Eric Sung, Principal Cellist with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, will lead a masterclass with GSYO Symphony cellists. Following the performances, there will be a short Q & A session.
Featuring student soloists: Arissa Lee, Jaereen Lim, Yoonsa Park, and Kaleb So
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.