The first American in four decades and youngest musician ever to win First Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition Cello Division, Zlatomir Fung is poised to become one of the preeminent cellists of our time. A 2020 recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, Fung's impeccable technique demonstrates a mastery of the canon and an exceptional insight into the depths of contemporary repertoire.

2021-2022 Highlights:

September 10, 2021
Ann Arbor Symphony – Opening Night  / Ann Arbor, MI / Lina Gonzalez-Granados, conductor / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations

Sunday, September 19, 2021
Recital / Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine / Orono, ME / Works by Beethoven, Yuri Shaporin, David Popper, and Liszt / with Rohan de Silva, piano

October 8, 2021
Recital / Philharmonic Society of Orange County / Costa Mesa, CA / Mendelssohn Variations Concertantes, Op. 17; R. Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Lamentations: Black/Folk Song Suite for solo cello; Bartók Rhapsody for Cello and Piano; Franck Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major  / with Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano

October 12, 2021
Recital / Thomasville Entertainment Foundation / Thomasville, GA / R. Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70; Recital / Schubert Sonata in A minor, "Arpeggione"; Dvořák : Silent Woods; Franck : Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major / with Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano

October 17, 2021
Recital / Philadelphia Chamber Music Society / Philadelphia, PA / Mendelssohn Variations Concertantes, Op. 17; R. Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Lamentations: Black/Folk Song Suite for solo cello; Bartók Rhapsody for Cello and Piano; Franck Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major  / with Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano

October 19, 2021
Recital Debut at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall / R. Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70; Recital / Schubert : Sonata in A minor, "Arpeggione"; Dvořák : Silent Woods; Franck : Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major / with Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano

November 6, 2021
Recital / University of Delaware / Mendelssohn Variations Concertantes, Op. 17; R. Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Lamentations: Black/Folk Song Suite for solo cello; Bartók Rhapsody for Cello and Piano; Franck Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major / with Rohan de Silva, piano

January 8-9, 2022
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society / Philadelphia premiere of a new work by Anna Clyne; Schubert Quintet in C Major, with BalletX and the Calidore Quartet. 

February 4-6, 2022
Debut with Kansas City Symphony / Kansas City, MO / Eduardo Strausser, conductor / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations

February 27, 2022
Debut with Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Debut / Boston, MA / Benjamin Zander, conductor / Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

March 24-27, 2022
Debut with Detroit Symphony Orchestra, “Neighborhood Series” / Detroit, MI / Ari Pelto, conductor
Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B-flat Major