The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of ADRIAN FUNG as vice-president, innovation. In this newly created post, which takes effect October 13, he will work with TSO President and CEO Jeff Melanson on education and community engagement programs, collaborations, and projects focused on artistic, social, and economic innovation at the orchestra. A cellist, Fung is a founding member of the Afiara Quartet and artistic director of Mooredale Concerts in Toronto. He previously spent four years as RBC Young Artistic Director at Festival of the Sound (Perry Sound, Ontario). Winner of the Concert Artist Guild International Competition and the Young Canadian Musicians Award, Fung holds a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco Conservatory of Music, an artist diploma from the Juilliard School, and an MBA from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.    

Posted October 9, 2015