Hiu Sing Fan

First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53705

media release: Meadowmount School of Music presents Hong Kong violinist Hiu Sing Fan, recipient of the fourth annual Gurrena Fellowship, in a three-city recital tour this November. Presented as part of his Fellowship year, the tour opens at the Friday Noon Musicale at the First Unitarian Society of Madison in Madison, WI (November 6), continues at The Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD (November 7), and culminates at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in New York City (November 15). Fan is joined by pianist Cameron Akioka, his friend and colleague at Northwestern University, with whom he has collaborated regularly for the past two years. The duo will also release an all-Schumann recording in 2027.

Named the 2026 Gurrena Fellow in October 2025, Fan received $50,000 in support including mentorship, continued training with Meadowmount faculty, and featured concert engagements tailored to his artistic aspirations. Having performed in the first half of the year in Westport, NY and the surrounding Meadowmount community, the recital tour marks the culmination of Hiu's featured Gurrena Fellow engagements.

For the tour, Fan has built a program of fantasy and imagination, stepping away from the traditional recital format with repertoire that ranges from from Milstein's Paganiniana to Messiaen's Theme and Variations. Schumann No. 2 in D Minor.

“For these concerts, I wanted to build a program full of fantasy and imagination, bringing together works that each mean something deeply personal to me,” said Hiu Sing Fan. I hope audiences will discover something unexpected and leave feeling moved and touched by what they've heard.”

“The Gurrena Fellowship was designed to give exceptional young artists exactly these kinds of opportunities,” said Janet Sung, Artistic  Director of Meadowmount School of Music. “Hiu’s playing is technically brilliant, elegant, and thoughtfully compelling, and we are thrilled to support him as he brings this imaginative program to audiences across the country.”

Fan was most recently a semi-finalist in the 2025 Premio Paganini International Violin Competition and is the Second Prize and Audience Choice Award winner at the 2025 Dallas International Violin Competition. Fan holds degrees from The Juilliard School and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München in Germany, and is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Northwestern University under Gerardo Ribeiro, where he also teaches undergraduate violinists.

The Friday Musicales is First Unitarian Society of Madison’s distinguished artist recital series. Since 1971, FUS has offered this free noon-hour recital series as a gift to the community. The music performed is mostly classical, but folk, jazz, and musical theatre styles are presented on occasion. Come hear some of the finest musicians in the Midwest perform in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Landmark Auditorium.

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First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53705
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