Acclaimed Vancouver pianist David Fung launches Inspired at the Chan
The concert is the first of four in the family-friendly series that includes audience engagement or participation
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts presents Inspired at the Chan: Pianist David Fung on October 2 at 3 pm at the Chan Centre
PIANST DAVID FUNG spent the summer performing at events such as South Korea’s Yeosu International Music Festival and the Anchorage Chamber Music Festival. The Steinway Artist is a newly appointed assistant professor of piano at UBC. And the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts has announced that the acclaimed musician will launch Inspired at the Chan, a new family-friendly concert series.
Formerly known as Music on the Point, the programming will include four one-hour concerts that include audience engagement or participation.
Having played prestigious venues from Carnegie Hall to Palais des Beaux-Arts, Fung has also performed with revered organizations like Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony. The curator of the Spirio Piano Series at the Chan Centre, he has issued several albums. The Whole Note praised his most recent release, Transcendent Beethoven, for its “strong command of phrasing and rhythmic impetus”. Fung counts Yuja Wang among his close collaborators and friends.
For his debut Chan Centre performance, Fung will perform a mixed program with compositions by Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Schubert, and Maurice Ravel alongside contemporary works by Missy Mazzoli and Nico Muhly. The throughline consists of drama and lyricism.
The concert will have no intermission and will feature a post-show Q&A, moderated by Pat Carrabré, director of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and the UBC School of Music.
“David’s performances are full of colour, technical brilliance, sensitivity, and virtuosity,” Carrabré says in a release. “But beyond his capabilities as a pianist, David is a warm and enthusiastic speaker. He is engaging both on and off the piano, which is why he is exactly the right artist to inaugurate this new series.”
Tickets (which go on sale September 8 at 12 pm) are general admission and are free for UBC students, self-identifying Indigenous peoples, and children 12 and under. Non-UBC student tickets are $10 and regular price tickets are $30.
See chancentre.com forr more information.
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