Vivian Fung

Vivian Fung (born 1975) is a JUNO Award-winning Canadian composer who writes music for orchestras, operas, quartets, and piano. Her compositions have been performed internationally. Early life and education Fung was born in Edmonton, Alberta. She wrote her first compositions at age 7. She began studies with Violet Archer and later studied with Narcis Bonet in Paris. She received her bachelor’s degree, masters, and doctorate from The Juilliard School in New York City in 1996, 1997, and 2002, respectively. Her composition mentors included David Diamond and Robert Beaser, piano mentors included György Sándor and Ernesto Lejano, and conducting mentor was Miguel Harth-Beyoda. Career NPR calls Fung “one of today’s most eclectic composers,” and The Philadelphia Inquirer said she has a “stunningly original compositional voice” through her use of blending Western musical forms with musical ideas from many cultures, including Balinese and Javanese gamelan, and folk songs from minority regions of China. Fung travels often, exploring the diverse cultures of North Vietnam, Spain, and Bali, Indonesia. In 2012, Fung traveled to Southwest China for ethno-musicological research to study minority mu