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"Following artistic dream proves perfect medicine"
"UNDERSTUDY"
David Fung
From: The Australian
January 23, 2013 12:00AM
Concert pianist and former UNSW student David Fung, who made the difficult choice between pursuing his passion for music or finishing his medical degree. Picture: James Croucher Source: The Australian
DAVID FUNG
Concert pianist BMusic (2007) & Artist's Dip (2009), Colburn Conservatory, Los Angeles Master of Music, (2011) and Master of Musical Arts, (2012), Yale
I STARTED a medical degree at the University of NSW. My father has degrees in chiropractic and sports science and lectures at Macquarie University and my brother studied medicine at UNSW. It seemed natural to study medicine. The conflict was that I also appreciated and loved music and the arts.
At UNSW, I was involved in the Med Show, an annual revue and I was also a principal violin in the university orchestra. In second year I combined medical studies with an arts degree, so I spent time studying music and continued my involvement in music-related activities on campus.
In 2002, I won the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award, which culminated in a performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House.
I then performed with many of the network orchestras in Australia, including the Melbourne Symphony and Queensland Orchestra. It was really fun for me, and eye-opening. It was such a beautiful experience to play with the highest quality ensembles in the country and these opportunities broadened my horizons. I thought: "Either this is it and I head back to reality, or let's live this dream."
I thought it was then or never.
My parents were apprehensive; they thought I should stick with medicine - after all, I had previously not considered music as a profession.
The then dean of the UNSW medical school (now Macquarie vice-chancellor) Bruce Dowton offered a deferment of study at UNSW for the complete duration of my first degree in the US, so that if I wanted to come back I could.
That was crucial in having my parents on board. He said to them: "If he were my son, I would let him have a go at this."
That really struck my parents, that someone in the position of dean of a medical school - doing something my father and brother understood - was giving equal weight to the arts.
I went to the Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles because I wanted to work with Professor John Perry, who has taught some of the world's leading artists.
The conservatory had just opened and was set up with a very small group of gifted students, offering full-tuition scholarships and stipends. It had a state-of-the-art concert hall and brand new concert grand pianos.
I chose it over Juilliard or some of the New York schools because it was closest to home. There were only 15 pupils in my first year - eventually there were 80 - so it was on the smaller side for me after the UNSW, where there were tens of thousands.
At first I lived on the 21st floor of a luxury apartment building with a view of the Hollywood Hills and the new Frank Gehry building - the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
It was breathtaking: beautiful voluptuous sheets of metal dancing around this amazing concert space. I lived there until the school completed its residential campus.
After I graduated in 2009 with a bachelor of music and an artist's diploma, I went to Yale School of Music, which is one of the university's graduate schools.
There I did my master of music and I recently completed my master of musical arts, which is the residential component of the doctorate in musical arts.
The non-residential component involves compiling a dossier of concert and musical activities, with a focus on community, innovation and musical entrepreneurship, which encourages graduates to maintain a performing arts presence in the community and internationally.
It turns out my decision to leave medicine for music was the right one. I am lucky to have many concert engagements lined up and am continuing my role as artistic director of the Bari International Music Festival in Italy, in May and June.
I also hope to continue supporting several communities in Australia, including my old school, James Ruse Agricultural High School. I recently performed at the Sydney International Piano Masterclass Festival at the invitation of my former teacher, Margaret Hair. The doctorate is important, but I am also concerned about music for its own sake and the role of music in the community as part of my arts advocacy.
I have been living in New Haven, but now I am apartment hunting in New York. And I am teaching chamber music at Yale.
As told to Jill Rowbotham |
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发表于 2015-2-7 21:33
。 好， 也不好。（好像是废话 
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也一样有成就感。
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