傅聪

生平

傅聪于1934年3月10日上海的花园新村出生，他的父亲是翻译家傅雷。傅聪三、四岁的时候，已经表现出过人的音乐天分。他七岁半开始学习钢琴，拜意大利指挥家、钢琴家梅百器为师。梅百器是李斯特的再传弟子。傅聪在其门下受教三年。傅聪于1951年再拜苏籍钢琴家勃隆斯丹夫人（Ada Bronstein）为师。

1952年2月，18岁的傅聪与上海交响乐团合作，作了首次的公开表演，引起了国内音乐界的注意。1953年，傅聪被选中参加在罗马尼亚举行的第四届世界青年与学生和平友谊联欢节的钢琴比赛。同年7月，傅聪首次出国，到罗马尼亚参赛，得到了三等奖。比赛后，傅聪随团访问德国和波兰，在波兰多次演奏萧邦的作品，得到当地音乐家的认同。1955年，傅聪获邀参加在华沙举行的第五届萧邦国际钢琴比赛，最后得到第三名和“玛祖卡”奖，成为首位在国际性钢琴比赛中获奖的中国音乐家。 萧邦国际钢琴比赛结束后，傅聪留在波兰学习钢琴，直到1958年底提前毕业。这期间，傅聪曾于1956年的8至10月返回中国休假，在北京举行了个人独奏会，在上海与上海交响乐团合作，举行了莫札特协奏曲音乐会。1958年12月傅聪离开波兰，没有按计划回到中国大陆，而是移居英国伦敦。这在当时的中国大陆被看作叛逃行为。1981年平反。

在六、七十年代的二十年间，傅聪举行了约2,400场独奏音乐会；与包括梅纽因、丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆、郑京和等在内的许许多多国际著名演奏家合作过；录制了约50张唱片；担任过萧邦国际钢琴比赛、比利时伊丽莎白皇太后国际音乐比赛以及挪威、意大利、瑞士、葡萄牙、东南亚等国家和地区的音乐比赛的评委；演奏的足迹遍及几乎整个欧洲、美洲、中东、东南亚、日本、大洋洲各地。

1979年，傅聪在中央音乐学院举行了音乐会。之后，他几乎每年都回国演奏、讲学，已经到过北京、上海、西安、成都、昆明等地。主讲过萧邦、莫札特、德彪西等专题，演奏过这些作曲家的以及舒伯特等人的作品。他还与中央乐团合作，演奏了贝多芬的协奏曲；与中央音乐学院大学生乐队合作，演奏了莫札特的协奏曲，并兼任指挥；还专门指导过中央音乐学院附中室内乐小组的训练。

2020年12月28日傅聪因感染2019冠状病毒病在英国逝世。

荣誉

• 萧邦国际钢琴比赛，第三名和“玛祖卡”奖
• 第四届世界青年与学生联欢节钢琴比赛三等奖

评价

时代周刊誉其为“当今最伟大的中国音乐家”。

参考

1. ^ Fou Ts'ong. The Peerage. Retrieved on 2015-07-04.
2. ^ 傅雷夫妇“叶落归根”骨灰落葬浦东 傅敏致辞 互联网档案馆的存档，存档日期2013-10-29.. Sh.eastday.com (2013-10-28). Retrieved on 2015-07-04.

参考资料

• Program Notes from a recital at the New England Conservatory, October 7, 2000
• Program Notes from a recital at the Shanghai Concert Hall, April 8, 2006
• 傅聪:黑白键上50年（名人专访）April 26,2005 页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆

Fou Ts'ong or Fu Cong (Chinese: 傅聰; pinyin: Fù Cōng; 10 March 1934 – 28 December 2020) was a Chinese pianist. One of the first Chinese pianists to achieve international fame, Fou was especially acclaimed for his interpretations of the music of Frédéric Chopin. He has been noted by The New York Times for his "sensitive ear for color", "elusive gift of melody", and his "impetuous spirit".

Life and career

Mario Paci (second row center) with his colleagues and students in Shanghai, 1945. In the front row are two of his youngest students: Fou Ts'ong (front left) and Wu Yili (front right).

Fou Ts'ong was born in Shanghai on 10 March 1934 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 Zbigniew Drzewiecki, where he impressed his professors with his grasp of the mazurka rhythm. His mastery was confirmed when he won 3rd prize and the special Mazurka Prize at the 1955 International Chopin Piano Competition.

In 1958, Fou moved to London. He made his debut with the New York Philharmonic under Paul Paray in Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 21) in November 1961. A performing and teaching career that took him throughout the world continued, and he was especially acclaimed for his interpretations of Chopin. Hermann Hesse proclaimed him to be the only true performer of the composer's work. Among Fou's friends are the fellow pianists Martha Argerich, Leon Fleisher and Radu Lupu, who, acknowledging his influence upon their musical development, were "obliged to Fou Ts'ong for all his new ideas and for opening new musical horizons for all of us."

He was a member of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition's jury in 1991, 1999 and 2007.

From 1960 to 1969, he was married to Zamira Menuhin, the daughter of Yehudi Menuhin, and they had one son. Their marriage ended in divorce. He later married the Chinese pianist Patsy Toh. He lived 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 had a brother named Fu Min.

Fou died of COVID-19 in London on 28 December 2020 at age 86.

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