A Pianist

Dr. Eric Fung was the second-prize winner at the Thirteenth International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany.  Prior to this important achievement, he was the recipient of the first prize at the Corpus Christi Young Artists International Competition (1996), second prize at St. Louis Symphony Concerto Competition (1997), and first prize at the Juilliard School Concerto Competition, which led to his performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 at the Lincoln Center in 2000.  Subsequent to the performance, the New York Times praised his pianism for being “mature, refined, and elegant.”   

As an active performer, Eric Fung appeared in various festivals, such as the European Piano Forum in Berlin, Germany, the Puigcerda International Clasica Musica in Spain, and the Philadelphia Bach Festival.  In 2003, he performed two sold-out recitals at the Hong Kong Arts Festival and collaborated with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in their 30th Anniversary concert series under the baton of Maestro Matthias Bamert in the following year.  In May 2004, he made his piano recital debut at the Carnegie Hall performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Beethoven’s Eroica Variations.  The New York Concert Review applauded his rendition of the Goldberg Variations for having “vibrant vitality...unflappable logic, flexibilities in nuances and requisite lyricism.”  

Eric Fung holds a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance, a Master of Music in piano performance, a Master of Arts in music theory pedagogy from the Eastman School of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School.  His doctoral thesis “Neglected Treasure: Johann Sebastian Bach's Overture in the French Manner, BWV 831: A Study in Motive, Harmony, and Voice Leading” is an unprecedented study of the composition. His mentors include pianists Oxana Yablonskaya, Natalya Antonova, and theorist Carl Schachter.