Fu-Tong Wong, A Taiwanese Violin Pedagogue : The Wong Group Violin Teaching Method

ISBN-13: 9783639124002 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 96 str.

Yuyu Chu

Opis

This book focuses on the influences of violinpedagogy in Taiwan from Russian violin schools aswell as the Japanese violin method books with acomprehensive point of view. Because of its colonialbackground, the history of violin pedagogy in Taiwanis rather short; yet, it developed significantlywithin several decades after World War II.Fu-Tong Wong, who is a violinist, a pedagogue and acomposer, has contributed a large number of writingsfor both violin and group violin teaching. His uniquebackground from World War II and the influences ofthe Cultural Revolution in China made him achieve hisgoals based on his insistent love music. Because of these, his work in Taiwan has established areputation as one of the most important violinteachers in Taiwan.This book also presents a brief history of Taiwaneseviolin pedagogy. Additionally, this book will discusshow and why he changed his way from a teacher ofvirtuoso violin playing to one of group violinteaching. Finally, the author will introduce Wong smethod analytically and systematically. It will fromhere forth be referred to as The Wong Group Violin Teaching Method.

O autorze

Dr. Yuyu Chu, D.M. Earned his Doctor of Music at the Florida
State University. Chu had appeared as a solo violinist, chamber
musician, and an orchestral player in Europe, Japan, and the
United States. As a native of Taiwan, he also appeared with
major orchestras in Taipei. He is currently an Assistant
Professor in Kainan University in Taiwan.