Peter Fan Bio
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Currently the pianist of a renowned Hong Kong fusion band SIU2, Fan was also the Keyboard Principal of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta from 2003 to 2008. He studied music at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts after graduating from the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong. Fan has performed extensively both locally and internationally, including England, France, Germany, Holland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Macau and mainland China, with a recent highlight of a performance to an audience of over 30,000 people at London’s Trafalgar Square.
While at the Academy, Fan was majoring in Piano Performance under the tutelage of Gabriel Kwok, the Head of Keyboard Studies. He studied Chamber Music/Accompaniment with Nancy Loo, Mary Wu, Fan Ting, Richard Bamping and Barry Wilde, and Piano Pedagogy with Eleanor Wong. While he was still a student, Fan performed at numerous masterclasses and received various scholarships.
Since graduation, Fan has been a much sought-after accompanist, chamber musician, and orchestral pianist, collaborating with both local and international artists and groups. These artists include Lung Heung-wing, Yuri Bashmet, José Carreras of “The Three Tenors”, David Glass Ensemble, and Korean dance master Sin-cha Hong, etc.
He has also taught at the Music School of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, as a piano instructor at the Music Department of the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Institute of Education, as well as a guest keyboard player of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
