Pianist Daniel Fung enjoys a multifaceted career as  musician, collaborative artist, educator, and arts leader. His  performances have taken him throughout the United States, his native  Canada, and Europe. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Vancouver,  Calgary, and Edmonton Symphony Orchestras. Notable collaborations  include members of the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera  Orchestra, appearances with vocalists at Marilyn Horne’s festival at  Carnegie Hall, The Song Continues, and live-streamed master  classes with Renée Fleming, Eric Owens, Elly Ameling, and Joyce  DiDonato.

A graduate of the University of Calgary and The Juilliard  School with degrees in solo and collaborative piano, he has worked as  score consultant with the Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD team. He is also an alumnus of Tanglewood, Music Academy of the West, the Internationale Sommerakademie in Salzburg, Austria, and the Solti Peretti Répétiteur Course in  Venice, Italy by invitation. Passionate about educating and empowering  students from all backgrounds, he has served on faculty at UW-Madison,  University of Nevada, Reno, and UMKC Conservatory with his students  gaining acceptance into programs such as Aspen, Tanglewood, Music  Academy of the West, NEC, and Juilliard. As Creative Development Program  Director at Minnesota Opera he oversaw the reimagining of the Education  department.

In addition to developing projects that served infants to  seniors, he led collaborations with Hmong immersion programs and  students from St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS) and Oshkosh high schools to  access the 2023 world premiere of The Song Poet which is the  first Hmong-centered story adapted for opera. Daniel was a panelist at  the 2022 National NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing)  Conference entitled “Where do we go from here?”, the 2023 Opera America  Conference “Centering Core Values in the Workplace” and performed and  presented a recital at the 2024 National NATS Conference with tenor Dr.  Albert Lee, Director of Equity, Belonging, and Student Life at the Yale  School of Music. Adding the role as leader in arts administration,  Daniel was selected for the 2024 Opera America Leadership Intensive in  New York City and most recently joined Youth Music Monterey as Executive  Director. Beyond work, Dr. Daniel Fung delights in new culinary  experiences, discovering authentic local attractions, and world travel.