“Zlatomir Fung brought a rich, warm tone, impeccable intonation, appreciation for dynamic shading and thoughtful phrasing to the Schumann Cello Concerto (with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra). —THE BALTIMORE SUN “In the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra, Fung showed a mastery of his instrument that was truly a thing to behold. He was lost in the magic of the music, maneuvering the strings with exquisite control as he created his own musical mosaic." —BENICIA HERALD (California) “The Saint-Saëns concerto demands technically flawless execution, and here Fung delivered hands down. This was a spectacular performance.” —PERFORMING ARTS MONTEREY BAY

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Alexander Kasza-Kasser Prize • Rhoda Walker Teagle Concert Prize • Slomovic Soloist Prize

Buffalo Chamber Music Society Prize • Embassy Series Prize • Lied Center of Kansas Prize

Paramount Theater Prize • Sunday Musicale Prize • 2017 Astral National Auditions

2016 Presidential Scholar for the Arts • First Prize, George Enescu International Cello Competition (Romania)

First Prize, Irving Klein International Competition

ZLATOMIR FUNG, cellist

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ZLATOMIR FUNG, cellist

Cellist Zlatomir Fung has appeared as soloist with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra,

Boston Pops, Santa Cruz Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony

and the New England Philharmonic. Abroad, he has been heard with Romania’s State

Philharmonic of Sibiu, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest, and the

Lausanne Sinfonietta in Switzerland.

Mr. Fung has also participated at Ravinia's Steans Music Institute, the Heifetz

International Music Institute in Virginia and the Aspen Music Festival. He is a regular

member of the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players in New York, and has been featured

on NPR’s radio show “From the Top” six times, as well as on “Performance Today.”

As a First Prize Winner of the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Mr.

Fung makes his debuts in the Young Concert Artists Series in at Merkin Concert Hall

and in Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center during the 2018-2019 season. He also

won numerous special prizes at the YCA Auditions: the Rhoda Walker Teagle Concert

Prize, which will sponsor his New York debut, the Alexander Kasza-Kasser Concert

Prize, which sponsors his Kennedy Center debut, the Buffalo Chamber Music Society

Prize, the Embassy Series Prize in Washington D.C., the Friends of Music Concerts Prize

in Sleepy Hollow, NY, the Paramount Theatre Prize in Vermont, the Lied Center of

Kansas Prize, the Sunday Musicale Prize in New Jersey, and the Slomovic Prize for

sponsorship of an Orchestra Partnership Project concerto engagement.

Mr. Fung was a 2016 Presidential Scholar for the Arts, and won the 2017 Astral National

Auditions as well as First Prizes at the George Enescu International Cello Competition

in Romania, the Johansen International Competition for Young String Players, the

Stulberg International String Competition, and the Irving Klein International

Competition.

Born in 1999 of Bulgarian-Chinese heritage, Mr. Fung’s family moved from Oregon to

the Boston area so that he could attend the New England Conservatory Preparatory

School. He currently studies at The Juilliard School with Richard Aaron and Timothy

Eddy, where he is a recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. He has also studied with Julie

Albers, Emmanuel Feldman, and Nancy Hair. Outside of music, he enjoys philosophy

and cinema, and plays chess competitively.

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REPERTOIRE WITH ORCHESTRA

BLOCH Schelomo

BRAHMS Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102

BOCCHERINI- Concerto in B-flat major, G.482

GRUTZMACHER

ELGAR Concerto

HAYDN Concerto No. 1 in C Major Concerto

Concerto No. 2 in D Major Concerto

DVORAK Concerto

SAINT-SAENS Concerto No. 1

SCHUMANN Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations

Zlatomir Fung, cellist

BENICIA HERALD

Review: Vallejo Symphony FEBRUARY 2, 2017 BY ELIZABETH WARNIMONT

Soloist Zlatomir Fung, left, and VSO Director Marc Taddei attended a post-concert reception

at Avery-Green Honda in Vallejo Sunday evening. (Photo by Susie Peterson) The Vallejo Symphony Orchestra (VSO) played the second concert of its 2016-17 season to an impressive crowd at the Hogan Auditorium in Vallejo Sunday. Marc Taddei seemed excited to be presenting not only “the greatest symphony ever written,” as he describes Beethoven’s Eroica, but also a fresh, early work by Haydn and a special performance by a bright young talent in Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, featuring prodigy cellist Zlatomir Fung of Massachusetts. Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 begins simply, with a four-note theme presented by the solo cello. The theme is quickly elaborated upon by string sections and builds to pulsating, percussive waves, beating solidly and steadily like a gently rolling sea against the prow of a ship. Listeners are drawn slyly and smoothly into the more frenetic pace and tone of the second, moderato movement. The even rhythm of the preceding allegretto falls away to a more restless tone, creating a picture of an escapee frantically navigating unknown avenues, some ominous force pressing him urgently forward. In turn, the frenzy of the movement is somewhat calmed by soothing tones from the bassoon, as if a great bird were soaring above the fray, alerting the subject to a route to safety. Horns and clarinets also contribute contrasting sounds of soothing amid the urgency of the solo cello and its accompanying larger strings. As if in response to the encouraging winds, the solo cello takes on an assertive thread leading into the subsequent candenza movement. This is where Fung had the greatest opportunity Sunday to demonstrate to listeners how he has come to win so many impressive awards at his young age. The 17-year-old cellist showed a mastery of his instrument that was truly a thing to behold. He was lost in the magic of the music, maneuvering the strings with exquisite control as he created his own musical mosaic

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Baltimore Chamber Orchestra closes

33rd season stylishly

Tim Smith The Baltimore Sun June 3, 2016

The Baltimore Chamber Orchestra wrapped up its 33rd season last Sunday with the BCO's

assistant conductor Joshua Hong leading a supple, buoyant account of J.C. Bach's deftly written

Symphony in D.

There was a sensitive collaboration with guest artist Zlatomir Fung in Schumann's poetic Cello

Concerto. A rich, warm tone, impeccable intonation and thoughtful phrasing suggested a good

future for the 17-year-old soloist. His appreciation for dynamic shading proved especially

rewarding.

Thakar overlooked possibilities for underling the audacious spirit of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1,

stressing instead the graceful, lyrical side. That yielded very elegant results in the Andante (the

woodwinds supplied lovely tone color here). If the other movements could have used more bite, the

transparency and clarity of the orchestra's response proved admirable.

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