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Vivian Fung



Latest News:  Vivian is awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2012!  See all the composers who have received the award here.


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Upcoming performances with Astral Artists , and pianist Mary Kathleen Ernst .


June 22nd world premiere of new work for Kristin Lee, violin, and Conor Hanick, piano, for  Delaware Chamber Music Festival .  Repeat performances in September at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, and in New York City.  


Compiling research from March trip to Yunnan province in China - music of minority groups.


New Work  for Gamelan Yowana Sari of Queens College commissioned by Queens Council on the Arts, to be workshopped at the Music with a View Festival at The Flea Theater May 15th.


All Fung-CD on Naxos Canada to be released September 2012 with Metropolis Ensemble.  Includes the Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto Dreamscapes, and Glimpses for prepared piano.  Kristin Lee, violin solo, and Conor Hanick, piano solo. 



Visit works pages on the bottom menu for sound clips, program notes, and more.

Latest Updates

30 Dec 2011
Geoffrey Gordon's "Tiger Psalms" selected as one of the Top Ten Performances of 2011 by Chicago Classical Review!
19 Sep 2011
"for Metropolis Ensemble’s fall concert Renderings, Kristin is taking on a new and exciting challenge: premiering a new violin concerto by resident composer Vivian Fung."
30 Jun 2011
An article I wrote for NewMusicBox about my process and issues of identity.
24 Mar 2011
Chicago Classical Review
If sometimes Fulcrum Point’s programs seem more focused on thematic linkage then discovering genuinely worthy new music, Tuesday night’s concert… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
27 Feb 2011
GetClassical.org / My Voice
Composer Vivian Fung “I find the most inspiration while travelling” says composer Vivian Fung, whose first commission for the New York Chamber Society was performed under the baton of Gerard Schwarz, in 1995. She was 19 years old at the time. He...
27 Feb 2011
Sequenza21/
Composer Vivian Fung “I find the most inspiration while travelling” says composer Vivian Fung, whose first commission for the New York Chamber Society was performed under the baton of Gerard Schwarz, in 1995. She was 19 years old at the time. He...
6 Feb 2011
Sequenza21/
Errollyn Wallen Following up on Alex Ross’ post about the New York Philharmonic’s 2011-’12 season, which mentioned the lack of representation of American composers on the Contact! series and women composers throughout the schedule, we as...
23 Jan 2010
Metropolis Ensemble
Here are a few highlights from our concerts in 2009, edited and produced by Gareth Paul Cox. Groanbox on January 28, 2009, featuring the works of David Bruce, Michael...
17 Nov 2009
Metropolis Ensemble
This post was written by Timo Andres, one of Metropolis Ensemble's featured composers in Spring 2010, for the upcoming Reverb concerts at (Le) Poisson Rouge. There's a long...

Featured Event

World Premiere of New Work for Violin and Piano
Music School of Delaware
Wilmington, Delaware
Friday, 22 June 2012 - 7:30 PM
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Radio

Fung: Pizzicato for String Quartet
Fung: Miniatures
Fung: Pizzicato for String Quartet
Fung: Insomnia, The Man in the Moon, The Willies
Fung: Piano Concerto “Dreamscapes”
Fung: Chanted Rituals for Trumpet/Flugelhorn and Percussion
Fung: Night Songs
Fung: Songs of Childhood for Voice and Piano
Fung: Kecak Attack!
Fung: Sanci Kuni
Fung: Recommendation
Fung: The Shaman Speaks
Fung: String Quartet no 2
Fung: Yunnan Folk Songs
Fung: Six Haiku for Baritone and Piano
Fung: String Quartet no 1
Fung: Violin Concerto
Fung: Butterfly Variations
Fung: Blaze
Fung: String Sinfonietta
Fung: Pizzicato for String Orchestra
Fung: Concertino Notturno for Flute, Harpsichord, and Strings
Fung: Dust Devils for full Orchestra
Fung: Glimpses for Prepared Piano
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