Fan Ting is one of Asia’s most sought-after conductors. He currently serves as Chief Conductor of the Euro Sinfonietta Vienna Orchestra, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra, and Principal Conductor of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet. He is also the founder of the Inheritage Philharmonic in Hong Kong and a founding faculty member of the orchestral technique course at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

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Highlights from the past two seasons include conducting the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra at Vienna’s Großer Musikvereinssaal; leading the Euro Sinfonietta Vienna Orchestra at MuTh Concert Hall; and performances with the North Czech Philharmonic in Prague’s Dvořák Hall at the Rudolfinum and at Smetana Hall in the Municipal House. He also toured with the Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra of Szolnok, including concerts at Esterházy Palace’s Haydnsaal and the Vigadó Concert Hall in Budapest. In Asia, he led performances at the International Classical Music Festival in Hanoi with the Baltic Neopolis Chamber Orchestra and the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet, and conducted the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, New Seoul Philharmonic, Manila Philharmonic, and an opera gala in Singapore.

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Highlights of the upcoming 2025–2026 season include conducting the Sofia Philharmonic in Bulgaria, touring with the Euro Sinfonietta Vienna Orchestra at Esterházy Palace and Vienna’s Ehrbar Saal, bringing the Daegu Symphony Orchestra to an international festival, and serving as a judge at the final of the Ysaye International Music Competition.

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Fan is also deeply committed to nurturing young professional musicians in Hong Kong. Through the Inheritage Philharmonic, he presents core orchestral repertoire in major venues and provides vital opportunities to emerging talent.

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Originally trained as a violinist, Fan studied at the Curtis Institute and Juilliard School with Joshua Brodsky, Joseph Fuchs, and Ivan Galamian. While at Juilliard, he also undertook formal conducting studies with Jorge Mester, laying the foundation for his later transition to conducting. He spent over 30 years with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra as Principal Second Violin, Assistant Concertmaster, and Acting Concertmaster. During his time as a violinist, he also founded the Tononi String Quartet, the New Art Quartet, and the Canzone Trio, premiering works by Benjamin Britten and Leoš Janáček in China and touring Canada, England, Italy, Japan, and the US.

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范丁是當今亞洲最受矚目的指揮家之一。他現任歐洲維也納交響樂團（Euro Sinfonietta Vienna Orchestra）首席指揮、西貢愛樂樂團（Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra）音樂總監兼首席指揮，以及越南國家歌劇與芭蕾舞劇院（Vietnam National Opera and Ballet）首席指揮。同時，他亦是香港傳承愛樂樂團（Inheritage Philharmonic）的創辦人，並為香港演藝學院（Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts）開設全港首個管弦樂技巧課程的創校成員之一。

 

過去兩個樂季，范丁的演出足跡遍佈歐洲多個重要音樂殿堂。他曾指揮博胡斯拉夫·馬爾蒂努愛樂樂團（Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra），於維也納著名的金色大廳（Großer Musikvereinssaal）登台演出；亦曾率領歐洲維也納交響樂團（Euro Sinfonietta Vienna Orchestra）於MuTh音樂廳（MuTh Concert Hall）演出；並與北捷克愛樂樂團（North Czech Philharmonic）同台，登上布拉格的魯道夫音樂廳（Dvořák Hall at the Rudolfinum）及市政廳的史美塔納音樂廳（Smetana Hall in the Municipal House）。此外，他亦與匈牙利紹爾諾克國家交響樂團（Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra of Szolnok）巡演，演出場地包括埃斯特哈齊宮的海頓音樂廳（Haydnsaal at Esterházy Palace）及布達佩斯的維加多音樂廳（Vigadó Concert Hall in Budapest）。

 

在亞洲方面，他曾於河內國際古典音樂節（International Classical Music Festival in Hanoi）與波羅的海尼波利斯室內樂團（Baltic Neopolis Chamber Orchestra）及越南國家歌劇與芭蕾舞劇院（Vietnam National Opera and Ballet）合作演出，亦曾指揮廣州交響樂團（Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra）、新首爾愛樂樂團（New Seoul Philharmonic）、馬尼拉愛樂樂團（Manila Philharmonic），以及於新加坡舉行的歌劇精選音樂會（Opera Gala）。

 

2025–2026年樂季，范丁將繼續活躍於國際舞台，亮點包括：與保加利亞的索菲亞愛樂樂團（Sofia Philharmonic）合作演出；率領歐洲維也納交響樂團（Euro Sinfonietta Vienna Orchestra）重返埃斯特哈齊宮（Esterházy Palace）及維也納的埃爾巴音樂廳（Ehrbar Saal）進行巡演；帶領韓國大邱交響樂團（Daegu Symphony Orchestra）參與國際音樂節；並擔任伊薩伊國際音樂大賽（Ysaye International Music Competition）決賽的評審。

 

范丁亦積極培育香港年輕職業音樂人。透過他創辦的傳承愛樂樂團（Inheritage Philharmonic），他不僅於主要演出場地呈現經典管弦樂作品，亦為本地新晉音樂人提供寶貴的實踐與登台機會。

 

范丁最初為小提琴演奏家，曾就讀於柯蒂斯音樂學院（Curtis Institute）及茱莉亞音樂學院（Juilliard School），師承約書亞·布羅德斯基（Joshua Brodsky）、約瑟夫·福克斯（Joseph Fuchs）與伊萬·加拉米安（Ivan Galamian）。在茱莉亞學習期間，他同時接受了喬治·梅斯特（Jorge Mester）的正統指揮訓練，為日後轉型為指揮打下基礎。他於香港管弦樂團（Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra）任職逾三十年，曾擔任第二小提琴首席、副首席及代理首席等職。演奏生涯中，他創立了托諾尼弦樂四重奏（Tononi String Quartet）、新藝術四重奏（New Art Quartet）與康宗三重奏（Canzone Trio），曾於中國首演本傑明·布列頓（Benjamin Britten）與雷奧什·雅納切克（Leoš Janáček）之作，並巡演加拿大、英國、意大利、日本與美國。

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