Lunchtime Recital - Zeju Fan, piano
About this Event
Programme
L. V. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
A. Berg — Piano Sonata, Op. 1
F. Chopin — Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Biographies
Zeju Fan is a London-based pianist whose recital programmes are conceived as carefully structured artistic arguments.
Trained at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Purcell School, he studied with William Fong on full scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, where he continues as a postgraduate artist from September 2026. Under Fong’s direction, he has developed a discipline of clarity and control, pursuing the expressive potential of each phrase through detailed, structural work rather than surface effect.
His programming reflects a sustained engagement with musical form and its transformation. He is drawn to programmes that trace a continuous arc: from the structural certainty of late Classicism, through the dissolution of post-Romantic language and the fragmentation of Modernism, to the large-scale expressive architecture of Liszt. Each work in such a sequence reshapes the listener’s perception of what precedes it.
Alongside his solo work, Fan is an active chamber musician, with a particular commitment to the cello–piano duo and piano quintet repertoire. He is a member of Talent Unlimited, a London-based organisation supporting emerging professional musicians.
Presented in association with Talent Unlimited.
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