“One of the most exciting pianists of our time,” American pianist George Xiaoyuan Fu comes to perform a series of intimate recitals at Worcester College.

Garnering international acclaim as a fearless, illuminating and virtuosic interpreter of a wide array of music, Fu’s extraordinary musicianship has been recognized with a Gramophone (2025) and a BBC Music Magazine Award (2024).

Highlights for Fu’s 2025-26 season include his solo debut at the Frick Collection in New York City, playing the entire cycle of Oliver Messiaen’ Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus; as well as a new solo piano commission he is writing for his recital at Wigmore Hall in London. He also appears at the Concertgebuow and with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia with his ensemble, Trio Zimbalist, comprised of violinist Josef Špaček and cellist Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin.

As an emerging composer, Fu’s growing catalogue of original works and arrangements exhibits fresh imagination and virtuosity, all the while drawing from a lifetime of studying a vast repertoire spanning several centuries. His Passacaglia on a Theme by Radiohead was recently featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered and hailed as “kind of mind-blowing” by Robin Hilton; while his arrangements of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 and Smetana’s Dance of the Comedians have seen successful debuts internationally. This year Trio Zimbalist will debut his first Piano Trio throughout concerts in the US. Fu’s second studio album, Colouring Book, was released with Platoon Classical in March 2025 to international acclaim.

George will be performing two recitals on 13th November, at 1pm and 7.30pm.

£5 – £15