Zlatomir Fung

At the beginning of the 2021/22 season, Fung made his recital debut at Carnegie Hall and was described by Bachtrack as being "one of those rare musicians with a Midas touch: he quickly envelopes every score he plays in an almost palpable golden aura". Other highlights of the season include appearances at the Verbier Festival in Schloss Elmau, La Jolla Chamber Music Society, ChamberFest Cleveland, Bravo! Vail with Joshua Bell and Shai Wosner and Aspen Music Festival performing Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme. Fung will also perform with the Kansas City, Detroit, Tokyo Metropolitan and Kyoto Symphony orchestras, amongst others. He will embark on European recital tours throughout the season performing in various cities including Dresden, Ostrava, Rome, Florence and Turin. 

Fung was recently invited to make debuts with the London Philharmonic, The Hallé, Frankfurt Opera, Turku Philharmonic, Hangzhou Philharmonic among others. 

As a chamber musician, Fung performs around the world and opened the season with IMS Prussia Cove on tour to London’s Wigmore Hall and at venues in Cornwall, Cambridge, West Sussex and Somerset and Dresden Music Festival. His New York City chamber music engagements include the Aspect Foundation and Jupiter Chamber Players.

A winner of the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the 2017 Astral National Auditions, Fung has taken the top prizes at the 2018 Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition, 2016 George Enescu International Cello Competition, 2015 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players, 2014 Stulberg International String Competition and 2014 Irving Klein International Competition. He was selected as a 2016 US Presidential Scholar for the Arts and was awarded the 2016 Landgrave von Hesse Prize at the Kronberg Academy Cello Masterclasses.

Of Bulgarian and Chinese heritage, Zlatomir Fung began playing cello at age three and earned fellowships at Ravinia's Steans Music Institute, Heifetz International Music Institute, MusicAlp, and the Aspen Music Festival and School. A proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship, Fung currently studies at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Richard Aaron and Timothy Eddy.

Fung has been featured on NPR’s 'Performance Today' and has appeared on 'From the Top' six times. Fung plays an W.E. Hill and Sons cello from 1905.

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