Richard Fuller
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Richard Fuller (born July 14, 1947) is an American classical pianist and prominent interpreter of the fortepiano repertoire.
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[edit] Early life and musical education
Born in Washington, Fuller initially studied piano with his mother, Georgette Fuller. After studying piano and musicology at Central Washington University, he went on to receive a master's degree in music from the University of Oregon in 1971. Subsequently, he studied harpsichord and fortepiano in San Francisco and New York.
[edit] Life and career
After receiving his master's degree, Fuller was a professor in the music department at Linfield College for eight years before moving to Vienna in 1984.
The emphasis of Fuller's artistic work lies in the interpretation of the piano, chamber music, and lieder repertoire from the Viennese Classical and early Romantic periods, performed on the fortepiano. As a performer, Fuller has addressed himself almost exclusively to the interpretive potential of the fortepiano, an icon of the sensitivity and delicacy from an earlier keyboard culture.
Fuller's concert work consists primarily of being a soloist, accompanist, and member of numerous chamber music ensembles devoted primarily to the performance of 18th century music on authentic historical instruments. He has collaborated with artists such as James Levine (with the Vienna Philharmonic), Emma Kirkby, Andrew Manze, Claus Ocker, Klaus Mertens, the Festetics String Quartet (Budapest), Vienna Academy Orchestra, and Musica Aeterna Bratislava. Fuller has also performed regularly with the Vienna Ensemble, The Instrumentisten.
Fuller is presently founder and director of the Donaustädter Mozart Project, an ongoing series of performances dedicated to the piano music, chamber music and vocal music of Mozart's Vienna Years (1781-1791).
[edit] Awards
University of Oregon School of Music's Distinguished Alumnus, 2002.
