Interview: Q&A with Minnesota Orchestra
In concerts from April 28 to 30, Minnesota Orchestra audiences will hear the music of Canadian-born composer Vivian Fung for the first time ever at Orchestra Hall—her 2013 work Aqua, which was inspired by one of Chicago’s most eye-catching skyscrapers, Aqua Tower.
How did you first get interested in composing and what was your first piece?
I started composing when I was about 7 years old because I did not like practicing my assigned piano exercises. My mom, the wonderful tiger mom that she was, closely monitored my daily piano practice, but little did she know that instead of practicing I was improvising and daydreaming instead.