On May 29, David Fung will be featured as host Timothy Chooi’s special guest for the final day of the 2021 Queen Elisabeth Competition Piano Finals. David and Timothy will provide exclusive behind-the-scenes commentary during the live performance, including footage of David’s own prize-winning performance in the competition in 2013. Watch on the competition’s Twitch channel here.
Read MoreDespite the ongoing intense and intensifying measures for Covid-19 in Europe, the new Piano Biennale festival is going ahead and taking place as planned in May 13-16, 2021. Music, dance and art are interwoven in a set of concerts featuring solo piano and chamber music, and all taking place in the beautiful halls of the cities of Arnhem and Nejmegen in the Netherlands. All concerts will be live-streamed. Explore the festival further here and Einav’s May 13 program here.
Read MoreOn May 15, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center returned to in-person performances for the first time since March 2020. Violist Paul Neubauer and violinist Danbi Um from the Dinin Arts roster were featured. As the New York Classical Review noted regarding Dvořák’s Op. 81 quintet, “Neubauer’s viola sang the mournful dumka theme of the second movement with almost Hungarian soul.”
Read MoreOn April 23, David Fung will join Henry Kramer for a duo piano program in collaboration with percussionists Paul Vaillancourt and Garrett Arney. The program will take place in-person at 7:30pm ET at Columbus State University’s Schwob School of Music in Columbus, GA and will be live-streamed on the Schwob School’s YouTube channel here.
Read MoreOn March 21, Grammy winning bass-baritone Dashon Burton will be featured in recital at Caramoor together with pianist David Fung. The program will combine Schumann’s complete Dichterliebe with works by John Dowland, Charles Brown, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Ernest Charles and William Bolcom along with a set of spirituals. Learn more and watch the live-stream here.
Read MoreDanbi Um was featured together with violinist Paul Huang and pianist Amy Yang for an in-person and live-streamed concert in Chicago as part of the North Shore Chamber Music Festival’s onstage/offstage series on April 10. The performance featured a combination of solo works by both violinists, with Chicago Classical Review calling Um’s performance of Bloch’s Avodah “heartfelt” and noting that in Korngold’s Much Ado About Nothing she and Yang “…went straight to the beating heart of its Viennese charm and sentiment.” Watch the webcast here and view the full review here.
Read MoreThe Lysander Piano Trio will be featured in a free virtual performance with UGA Presents from March 18-April 1, 2021. Filmed at the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, this performance features guest artist Rainer Eudeikis, Principal Cellist of the Atlanta Symphony, for a program of works by Scriabin, Haydn, Debussy, and Schumann. Learn more here.
Read MoreDavid Fung’s debut with the LA Phil will soon be available for public viewing with the launch of Sound/Stage’s second season on March 5. Filmed at the Hollywood Bowl and available for free online, this first episode features both David Fung and Yuja Wang as the piano soloists for The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens, conducted by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. The episode, hosted by Maestro Dudamel together with his son Martín, is accompanied by animated folktales from different parts of the world that are narrated by Martín and young musicians associated with El Sistema programs around the world. For more information, see here.
Read MoreThe Lysander Piano Trio will be featured in a virtual performance with Concerts International Memphis on February 16, 2021. For this performance, the trio welcomes guest artist Rainer Eudeikis, Principal Cellist of the Atlanta Symphony, for a program of works by Scriabin, Haydn, Debussy, and Schumann. Learn more here.
Read MorePianist David Fung shares a moving program February 12 at the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center. The recital, which will be live for a limited audience as well as live-streamed, will include performances of works by Bach (on piano and harpsichord), Florence Price, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Reena Esmail, and Chopin. Learn more here.
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Read MoreOn January 8, the Lysander Piano Trio celebrates the physical release of its new album, mirrors- 21st Century American Piano Trios, by First Hand Records. This follows a digital release in December that witnessed the recording reach the top 10 of new chamber releases on Amazon, as well as several reviews of praise. The album, which features world premiere recordings by composers Jakub Ciupinski, Jennifer Higdon, Reinaldo Moya, William David Cooper, Gilad Cohen, and Sofia Belimova, marks the trio’s 10th anniversary as an ensemble. Explore mirrors further here.
Read MoreOn January 16, the celebrated virtual CameraMusic series of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit will feature violinist Arnaud Sussmann in recital with pianist Michael Brown. The program, which can be viewed for free here will feature Dvořák’s Four Romantic Pieces, Janáček’s Violin Sonata, and Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major.
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