Luping Robyn Xu @luping_robyn_xu

Piano and Harpsichord

Luping Robyn Xu @luping_robyn_xu

Piano and Harpsichord

About

I’m a Boston-based pianist, harpsichordist, and teaching artist with a rich palette of repertoire, ranging from early works to contemporary compositions. Driven by a deep curiosity about the roots of keyboard music, I aim to bridge past and present by exploring lesser-known works by underrepresented composers across diverse national styles. Whether performing on piano or harpsichord, I strive to bring out each instrument’s unique voice, allowing its history to resonate with modern audiences in meaningful ways.

As an educator, I love helping students discover their own artistic identities, build confidence, and cultivate a lifelong curiosity for music. I’m always excited to share music in intimate settings where it brings people together.

Music

As a pianist, I enjoy exploring and performing delicate music across the centuries, such as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms, Fauré, Dvořák, Lili Boulanger, Jules Massenet, Edward Elgar, and Thomas Adès. I work as a collaborative pianist with instrumentalists in small and large ensembles, as well as with orchestras. I’ve collaborated with vocalists in recitals, musical theatre, opera, and both children’s and adult choirs. I also enjoy working with living composers and have premiered several new works. As a harpsichordist, I perform as a soloist and continuo player in Baroque ensembles of all sizes. My solo repertoire includes both well-known and underrepresented composers from Dutch, Italian, German, English, French, and other traditions, such as Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Michelangelo Rossi, François and Louis Couperin, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, J.S. and C.P.E. Bach, and Henry Purcell.