Fang-Fang Shi Inouye has established herself as an up and coming pianist in Southern California.  Born in Beijing, China, Ms. Shi began studying piano with her mother at the age of four.  She immigrated to the U.S. in 1991 and subsequently received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California. 

Ms. Shi studied under many auspices including Ming-Qiang Li (Pianist and Chairman at the ShangHai Conservatory of Music in China), Guang-Ren Zhou (Pianist and Chairman at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China; Van Cliburn International Piano Competition adjudicator), Teng Hong, Dr. Joseph Mathews (Professor at Champman University, CA), Dr. Steven Hall, and Norman Krieger (Professor at USC Thornton School of Music, CA, USA). 

Ms. Shi was the recipient of the Mabel Wilson Richards Scholarship from the USC Thornton School of Music, the Liberace Scholarship Award from Chapman University, the Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Scholarship, and the B. Douglas Sawtelle Scholarship Award.  She has performed chamber recitals that were broadcasted on KUSC radio station.  In 2000, Ms. Shi and her mother won the grand prize at the MTAC Ensemble Festival.  Ms. Shi is also a winner at the 2006 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition. In 2009, Ms. Shi won the Phi Beta Piano Scholarship.  

Ms. Shi has taught piano classes at California State University of Dominguez Hills.  Currently Ms. Shi teaches piano in the Applied Music Program at Cerritos College and appears regularly at the faculty recitals.  Ms. Shi also served as both President and First Vice-President at the Lakewood-Cerritos Branch of the Music Teacher’s Association of California.  She has been invited to serve as an adjudicator at the Southwestern Youth Music Festival, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, the Winter Festivals at various MTAC Branches, and the Concerto Competition at Biola University. 

Ms. Shi maintains a private piano studio that has produced numerous first place winners and scholarship recipients.  These competitions include: SYMF Young Pianist Category, Long Beach Mozart Festival, MTAC State Solo/Concerto Competition, Southern California Junior Bach Festival, Cypress College Festival, and Fullerton College Ensemble Festival. 

In 2008, Ms. Shi has been admitted to the USC Flora L. Thornton School of Music with a scholarship to continue her graduate study of Doctorate of Music Art Degree under the tutelage of Mr. Norman Krieger. 

REPERTOIRE LIST

J. S. Bach

-French Suite No. 6

-English Suite No. 2

-Prelude and Fugue No. 1 C Major (WK I)

-Prelude and Fugue No. 2 C Minor (WK I)

-Prelude and Fugue No. 8 E-Flat Minor (WK I)

-Prelude and Fugue No. 10 E Minor (WK I)

-Prelude and Fugue No. 16 G minor (WK I)

-Prelude and Fugue No. 22 B-Flat Minor (WK I)

-Prelude and Fugue No. 15 G Major (WK II)

D. Scarlatti

-Sonata in E Major, K. 380

-Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, K. 28

-Sonata in E-Flat Major, K. 51

George Frederic Handel

-Chaccone in C

Joseph Haydn

-Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob: XVI: 52

Mozart

-Sonata in G Major K 283

-Sonata in B-Flat Major K 333

-Sonata in F Major K 332

-Fantasy in C Minor K475

-Sonata in C Major K 545

L. v. Beethoven

-Thirty-Two Variations in C Minor WoO 80

-Sonata Op. 28 “Pastorale”

-Sonata Op. 31 No. 3

-Sonata Op. 57 “Appassionata"

-Sechs Bagatellen Op. 126

-Piano Concerto No. 1

F. Chopin

-Ballade in F Minor, Op. 38

-Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35

-Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39

-Etude Op. 10 No. 1,

-Etude Op. 10 No. 5,

-Etude Op. 10 No. 8

-Etude Op. 25 No. 1

-Etude Op. 25 No. 9

-Etude Op. 25 No. 10

-Etude Op. 25 No. 11

-Etude Op. 25 No. 12

-Trois Nouvelles Etudes No. 1

-Nocturnes Op. 9, No. 1,

-Nocturnes Op. 9, No. 2,

-Nocturnes Op. 27, No. 1

-Waltz Op. 34, No. 3,

-Waltz Op. 64, No. 1,

-Waltz OP. 64, No. 2

F. Liszt

-Etudes d’exucution transcendante No. 4 “Mazeppa”

-Etudes d’exucution transcendante No. 11 “Harmonies du sior”

－Au Lac de Wallenstadt

－Orage

－Les jeux d'Eau a la Villa d'Est

-B Minor Sonata

Schumann-Liszt

-Widmung

R. Schumann

-Carnaval Op. 9

-Sonata in F-Sharp Minor Op. 11

F. Schubert

-Sonata in A Minor, Op. 164

C. Debussy

-Prelude “Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du sior” (Bk I)

－Ondine （Bk II）

－Reflet dans l'eau

-Arabesques

M. Ravel

-Miroirs

• Noctuelles
• Oiseaux Tristes
• Une barque sur l'ocean
• Alborada del gracioso
• La Vallee des cloches

O. Messiaen

-Selections from "Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant-Jesus"

C Griffes

－The Fountain of Acqua Poala

S. Rachmaninoff

-Prelude Op. 23 No. 5

-Etude-Tableaux Op. 39 No. 5

P. Tschaikovsky

-The Seasons Op. 37 (selections)

-Piano Concerto No. 1

Lowell Liebermann

-Gargoyles Op. 29

CHAMBER MUSIC

J. S. Bach

-Concerto for 4 Keyboards BWV 1065

L. v. Beethoven

-Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano Op. 70 “Ghost”

-Sonata for Violin and Piano No 4 in A Minor, Op. 23

-Kavier Quartett Op. 16

J. Brahms

-Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A Minor, Op. 114

F. Mendelssohn

-Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 66

D. Milhaud

-Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano Op. 157b

-Scaramouche for Two Pianos

S. Rachmaninoff

-Suite No. 2 Op. 17 “Romance”

Carolyn Davenport

-Toccata Espanola for Two Pianos