Cello Masterclass with Eric Sung

Eric Sung is the Principal Cellist of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.
He began his studies in Los Angeles with Edwin and Gretchen Geber
and continued his studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music, University
of Southern California, and the Juilliard School under the tutelage of
Stephen Geber, David Geber, Ronald Leonard, Fred Sherry and Lynn
Harrell.
Eric has been heard as soloist with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra,
San Francisco Philharmonic, Colburn Chamber Orchestra, Merced
Symphony, Saratoga Symphony, Stanford University Summer
Symphony, Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, National Taiwan
University of Education Orchestra, KAMSA Youth Orchestra and the
Aspen Academy of Conducting Orchestra. He has participated in the
New York String Seminar, Piatigorsky Seminar and has performed at the
National Repertory Orchestra, Taos, Tanglewood, Mendocino, Scotia,
Kent/Blossom, Sarasota, Aspen, Mozaic, National Orchestra Institute,
Pacific, Verbier, Napa Valley and the Mainly Mozart Festivals as well as
the Sun Valley Symphony.
He was a member of the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra and was
Assistant Principal of the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Eric has served as
Acting/Guest Principal of the Sydney Symphony and the National Arts
Centre Orchestra and has performed extensively with the San Francisco
Opera Orchestra as well as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and San
Francisco Symphony.
Eric has served as a coach for the San Francisco Symphony Youth
Orchestra, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco
Academy Orchestra, KAMSA Youth Orchestra, Tucson Junior Strings
and the Orchestra Institute Napa Valley. He has led masterclasses in
Taiwan at the National Taipei University of Education and the Tainan
National University of the Arts, as well as at the Colburn School,
University of Las Vegas, La Sierra University, and the Boston
University Tanglewood Institute. Eric has also taught at the Mendocino
Festival, Music at Tateuchi and the Bakersfield International Music
Festival. He is on the faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of
Music, Pre-College Division, and maintains a private studio.
Eric plays on the ex-Feller Giovanni Tononi cello, c.1700 and bows by
FX Tourte and Eury. He makes his home in San Francisco with his wife,
Wenyi Shih, and their cat, Muffin, a tabby, calico and tortoiseshell mix.

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