Artists’ Profiles

Kerem Hasan

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Conductor

Kerem Hasan commences his third season as chief conductor of the Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck, after starting the position in September 2019. In summer 2017, the young British conductor laid the foundations for a very promising international career by winning the Nestlé and Salzburg Young Conductors Award. Prior to this, he had already attracted attention as a finalist in the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in London and as Associate Conductor of the Welsh National Opera.

Apart from his concerts with the Tiroler Symphonieorchester, Hasan also returns to the Tiroler Landestheater in Innsbruck to conduct Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri and Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Further highlights of his 2021–22 season include opera productions at the English National Opera (Così fan tutte) and in Glyndebourne (The Rake's Progress) as well as concerts with the Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich, Borusan Philharmonic Orchestra, and Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Furthermore, Hasan debuts with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia and returns to the ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Noord Nederlands Orkest.

Kerem Hasan was born in London in 1992 and studied piano and conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Later, he continued his education at the Zurich University of the Arts with Johannes Schlaefli.

Zlatomir Fung

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Cello

The first American in four decades and youngest musician ever to win First Prize in the cello division of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Zlatomir Fung is poised to become one of the preeminent cellists of our time. A recipient of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship 2022 and a 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Fung's impeccable technique demonstrates a mastery of the canon and an exceptional insight into the depths of contemporary repertoire. A winner of the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the 2017 Astral National Auditions, Fung has taken the top prizes at numerous competitions and was selected as a 2016 US Presidential Scholar for the Arts.

Recent highlights include a multi-city US tour culminating in a Carnegie Hall recital debut, and performances with the Detroit, Kansas City, Seattle, Ann Arbor, Asheville, and Aiken Symphonies.

Of Bulgarian-Chinese heritage, Fung began playing cello at age three and earned fellowships at Ravinia's Steans Music Institute, Heifetz International Music Institute, MusicAlp, and the Aspen Music Festival and School. He studied at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Richard Aaron and Timothy Eddy. Fung has been featured on NPR's Performance Today and has appeared on From the Top six times. In addition to music, he enjoys cinema, reading, and blitz chess.