郭煦 Xu Guo
青年钢琴家,多项国际钢琴比赛冠军
Pianist
“钢琴独奏家中未来的巨人。”——荷兰阿姆斯特丹皇家音乐厅
“郭煦对莫扎特d小调协奏曲有着卓越的诠释……她的演奏细腻且精神饱满……传承着内田光子那样的敏感与品位……她所解读的莫扎特的天才创作,在她指尖下熠熠生辉……”——《曼谷邮报》
青年钢琴家郭煦,近年在多项国际专业大赛中亮相,深得观众的喜爱,她所获的奖项包括:
• 2018年泰国国际钢琴比赛第一名、最佳浪漫派演奏奖、最受观众喜爱奖;
• 2019年卡尔洛维克国际钢琴比赛(Karlovac International Piano Competition)第一名、最受观众喜爱奖;
• 2021年纽约国际艺术家钢琴比赛(New York International Artists Piano Competition)第一名;
• 2021年芬兰WPTA国际钢琴比赛(WPTA Finland International Piano Competition)最高荣誉奖(Absolute Award);
• 2021年李赫特国际钢琴比赛(Sviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition)第三名。
她的演奏足迹遍布中国、美国、荷兰、罗马尼亚、克罗地亚、芬兰、拉脱维亚、波兰、爱沙尼亚、立陶宛、泰国等国家,曾在阿姆斯特丹皇家音乐厅、纽约卡内基音乐厅、曼谷玛希敦王子音乐厅、波士顿乔丹音乐厅、北京中山音乐堂等音乐殿堂举办音乐会。2019年,她登台亮相荷兰国家广播电台古典音乐频道NPO Radio 4,并在直播节目中演奏。
她与钢琴家孙榆桐合作的专辑《听见她的声音》入选QQ音乐“2022音乐巅峰榜”最佳专辑。2023年,她继续携手钢琴家孙榆桐,录制发行了《福雷:多莉组曲》,并开展了他们的首次双钢琴音乐会中国巡演。
生于1995年,2007年起入读中央音乐学院附小、附中。2014年,她收到美国六所顶级音乐院校的录取通知书,最终选择深造于新英格兰音乐学院,并先后取得学士、硕士、演奏家文凭。她先后师从于薛小妹老师、常桦教授、伊利娜·索科洛夫教授(Eleanor Sokoloff)、刘孟捷教授、白惠善教授(HaeSun Paik)及钢琴大师邓泰山先生。2022年,她考入伊斯曼音乐学院,跟随亚历山大·科布林(Alexander Kobrin)教授攻读博士学位。
兼顾演奏家事业之余,她还先后被新英格兰音乐学院钢琴系及音乐理论系、伊斯曼音乐学院钢琴系聘为助教,教授钢琴公共课以及键盘和声实践课。
2024年,郭煦的重要亮相包括携手著名钢琴家陈萨、青年钢琴家孙榆桐、作曲家钢琴家常乐,与国家大剧院管弦乐团合作的巴赫一架、两架、三架、四架羽管键琴协奏曲(钢琴版)在北京国家大剧院、上海东方艺术中心、南京江苏大剧院的巡演,以及在曼谷与泰国爱乐乐团的协奏曲合作。
Hailed by Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as “The future giant among the piano soloists”, Chinese pianist Xu Guo has appeared in concerts in major cities of China, USA, Netherland, Romania, Croatia, Poland, Latvia, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Thailand, etc., including performances at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in New York, Jordan Hall in Boston, Prince Mahidol Hall in Bangkok, Concert hall of the Katowice Miasto Ogrodów, Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, etc. Her performance had appeared in Holland National Radio — NPO 4 Classical Chanel. Her performance of Mozart Piano Concerto in d minor was claimed by the Bangkok Post as “…sublime reading…with a freshness and scrupulous attention to detail…followed in the tradition of Mitsuko Uchida in sensibility and taste…Xu’s relish of Mozart’s ingenious writing shined through as her fingers rippled upward…”.
Xu is a prize winner of many international piano competitions, among her recent awards are:
• the 1st Prize of The V Thailand International Piano Competition, with two special prizes “Best Romance Prize” and “Audience Prize” in 2018;
• The 1st Prize of the 6th Karlovac International Piano Competition, along with the Audience Award in 2019;
• The 1st Prize of New York International Artist Piano Competition in 2021;
• The Absolute Award at the 3rd WPTA Finland International Piano Competition in 2021;
• The 3rd Prize at the 2nd “Sviatoslav Richter” International Piano Competition in 2021.
Born in 1995, Xu was admitted to The Music School Attached to the Central Conservatory of Music, later earning degrees including Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Graduate Diploma from New England Conservatory in Boston. She has studied with Xiaomei Xue, Hua Chang, Meng-Chieh Liu, HaeSun Paik, and Dang Thai Son. Currently, Xu is a DMA (Doctor of Music Art) candidate at Eastman School of Music under the guidance of Alexander Kobrin.