David Fung
piano
David Fung was on his way to becoming a medical doctor after accepting a scholarship to study medicine at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Later that year, David won the prestigious Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award, which culminated in the concerto finals with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall after four rounds of competition.
Since then, he has performed with the Melbourne Symphony, the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa of Japan, the Queensland Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has engagements with the China National Symphony and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. In recent seasons, he has appeared in numerous international music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival, the International Franz Liszt Festival, the Holland Music Sessions and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Chamber Music Society.
David has recorded with ABC Classics and Yarlung Records and is the recipient of the Premier’s Award, the Lord Florey Student Prize (formerly the Australian Students Prize), the Lane Cove Council Citizenship Award and the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award.
