{"id":27553,"date":"2023-02-02T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/?post_type=cmim-competitors&#038;p=27553"},"modified":"2023-05-11T22:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T02:38:08","slug":"leonard-fu-2","status":"publish","type":"cmim-competitors","link":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/leonard-fu-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Fu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">VIOLIN 2023<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-103 maxbutton maxbutton-violin-2023\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/violin-2023\/\"><span class='mb-text'>Violin 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Leonard Fu is already a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, teacher, and composer who has performed across multiple continents. Among his many collaborators are Kim Kashkashian, Laurence Lesser, J\u00f6rg Widmann, Janine Jansen, and Hsin-Yun Huang.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Leonard has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras such as the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Hamburger Symphoniker, under the batons of Andrew Manze, Alexander Shelley, Elias Grandy, and Marc Niemann.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">His musical interests vary widely from historical performance to premiering works by contemporary composers and cross-genre performances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After spending his youth in Germany studying with Lara Lev and Tanja Becker-Bender, he moved to the United States, where he has been studying with Donald Weilerstein and Catherine Cho. He is currently completing an Artist Diploma at the Juilliard School. <br \/>Leonard plays on a \u201cLorenzo Storioni, Cremona, 1781\u201d, on loan from the instruments fund of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Principal teachers<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Catherine Cho: 2021-present<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Donald Weilerstein: 2015-present<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tanja Becker-Bender: 2009-2015<\/span> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[1813,6055,15434,31164],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1,1,1,1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[1813,6055,15434,31164],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1,1,1,1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Major Competitions | Concours majeurs<\/span><\/b> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[1813,6055,15434,31164],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1,1,1,1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Schadt International String Competition 2022, 1<sup>st<\/sup> prize<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ton &amp; Erkl\u00e4rung Violin Competition 2020, 1<sup>st<\/sup> prize<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Joseph Joachim Violin Competition 2018, 5<sup>th<\/sup> prize<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Andrea Postacchini Violin Competition 2009, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> prize<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ProgramME<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FIRST ROUND<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">V. Chaconne\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><b>LEONARD FU <\/b> Moto perpetuo<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MAURICE RAVEL <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rhapsody for Violin and Piano, M. 76: Tzigane<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leonardfuviolin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Piano_icon-2022.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22132 alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Piano_icon-2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"46\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW18320530 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;48b96721-b467-42ac-be3b-f4138873f386|233&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">Pian<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">ist<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight MacChromeBold SCXW18320530 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">: <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230557761 BCX0\">Jinhee<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230557761 BCX0\"> Park<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Leonard Fu <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\">is<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0generously sponsored by<\/span> Mimi L\u00e9pine and Andr\u00e9 Dubois.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/yeyeong-jenny-jin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17690 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/next-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-75 maxbutton maxbutton-support-the-concours\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/support\/donate\/\"><span class='mb-text'>SUPPORT THE CONCOURS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIOLIN 2023 \u00a0 Leonard Fu is already a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, teacher, and composer who has performed across multiple continents. Among his many collaborators are Kim Kashkashian, Laurence Lesser, J\u00f6rg Widmann, Janine Jansen, and Hsin-Yun Huang. Leonard has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras such as the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27489,"template":"","class_list":["post-27553","cmim-competitors","type-cmim-competitors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"cmim_competitors_photo_credits":"","cmim_competitors_date_of_birth":"04\/01\/1997","cmim_competitors_country":"Germany","cmim_competitors_range":""},"featured_media_src_url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Leonard-Fu-2-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors\/27553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cmim-competitors"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors\/27553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30572,"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors\/27553\/revisions\/30572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}