JOEY CALDERAZZO

PETRONEL MALAN

ALEXANDER PALEY

CLEMENS UNTERREINER

OVIDIO DE FERRARI

MIKHAIL PLETNEV

 

Alexander then moved to Vienna to study piano under Richard Hauser, a student of Emil von Sauer (Franz Lizst's own student) and harpsichord under Isolde Ahlgrimm. Alexander Sung first captured public attention in 1971 when, at age 24, he placed fifth in the International Harpsichord Competition in Brugge, Belgium. The following year he came in fourth in the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany.

After his forays in international competition, Alexander moved to United States to pursue teaching and performing. While a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond, he delighted his audiences with his music, culminating in a 1978 performance at Carnegie Hall in New York.

In 1981, Mr. Sung was recruited by Soochow University in Taiwan to improve the quality of its music department through his unique and witty teaching style. Since then, many music colleges throughout Asia have invited him as a guest lecturer and performer. Many of his students have gone on to lead outstanding careers as professional concert pianists and teachers.

Alexander Sung continues to flourish as a performer, mesmerizing audiences in Germany, Italy, Belgium, United States (New York, Virginia, Texas and California), Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China.

In addition to teaching and performing, Alexander released three recordings: Serenity for the Soul: Music of Bach, Pleasure for the Soul: Music of Mozart and Romance for the Soul: Music of Schubert.

Alexander plays two instruments – a 9 foot long Blüthner "Model 1" concert grand piano from Germany, which has a very round and warm tonal character with no sharpness, and a John Morley "Kirkmann" double manual harpsichord from England, which brings out the rich tones of Baroque era music.

Alexander Sung is fluent in English, German, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

More at: www.alexandersung.com

Historical Composers & Artists

"After my coffee and cigar we went to one of the recording rooms where they had a Blüthner piano Well, this Blüthner had the most beautiful singing tone I had ever found. I became quite enthusiastic and decided to play my beloved Barcarolle of Chopin. The piano inspired me. I don’t think I ever played better in my life.“

Arthur Rubinstein 

„My Many Years“ (page 281)

 

„In das Exil nach Amerika begleiteten mich nur zwei Wesen von Bedeutung: meine Frau Natalja und mein kostbarer Blüthner.“

“There are only two important things which I took with me on my way to America. My wife Natalia and my precious Blüthner.”

Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

 “Almost in the middle of the room, the black Blüthner grand stood, free of music, book or photographs. Debussy was proud of his grand piano, and before I played he showed me a new device invented by Blüthner: an extra string set on top of the others. Although not touched by the hammers, it caught the overtones, thus increasing the vibrations and enriching the sonority. This was a piano he had rented during a stay in Bournemouth, and liked so well that he had bought it and had it shipped to Paris.” “He played a number of passages and the tone he extracted from the Blüthner was the loveliest, the most elusive and ethereal I have ever heard”. 

letter from Maurice Dumesnil, friend

Claude Debussy

Debussy's Blüthner at the Musée Labenche