Hong Kong Violinist Hiu Sing Fan is the Second Prize and Audience Choice Award winner at the 2025 Dallas International Violin Competition, a recent prizewinner at the Banff International String Quartet Competition, and ranked among the top six at both the 2025 Premio Paganini International Violin Competition in Italy and the 2024 George Enescu International Violin Competition in Romania.

As a soloist, Fan has performed with Camerata Salzburg, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and the Dallas Chamber Symphony Orchestra, and has served as Guest Concertmaster of the Cologne Chamber Orchestra in Germany.

He has participated and performed in festivals including the Verbier Festival, Marvão Music Academy, Verão Clássico, as well as the Meadowmount School of Music, and the Great Mountains Music Festival and School. He has worked with notable artists including Leonidas Kavakos, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Ferenc Rados, Aaron Rosand, Quatuor Ébène, and the Emerson String Quartet, and has performed under conductors including Christoph Poppen, Peter Bay, and Wing-Sie Yip.

Fan received the Cordelia Lee Beattie Foundation Scholarship and the Betty & Daniel Bloomfield Fund Scholarship during his studies at The Juilliard School, where he studied with I-Hao Lee and Hyo Kang. He earned his master’s and artist diploma degrees at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München in Germany, studying with Julia Fischer, Christoph Poppen, and Lena Neudauer. He is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Northwestern University under Gerardo Ribeiro.

“Hiu Sing Fan is an exceptional and dedicated musician whose poise and presence on stage distinguish his performances. We are grateful to Linda Gurrena Barnebl for her vision and generosity in supporting outstanding young artists.”
– Genevieve Twomey, Executive Director

Created in 2022, in memory of David A. Barnebl, an educated, passionate music lover, by his wife, Linda Gurrena Barnebl, the purpose of The Gurrena Fellowship is to support and encourage exceptional young artists to become abundantly successful in their professional journey. This generous fellowship of $50,000 enables its recipients to continue to pursue their careers with vigor and passion without the burden of financial constraint.

2025 – Kento Hong, violin
2023/2024 – Luiz Fernando Venturelli, cello
2022/2023 – Sydney Lee, cello

The Gurrena Fellowship is awarded each year to a Meadowmount School of Music student or alum who is dedicated to becoming successful as a performing artist.

The ideal recipient is an exceptionally talented musician who demonstrates vigor and unrelenting passion in their pursuit of a distinguished career within the field of music. Funds from this fellowship are typically reserved to support postgraduate students, whenever possible, who will benefit from financial assistance as they transition from their musical training to independent careers in performance, composition, or as master teachers within the field of music. Exceptions are made with the support of the donor.

Fellowship funds are administered by Meadowmount and typically allocated to scholarship support, recital tours, management and publicity advisors, housing allowance, travel stipend, tuition and training contribution, and other expenses as requested and approved.