Alexander Sung

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Alexander Sung (born 1947 in Tianjin [1] ) is a Chinese harpsichordist and pianist. His family moved to Hong Kong before the 1949 Chinese Revolution where he attended Pui Ching Middle School. After studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, under Heinz Scholz, the brother of Robert Scholz, Alexander Sung studied harpsichord under Isolde Ahlgrimm and piano under Richard Hauser in Vienna.

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In 1971 he won fifth prize for harpsichord at the competition Musica Antiqua Bruges and fourth prize for harpsichord at the 1972 International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition. He taught harpsichord and piano at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Richmond, and Soochow University in Taiwan. [2] He currently teaches and guest lectures in Taipei and Hong Kong.

Alexander Sung plays a 9-foot Blüthner "Model 1" concert grand piano from Germany and plays a John Morley "Kirkmann" double manual harpsichord from England.

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  1. ↑ "Music in Review". The New York Times. 1978-01-08. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  2. ↑ "Sung, Alexander". www.bluethnerworld.com. Retrieved 2020-01-16.


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