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ACMC 30th Annual Summer Festival: Zlatomir Fung & Friends
One night. One instrument. Infinite possibilities.
This concert is a full celebration of the cello — its range, its power, and its capacity to anchor, soar, and astonish in equal measure. Gold Medalist Zlatomir Fung leads a remarkable evening that unfolds in three distinct acts, each revealing a different dimension of the instrument's voice.
It opens intimately: two cellos intertwining through Bach's towering Chaconne from Partita No. 2 — one of the most profound solo works in all of Western music, reimagined as a conversation between strings. Then the texture expands. Arensky's String Quartet No. 2, written for the luminous combination of two cellos, violin, and viola, wraps the audience in some of the warmest, most lushly Romantic sound chamber music has to offer.
Then Fung steps forward. Backed by the ACMC All-Star Chamber Orchestra, he takes center stage for Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 — a concerto of breathtaking momentum and brilliance, tailor-made for a virtuoso at the peak of his powers. The evening closes with Tchaikovsky's beloved Andante Cantabile, pure melodic beauty as a final word.
Joining Fung are violinist Sandy Yamamoto, violist Hyobi Sim, cellist Alice Yoo, double bassist Jonathan Rouse, and the Soha Quartet.