Adrian Fung, cello, is a versatile performer, educator, and arts leader, best known as the founding cellist of the critically acclaimed Afiara Quartet. With the ensemble, he is a winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, Young Canadian Musicians Award, and recipient of Second Prizes at the Munich ARD and Banff International String Quartet Competitions, as well as the Székely Prize for Best Interpretation of Beethoven.
A JUNO-nominated artist and producer, Fung has performed more than 600 concerts worldwide at venues including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw. Praised for his “virtuosic” and “brilliant” playing, he has appeared as soloist and collaborator with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, and DJ Kid Koala. He holds degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory, Juilliard, University of Toronto, and USC, and performs on a 1787 Benjamin Banks cello.