also a composer- He was a preparatory member of the Hong Kong Composer’s Guild and is currently a member of Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH). He gets commissions from various artistic groups like Yat Po Singers and Hong Kong Children’s Choir. He is also passionate about keyboard improvising, and he is going to improvise on film in Royal Academy Music’s Piano Festival.

Fees

£ 30.00 Pounds Per Hour

Instruments

Piano

Specialisms

Improvisation, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment

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