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Session Report: cellist Zlatomir Fung on recording operatic fantasies for his debut album

2 May 2025

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For his debut album, US cellist Zlatomir Fung has delved into the world of the operatic fantasy – a relative rarity on the instrument. He speaks to Peter Quantrill about how making the recording has revealed new aspects of his musical personality

Janáček, Wagner, Rossini and Bizet feature largely on the debut album of Zlatomir Fung. You don’t need me to remind you that none of these composers wrote a cello sonata. At a stretch, you could count Janáček’s Pohádka – ‘Fairytale’ – which serves to underline the point that he and the others were most at home, most themselves, when telling stories with words, and on stage…

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