WRTI: Vivian Fung Interview
Schooled in the classics, Vivian Fung writes music that speaks to the experiences of 21st-century audiences. "I feel like this is my role, she says, whether composing for orchestra, or other ensembles. "It has to be of our time. "
WNMU: Spiritual America Best of 2019
With this collaboration between Nonesuch Records and New Amsterdam, walls of genre are broken down as sounds morph and blend throughout Spiritual America.
NPR Music's 100 Favorite Songs Of 2013
Home Stretch is a gentle gondola ride through five lovely Eno songs ... a clever, lovingly orchestrated homage in the time-honored spirit of Franz Liszt.
NPR: Classical Lost And Found: The Versatile Sound Of Vivian Fung
Dreamscapes is magnificent with virtuosic performances… a spectacular sounding disc… by one of today’s most eclectic composers.
NPR First Listen Review: "Home Stretch"
“Thought-provoking glimpses into how the past and the present merge in classical music today.”
NPR: First Listen: Undun
Finally, credits roll over a sublime string quartet, mercifully for Black Thought's black thoughts — at least for a moment, before ?uestlove's meticulously arranged strings are silenced by the chilling, deathly growl of a struck piano.
WNYC: A Prolific New Music Machine
Metropolis Ensemble presents a seductive vision of classical music’s future: young violin virtuosos and guys in jeans playing pieces on laptops.
WNYC: A Vision for the Future
Hallucinations is being recorded this week at LPR by Q2, the online station of WQXR.