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Lydia Wong,
Piano
Chinese-Malaysian pianist Lydia Wong began
her musical training at age five in
Malaysia where she completed the
London College of Music Diploma in
Piano Performance under the guidance
of Patricia Chan and Ching Ching
Lee.
In
2003, she came to the United States
to continue her piano studies with
Dr. Janice Park at Irvine Valley
College, CA. There, she performed
with the Irvine Valley College Wind
Symphony and was a recipient of the
Tonya Reed Memorial Scholarship. A
year later, she transferred to the
University of Texas at Austin, where
she received her Bachelor of Music
in Piano Performance under the
tutelage of Dr. Betty Mallard. Most
recently in January 2010, Ms. Wong
completed her Master’s degree in
Piano Performance at New York
University, where she studied with
the Spanish pianist Dr. José Ramón
Méndez.
In Austin, Ms Wong
was a piano teacher for the
University of Texas at Austin (UT)
Piano Project, as well as a faculty
member at The Armstrong Community
Music School (ACMS). At UT,
she taught private lessons to
elementary students, and at ACMS she
taught ‘Music for Little Mozart’
group classes to students between 4
and 6 years old. She also served as
a piano adjunct at New York
University for more than a year,
teaching college students (music and
non-music majors) in both private
and group settings, from beginner to
advanced levels.
Ms.
Wong has been a regular participant
in The Gijón International Piano
Festival in Gijón, Spain since 2006
where she has had the opportunity to
perform in recitals and study with
well-known pianists and pedagogues
such as Julian Martin, Robert
McDonald, Boris Slutsky, Marc
Durand, and Blanca Uribe. This past
summer in Gijón, Ms. Wong performed
along with other pianists in an
outdoor plaza in a ten-hour
piano-playing marathon marking the
tenth anniversary of the festival.
She has also performed in master
classes for concert pianists such as
Alessio Bax and Anne-Marie
McDermott.
Currently, Ms. Wong enjoys a busy
schedule of teaching and continuing
her piano studies in New York City.
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