Zlatomir Fung

After making his debut with the New York Philharmonic in July 2022 under Leonard Slatkin as part of the Bravo! Vail Festival, the 2022/23 season sees Fung make his debuts with, among others, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, BBC Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony for a world premiere of Katherine Balch’s Cello Concerto. Fung has recently been invited to make debuts with the The Hallé, Frankfurt Opera, Turku Philharmonic, Hangzhou Philharmonic among others.

Following recital appearances at major European festivals including Verbier, Dresden, and Janacek May, Fung will return to the Wigmore Hall in a busy 2022/23 recital season, which also includes dates in Elmau, Berlin, and in Amsterdam as part of the Cello Biennale.

Fung made his recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 2021 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 recent highlights include appearances at 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.

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 was announced as Borletti Buitoni Trust Fellowship winner in 2022. He plays an W.E. Hill and Sons cello from 1905.

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