从中国国家交响乐团到以色列爱乐乐团；从上海交响乐团到马赛爱乐乐团；从安德拉斯·席夫到祖宾·梅塔；从CCTV到BBC；钢琴家袁芳用她沉静的语言走进了古典音乐的宝塔。她，是古典音乐忠诚的守护者；她，是德奥精髓坚实的传承者；她，用成熟的音乐语言诠释着对美的定义，她的音乐里充满着正义、挚爱、良善与力量。纯正的音乐信仰在她的指尖下再现、重生，她为中国的古典音乐带来了不可抗拒的文化力量。

　　著名青年钢琴家，她的音乐会遍及中国、美国、欧洲各地，与国际著名指挥家祖宾-梅塔、劳伦斯-福斯特等合作，与国内外著名交响乐团合作，如以色列爱乐乐团、捷克爱乐乐团、斯图加特爱乐乐团、马赛爱乐乐团、中国国家交响乐团、上海交响乐团、国家大剧院管弦乐团等。她与伦敦BBC交响乐团录制的作品在英国BBC广播电台播出，她在纽约卡内基音乐厅、香港大会堂等著名音乐厅成功举办独奏音乐会，她曾领衔凤凰卫视“全球华人新春音乐盛典”及”人民大会堂新年音乐会“。德国媒体称她为“极富感染力的中国钢琴家”, 中国权威媒体赞誉道：“她的音乐里充满着正义、挚爱与良善，她为中国的古典音乐带来了不可抗拒的文化力量。”  袁芳是留德双专业博士，29岁成为中央音乐学院副教授，她于2011年起在国家大剧院举办的《经典钢琴系列讲座》得到很高关注度。她是奥地利国宝“贝森朵夫钢琴”全球签约艺术家，她的唱片由全球顶尖古典音乐唱片品牌“索尼古典”出版发行。

　　袁芳曾就读中央音乐学院附小、附中，后赴德国慕尼黑音乐与戏剧学院留学，曾师从吴元、但昭义、Gerhard Oppitz、Michael Schaefer教授。2008年袁芳以钢琴和室内乐双专业的出色成绩毕业于慕尼黑音乐与戏剧大学，并分别获得德国所能授予的钢琴演奏、室内乐的最高学位，被中国教育部认证为双专业博士。

　　袁芳在国际钢琴赛事上夺冠，是“慕尼黑国际青年钢琴家舞台”头奖获得者。她曾受邀加盟“慕尼黑钢琴家俱乐部”，被其评为最受欢迎的钢琴家，被钢琴泰斗保罗·巴杜拉·斯柯达赞誉为“能弹出作曲家灵魂的少数年轻钢琴家”；她在德国期间创建了“MHM钢琴五重奏”及“Spianato钢琴三重奏”;她在欧洲的著名音乐节上演出，如Max Reger音乐节、葡萄牙Sintra音乐节等；在2011世界大运会艺术节上举办多媒体专场音乐会；在2014“中法建交50周年”重大交流活动中领衔演出并于2015年受邀担任奔驰音乐节的艺术家。与她合作过的指挥家有Zubin Mehta、Lawrence Foster、Walter Weller、Christian Ehwald、PetrAltrichter、Conrad van Alphan、ShinikHahm、Min Chung、MarekSedivy、OrhanSalliel、IlmarLapinsch、Olivier Tardy、YoulGamzou、郑小瑛、陈燮阳、吕嘉、张国勇、胡咏言、张艺、林大叶、蔡金冬、陈琳、袁丁等；她与伦敦BBC交响乐团、以色列爱乐乐团、斯图加特爱乐乐团、捷克爱乐乐团、马赛爱乐乐团、安道尔国家管弦乐团、巴特莱辛哈尔爱乐乐团、中国国家交响乐团、上海交响乐团、国家大剧院管弦乐团、北京交响乐团、中央芭蕾舞团交响乐团、中国广播电影交响乐团、杭州爱乐乐团、深圳交响乐团、厦门爱乐乐团、天津交响乐团等多次合作；与她合作过的音乐家还有王健、吕思清、秦立巍、黄蒙拉、梁大南、陈曦、郑闻晓、韩小明、Ye-Eun Choi、Noah Bendix-Balgley等。她还曾与歌唱家Brian Montgomery举行“冬之旅”艺术歌曲巡演音乐会；与法国著名Diotima弦乐四重奏进行中国巡演；并于 09-11年在北京现代音乐节上领衔多部新作品的世界首演。袁芳为“211室内乐精品”系列录制专辑；为《中国百首经典中国作品》录制专辑；2011年由中国唱片总公司出版其个人音、视频专辑《穿越阿尔卑斯》；其多部作品曾被“巴伐利亚广播”收录。

Fang Yuan, one of China’s leading pianists, has been praised by international critics and pianists for her outstanding performances. The great Austrian pianist Paul Badura-Skoda said, “Fang is one of the few pianists who can bring the spirit of composers to life.” The SueddeutscheZeitung hailed her as “an amazing Chinese pianist who tugs at the heartstrings of the audience.”

She has performed worldwide with leading orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and many more, under the batons of leading international and Chinese conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Lu Jia, Walter Weller and Lawrence Foster.

Fang Yuan has recorded several CDs and DVDs of her favouriterepertoire, that from Central Europe, including solo works by Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms. Her recent recording was made in 2015, when she recorded for Sony Classics with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (London). Her much praised interpretations of the Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 4 have been released to excellent reviews, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Fang Yuan began piano studies at an early age, giving her first public concert at the age of 6. She continued her studies in Beijing at China Central Conservatory of Music, under Professor Yuan Wu. During a 7-year period of study in Germany, she worked with Gerhard Oppitz and Michael Schaefer, graduating in 2008 from the Munich Hochschule fur Musik und Theater with a double major in Piano and Chamber music, a qualification recognized as a doctoral equivalent by the Ministry of Education in China. She also attended master classes with Andras Schiff.

Early successes included winning the top prize from the Munich International Young Pianist Stage (2004). That same year, she was invited to join the Munich Pianist Club, and received recognition as the ‘Most popular pianist’. Equally at home performing chamber music, while in Germany she founded the MHM Piano Quintet and Spianato Piano Trio, with whom she has toured successfully in Europe and China. She has also performed with the outstanding cellist Jian Wang in the Sintra Festival in Portugal. She was invited to create a multimedia concert at the World Universidad Arts Festival in 2011.She played a wonderful solo recital in Carnegie Hall in 2016.

In China she is very active, performing with orchestras across the country, including the China National SO, NCPA Orchestra, Shanghai SO, Tianjin SO, Shenzhen SO, China Radio SO,Haerbin SO, Lanzhou SO, Xiamen Philharmonic, Nanjing Philharmonic and many more across the country. She also has participated in the Beijing Modern Music Festival, performing several premieres of new works. Recitals and chamber music across China have also brought her success. Most recently she has presented music lectures at NCPA. She was appointed professor of piano at the China Central Conservatory of Music, at the age of 29 the youngest professor ever appointed there. A popular teacher, her students have been the recipients of many awards.

Conductors with whom she has collaborated with include Zubin Mehta、Lawrence Foster、Walter Weller、Michel Plasson、Christian Ehwald、PetrAltrichter、Conrad van Alphen、ShinikHahm、Min Chung、MarekSedivy、MartinPanteleev、XiaoyingZheng, JiaLv, Yongyan Hu, Daye Lin, and many more. Other soloists with whom she has enjoyed working with are Jian Wang, Noah Bendix-Balgley, SiqingLv, Liwei Qin, and many more. Most recently she toured China’s leading cities with the Diotima Quartet from France.

She is a Boesendorfer artist.