Released in October 2023, The Jasper String Quartet’s Insects and Machines: Quartets of Vivian Fung will receive the Album of the Year Award…Insects and Machines is Jasper Quartet’s eighth album and the first commercial release of Fung’s first four quartets. It received notable critical acclaim, including from Strings Magazine that praised the album for its “intensely dramatic energy… demonstrating both their advocacy of new music and their transcendent mastery.”
Girl From the 905 is a genre-busting presentation from a powerhouse operatic team working within their usual roles, but completely outside the lines. With the performance by Andrea Núñez, music by Vivian Fung, and text by Royce Vavrek, this work is an auto-biographical story of women living between the lines in a multi-cultural family, who come to accept and love themselves for who they are.
Vivian Fung sits down with VPM Classical Music host, Mike Goldberg to talk about her compositional history, exploring cultures, and her Double Concerto (for two violins) that will be performed by the Richmond Symphony on Mrach 25th and 26th. Listen to her interview>>>
The music of JUNO-award winning composer Vivian Fung (1975- ) is deeply rooted in the exploration of naturally occurring sounds, from the use of cellphones in her piece about 21st century distractions (Earworms) to incorporating 3 ice blocks into a work about climate change (The Ice is Talking). Full article>>
Photo Credit: Geneviève Caron
Viola and piano
Tenor, string quartet, and piano
Large ensemble including flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, alto saxophone, horn in F, marimba, drum set, piano, harp, violin 1-2, viola, cello
