The Tu Masters Duo AS ONE: Celebrating Great Piano Duos of the Past
7:30 PM | OCT. 23, 2026 | RECITAL HALL | MUSIC BUILDING
Siciliano & Allegro in D Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
AND GUY MAIER
1685–1750; 1891–1956
Fantasia in F minor, D. 940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRANZ SCHUBERT AND HAROLD BAUER 1797–1828; 1873–1951
Invitation to the Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARL MARIA VON WEBER AND FREDERICK CORDER 1786–1826; 1852–1932
Suite for two pianos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BERYL RUBINSTEIN 1898–1952
Concert Arabesques on the Beautiful Blue Danube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHANN STRAUSS,
ADOLF SCHULZ-ELVER, AND ABRAM CHASINS
1804–1849; 1852–1905; 1903–1987
Program Note In this vivacious and engaging program, duo-pianists Richard Masters and Hsiang Tu celebrate five great piano duos of the past: Guy Maier and Lee Pattison, Harold Bauer and Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Myra Hess and Irene Scharrer, Beryl Rubinstein and Arthur Loesser, and Abram Chasins and Constance Keene. These unusual selections do not appear on modern programs, yet represent a significant contribution to the duo repertoire.
Biographies Richard Masters is a pianist and opera coach/conductor based in Blacksburg, Virginia, where he is associate professor of piano and collaborative piano at Virginia Tech's School of Performing Arts. He has collaborated with Grammy-winning baritone Donnie Ray Albert, flutist Valerie Coleman, and performed under the baton of the late Lorin Maazel. Recent performances include the appearances at the English Music Festival in Oxfordshire, the American Cathedral in Paris, and at the Nixon Library in California. Chicago Tribune critic Howard Reich named his Albany Records disc of Let Evening Come: American Songs Old and New as one of the “best classical recordings of 2020.” A Yamaha Artist, Masters holds degrees from Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, and the University of Colorado. Hsiang Tu has been an assistant professor of piano at the University of Florida since 2022. During that time, he released two albums, including Maurice Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano in January 2026. Last fall alone, he performed as well as gave masterclasses in Croatia, Peru, Taiwan, and the U.K. Born and raised in Taipei, Tu moved to the United States as a teenager and earned a BM degree from the University of Calgary and MM and DMA degrees from The Juilliard School. He enjoys building Lego sets and playing video games in his spare time. Contact: Richard Masters (masters.richard@gmail.com) & Hsiang Tu (hsiangtu@ufl.edu)
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