The first piano graduate of the prestigious Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles, Australian-born David Fung also studied at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik and at Yale. Mr. Fung is on faculty at the University of British Columbia and curates the Spirio Piano Series at the Chan Center in Vancouver. A rising star in the international piano world, Mr. Fung is widely recognized for sterling technique, full control and great musicality. Mr. Fung regularly appears with the world’s premiere orchestras, in recital and in chamber music.
The New York Times found David Fung’s playing “stylish and articulate.”
Single tickets $47.50 - $52 (HST included)
Students $10+handling
18-35 pay-your-age, arts workers & health care workers half-price
To order tickets by phone from the St. Lawrence Centre Box Office, please call 416-366-7723 (when you reach the automated menu, select option 1 and then select option 1 again). The St. Lawrence Centre box office is open from 1:00pm to 6:00pm, Monday through Friday.
Program
“The Wanderer”
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Moments Musicaux, Book 1, D. 780
Moments Musicaux No. 1 in C Major
Moments Musicaux No. 2 in A-flat Major
Moments Musicaux No. 3 in F minor
Franz Schubert
Fantasie in C Major, D. 760, “Wanderer”
Allegro con Fuoco
Adagio
Scherzo: Presto
Finale: Allegro
INTERMISSION
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Moment Musicaux in E minor, Op. 16, No. 4
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
“Vallée d’Obermann” from Années de (Suisse), S. 160, No. 6
Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)
“Incantation” from Enchantment
“Beyond the Dream” from Enchantment
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Moment Musicaux in C Major, Op. 16, No. 6