Benjamin Sung, Concertmaster of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, is an active recitalist and chamber musician on stages across the world.  Over the summer months of 2006, he gave a live recital taped for broadcast in July 2006 on the PBC television network in Seoul, South Korea; appeared as soloist and guest teacher at the Festival Inverno de Garanhuns in Pernambuco, Brazil; and performed under Pierre Boulez as a member of the Lucerne Academy at the Lucerne Festival, Switzerland.  Recent appearances in the United States include an invitation to perform in the Carnegie Hall premiere of the Chamber Symphony of John Adams in March 2005.

Ben has long been an enthusiastic interpreter of contemporary works, beginning with his time as a member of the Indiana University New Music Ensemble from 1999 to 2003.  This tenure included appearances on the Ensemble’s 2003 West Coast Tour, with stops in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.  In recent seasons, Mr. Sung has given summer festival performances of the Berg Kammerkonzert and Black Angels by George Crumb.  Mr. Sung is also a member of the Arsenal Trio, with whom he appeared at the 2006 New Music Festival of the University of Louisville in a concert of six world premieres for piano trio.

Ben has received a Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University, where his dissertation examined the concerted works of Béla Bartók.  He holds a Masters degree from Indiana as well, and his Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music.  Mr. Sung has held the position of Concertmaster with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, and is the Artistic Director of ClefWorks, a chamber music festival in Montgomery slated which had its debut season in August 2007.