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Ian Fu started playing classical guitar as a hobby during his study in United Kingdom. His first encounter of "authentic" Flamenco music came with a few cassette tapes available in a library near his university while his was studying in United Kingdom. Those tapes recorded the guitar performances by two leading masters of Flamenco Guitar - Paco de Lucia and Paco Pena. These two masters had great influence on Ian Fu's understanding of Flamenco Guitar and inspired him for a life long pursuance of the magic sound of Flamenco Guitar.
In mid 80s, public information about Flamenco was very limited and accurate written music for Flamenco guitar were difficult to be found. As a beginner of Flamenco Guitar, Ian Fu had gone through a long and lonely period of studying Flamenco guitar on his own. In early 90s, Ian Fu had taken up a job with oversea assignments; it was when he met other professional Flamenco guitarists with better understanding of Flamenco. In the mid 90s, Ian Fu had worked as accompanist guitarist with oversea Flamenco dancers. This offered him wonderful opportunities to understand the essence of Flamenco. Since 2002, Ian Fu performed as soloist in various venues, including TV and Radio, and began to teach Flamenco Guitar in Hong Kong.
In early 2006, Ian Fu found a music group called "Mi Camino Flamenco". The objectives of this group is to provide a platform for promoting Flamenco Guitar music, especially in Chinese Community, and encouraging amateur, learner and aficionados to learn and perform, share the joy of playing Flamenco Guitar. In coming years, Mi Camino Flamenco will continue to present and perform Flamenco Guitar music for audience in China and Hong Kong.
In the past few years, Ian Fu had given many performances including Guitar Solo and Group ensemble. Some of the examples are as follows :
| May 11, 2004 |
Ian Fu was interviewed and performed in a RTHK Programme "The Works" |
| May 14 and 15, 2004 |
Flamenco Guitar Solo Performance by Ian Fu "A Journey to Andalucia" at Hong Kong Fringe Club. |
| Feb 26, 2005 |
Flamenco Guitar Recital "Ian Fu and His Pupils" at Space Musuem |
| Mar 6, 2005 |
Ian Fu's Performance and Intervew on TVB Programme "Cultural Plaza" |
| Apr 8, 2006 |
Performance at Foyer stage of Hong Kong Cultural Centre |
| July 23, 2006 |
Performance at Foyer stage of Shatin Cultural Centre |
Go through a lonely period of study, Ian Fu would like to share his learning experience. Ian Fu is also a Flamenco Guitar Teacher establishes a new learning approach which enables Flamenco Guitar learners to build his own tools as well as understand the essence of playing Flamenco Guitar in reasonable length of time.
Apart from playing the Flamenco guitar, Ian Fu has strong desire in pursuing intellectual challenges and keeping abreast of the most recent development in the world. At present, he holds two university degrees and two master post- graduate degrees in Information Technology, Law and Accountancy. |