Alexander Sung (born 1947 in

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

) is a Chinese

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

ist and

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

. His family moved to Hong Kong before the 1949 Chinese Revolution where he attended

Pui Ching Middle School The Pui Ching Middle Schools () is a system of Baptist secondary schools first founded in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China and later Hong Kong and Macau. Located at Peizheng Road in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou Pui Ching Middle School is a s ...

. After studies at the

Mozarteum Mozarteum University Salzburg (German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the “Mozarteum” moniker in Salzburg municipality; the International Moz ...

in Salzburg, Austria, under Heinz Scholz, the brother of

Robert Scholz Robert Scholz (23 April 1886 – 10 October 1927) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1919 and 1928. He was born in Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''A Drive into the Blue'' (1919) ...

, Alexander Sung studied harpsichord under

Isolde Ahlgrimm Isolde Ahlgrimm (31 July 1914 in Vienna – 11 October 1995 in Vienna) was an Austrian harpsichordist and fortepianist. In 1975 she was awarded the Austrian Gold Medal. Musical education Ahlgrimm pursued her early piano studies from 1922 at ...

and piano under Richard Hauser in Vienna. In 1971 he won fifth prize for harpsichord at the competition

Musica Antiqua Bruges The MA Festival Brugge, short for the festival Musica Antiqua Bruges in Bruges, Belgium, is a festival of early music and historically informed performances, started in 1960. The program includes concerts, master classes, conferences, visits in t ...

and fourth prize for harpsichord at the 1972

International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition The International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (german: Internationaler Bach Wettbewerb Leipzig, links=no) is a music competition in Leipzig, Germany, held by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. It was founded in 1950 and was held every four years from 1 ...

. He taught harpsichord and piano at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Richmond, and Soochow University in Taiwan. He currently teaches and guest lectures in Taipei and Hong Kong. Alexander Sung played a 9-foot

Blüthner Julius Blüthner Pianofortefabrik GmbH, is a piano-manufacturing company in Leipzig, Germany.

"Model 1" concert grand piano from Germany and plays a John Morley "Kirkmann" double manual harpsichord from England.

Discography

*Pleasure for the Soul: Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for Harpsichord (KV 331, 309, 311) (2010) *Serenity for the Soul: Music of J.S. Bach for Piano (Three Parts Inventions, Six Little Preludes, Italian Concerto BWV 971) (2010) *Romance for the Soul: Music by Franz Schubert for Piano (Impromptus & Six Movements Musicaux) (2010) *Love Affair for the Soul: Piano Music of Johannes Brahms (Opus 9 variations) & Franz Liszt (Transcription on two Liedes by Robert Schumann, Liebeslied in A flat Major, Frühlingsnacht F sharp Major) (2012) *Pleasure for the Soul (Parts II & III): Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for Harpsichord (KV 330, 310, 354, 576, 570, 545) (2013) *The Little Mermaid: A Musical Journey with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (KV 332, 264, 333), Harpsichord (2014) *Eternal Love for the Soul: Music by Robert Schumann for Piano (Opus 82, 99, & 18) (2015) *Naturally Bach I: Two Parts Inventions BWV 772-786 and Partita II in C Minor BWV 826, Piano (2019) *Naturally Bach II: Three Parts Inventions BWV 787-801 and Partita I in B flat Major BWV 825, Piano (2019) *A Musical Journey with Franz Schubert & J.S. Bach (Piano Sonata in C minor D 958, Partita No 5 BWV 829) (2019)

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* Living people 1947 births Date of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Tianjin Chinese classical pianists Chinese harpsichordists {{China-musician-stub