Album · Spotify · 2022
Nine tracks, 43 minutes. The player loads only once you press play.
Classical & Jazz Guitarist · Composer
© Mili Badic
Fu Ping Ryu
Thirdstream — the future of music, carried on the shoulders of tradition.
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To Tell an Earthly Orchid
The debut album for solo classical guitar, bringing together original compositions, arrangements and repertoire.
Between two traditions
Trained in classical guitar in Taiwan and Belgium, and in jazz in Klagenfurt and Vienna, Fu Ping Ryu writes and performs music that refuses to choose between the two.
2019
First Prize, Concours International Roland Dyens — Révélation Guitare Classique
2021
First Prize, Brussels International Composition Competition, for his own work Toccata
2022
Debut album To Tell an Earthly Orchid — solo classical guitar, original compositions and arrangements
2026
From Somewhere Else, an orchestral jazz album, scheduled for release at the end of the year
© Danor Quinteros
About
Music as a language
Beyond classical and jazz, Fu Ping Ryu has played flamenco, choro, Irish music and rock, and keeps a lasting interest in the musical traditions of the world. He studied classical guitar in Taiwan and at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, jazz guitar at the Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität in Klagenfurt, and jazz composition in Vienna.