Richard Fu

Richard Fu is a current member of the Wiener Staatsoper Opernstudio and an aspiring recitalist with an affinity for Lieder and chamber music. Though initially pursuing Political Science at Dartmouth College, he developed a love of classical music while abroad in Vienna, later studying at the Royal College of Music, University of Oxford and the Juilliard School.

While studying Lied accompaniment with Julius Drake, Fu performed 30 concerts on tour in the US with violinist Timothy Chooi. He collaborates frequently with cellist Zlatomir Fung, with whom he recently recorded his debut album. He has received fellowships from Tanglewood, Aspen, Music Academy of the West and the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme and has attended masterclasses with Antonio Pappano, Riccardo Muti, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, and Maxim Vengerov. For Vienna State Opera, he has also played rehearsals and orchestral keyboards for La traviata, Tosca, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Roméo et Juliette and The Tempest.