David Fung

David Fung (born 17 August 1983^[1]) is an Australian concert pianist.

Professional career

In 2002, David Fung won the Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award, after four rounds of competition which culminated in his performance of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Sydney Symphony during the concerto finals at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.^[2] He has subsequently appeared with the major orchestras of Australia and recorded a CD with the ABC Classics label.^[3]

Deciding to pursue a career in music, Fung transferred in 2003 to the Colburn School in Los Angeles to study with John Perry. Fung was the first student of piano to be admitted to the Colburn Conservatory in its inaugural year; in May 2007, he became the first pianist to graduate from the Conservatory.^[4]

Major orchestras with which he has worked include the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and the Queensland Orchestra, among numerous others. Fung has also been invited to give recitals at the some of the world's most important music festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, and the 2006 Edinburgh International Festival Queen's Hall Recital Series, where Fung was described as being “prodigiously talented... and probably [doing] ten more impossible things daily before breakfast,” by Jonas Green in the Edinburgh Guide. His recitals at the Edinburgh International Festival were especially well-received.^[5][6]

In 2008, David became a top prizewinner of the 12th Arthur Rubinstein Piano Masters Competition in Tel Aviv, and was awarded the Prize for Best Classical Concerto, and Best Performance of Chamber Music.^[7]

Besides the piano, Fung also plays the harpsichord and violin and attended James Ruse Agricultural High School in Sydney.

Awards

• The 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition: 4th Prize, Prize for Best Classical Concerto, Prize for Best Chamber Music (2008)
• The 3rd Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition: 2nd Prize and Audience Prize (2003)
• ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award (2002)

Recordings

In addition to recording for Naxos and ABC Classics, Fung has recorded three albums with Los Angeles-based Yarlung Records.

In 2005, Fung recorded his American debut album with Yarlung Records, From Hubris to Humility, which featured works by Liszt, Bach, and Ravel; his second album, Evening Conversations, released in 2006 also by Yarlung, was devoted to pieces by Mozart, Chopin, Tan Dun, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, and Domenico Scarlatti, and was praised as “an overall favorite” of the 2007 piano albums reviewed by James Harrington in the American Record Guide.^[8]

Notes

1. ^ Scottish International Piano Competition (2004). "Competitors". Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20070315211805/http://www.edict-training.co.uk/sipc/content/competitors.asp. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 
2. ^ Symphony Services Australia (October–December 2002). "Artist Development News". Network News. Archived from the original on 2006-11-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20061129184559/http://www.symphony.net.au/newsletter/nw_0402/nw0402_01.html 
3. ^ David Fung (2008). "Long Bio". http://www.DavidFung.com/long_bio.html. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 
4. ^ David Fung (2008). "Long Bio". http://www.davidfung.com/long_bio.html. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 
5. ^ Green, Jonas (2006-08-21). "David Fung Bank of Scotland Queen's Hall Series". Edinburgh Guide. http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2006/eif/review.shtml?_08_21_david_fung 
6. ^ Fairley, Jan (2006-08-22). "David Fung". The Scotsman. http://living.scotsman.com/music.cfm?id=1230862006 
7. ^ Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society (2008). "Competition Winners". http://www.arims.org.il/competition2008/pages/english/prizes.php. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
8. ^ Yarlung Records (2006). "Yarlung Records". http://www.yarlungrecords.com. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 

External links

• Official homepage

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