David Fung, Piano

Biography

Described as “stylish and articulate” in the New York Times, pianist David Fung is widely recognized for playing that is elegant and refined, yet deeply poetic and intensely expressive. A top prizewinner in two of the "big five" international piano competitions (the Queen Elisabeth in Brussels and the Arthur Rubinstein in Tel Aviv), Mr. Fung has appeared as guest soloist with all the major orchestras in his native Australia, and internationally with such ensembles as the Israel Camerata Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra.

Mr. Fung has performed at the Aspen Music Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Music at Menlo, Ravinia Festival, and in New York's Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall, Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall and Royce Hall, Wigmore Hall in London, Scotland's Queen’s Hall, Belgium's La Monnaie, Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio, the Sydney Opera House, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the National Concert Hall in Taiwan, and Israel's Mann Auditorium. At his Edinburgh International Festival debut, Jonas Green of the Edinburgh Guide described Mr. Fung as being “impossibly virtuosic, prodigiously talented... and probably [doing] ten more impossible things daily before breakfast.” 

Highlights of the current season include the Ravel Concerto with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, and the Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos with Stanislav Kochanovksy and the Israel Symphony Orchestra, where Mr. Fung replaced Mr. Robert Levin on one hour’s notice. This season sees him perform with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra in Finland. Other highlights include multiple concerts during a residency at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, a solo recital tour of major concert venues in China and Taiwan, as well as re-invitations to the Ravinia Festival, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and the Bari International Music Festival in Italy where he returns as Artistic Director for the fourth year.

Mr. Fung garnered international attention as a top prizewinner of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels and the Arthur Rubinstein Piano International Masters Competition in Tel Aviv, where he was further distinguished by prizes for Best Mozart Concerto and Best Performance of Chamber Music. Mr. Fung was the Grand Prize winner of Australia’s most important music prize, the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award.

He was the first pianist to graduate from the Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles and is an official Steinway Artist.