# Kristian Chong

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**Kristian Chong** is an Australian concert pianist.

## Early life and education

His early studies were at the [Elder Conservatorium of Music](/source/Elder_Conservatorium_of_Music) in [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), where he was accepted at the age of nine on piano with [Stefan Ammer](/source/Stefan_Ammer) and Noreen Stokes, and violin with [Beryl Kimber](/source/Beryl_Kimber). He went on to study at the [Melbourne Conservatorium of Music](/source/Melbourne_Conservatorium_of_Music) under [Stephen McIntyre](/source/Stephen_McIntyre_(musician)), and then the [Royal Academy of Music](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Music) in [London](/source/London) with [Piers Lane](/source/Piers_Lane) and [Christopher Elton](/source/Christopher_Elton).[citation needed]

His early competition successes included the [Symphony Australia](/source/Symphony_Australia) [Young Performers Award](/source/ABC_Young_Performers_Awards) (keyboard) and the Australian National Piano Award.[citation needed]

## Career

Chong has performed extensively throughout Australia and the UK, and in China, France, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, USA, and Zimbabwe.[1]

As concerto soloist, he has appeared with the [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide_Symphony_Orchestra), [Canberra](/source/Canberra_Symphony_Orchestra), [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne_Symphony_Orchestra),[2] [Queensland](/source/Queensland_Symphony_Orchestra), [Sydney](/source/Sydney_Symphony_Orchestra) and [Tasmanian](/source/Tasmanian_Symphony_Orchestra) symphony orchestras, and orchestras in the UK, New Zealand and China under conductors such as [Werner Andreas Albert](/source/Werner_Andreas_Albert), [Andrey Boreyko](/source/Andrey_Boreyko), [Nicholas Braithwaite](/source/Nicholas_Braithwaite), [Jessica Cottis](/source/Jessica_Cottis), [Roy Goodman](/source/Roy_Goodman), [Sebastian Lang-Lessing](/source/Sebastian_Lang-Lessing), [Nicholas Milton](/source/Nicholas_Milton), [Benjamin Northey](/source/Benjamin_Northey), Tuomas Ollila, Fabian Russell, [Markus Stenz](/source/Markus_Stenz), [Arvo Volmer](/source/Arvo_Volmer) and [Marco Zuccarini](/source/Marco_Zuccarini).[citation needed]

Concerto highlights have included [Rachmaninoff 3rd](/source/Piano_Concerto_No._3_(Rachmaninoff)) with the Sydney Symphony, the Rachmaninoff *[Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini](/source/Rhapsody_on_a_Theme_of_Paganini)* in Beijing and Canberra, and [Britten](/source/Benjamin_Britten) with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Recent concerto highlights include Rachmaninoff 3rd, [Chopin 2nd](/source/Piano_Concerto_No._2_(Chopin)), [Beethoven's *Emperor*](/source/Piano_Concerto_No._5_(Beethoven)), [Ravel's Left Hand concerto](/source/Piano_Concerto_for_the_Left_Hand_(Ravel)) in Melbourne and New Zealand, and [Saint-Saêns 2nd](/source/Piano_Concerto_No._2_(Saint-Sa%C3%ABns)) with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.[2]

Chong has performed often with musicians such as the Tinalley String Quartet and the [Australian String Quartet](/source/Australian_String_Quartet), violinists Sophie Rowell, Natsuko Yoshimoto, cellist [Li-Wei Qin](/source/Li-Wei_Qin), flautist Megan Sterling and baritone [Teddy Tahu Rhodes](/source/Teddy_Tahu_Rhodes), with whom he has recorded for [ABC Classics](/source/ABC_Classics). Other collaborations include violinists Ilya Konovalov, (concertmaster [Israel Philharmonic](/source/Israel_Philharmonic_Orchestra)), Adam Chalabi, [Alexandre Da Costa](/source/Alexandre_Da_Costa), Dale Barltrop, [Jack Liebeck](/source/Jack_Liebeck) and [Vadim Gluzman](/source/Vadim_Gluzman), violists Christopher Moore and Caroline Henbest, and clarinetists Philip Arkinstall and Michael Collins, among many others.[citation needed]

Recent festival performances include the [Australian Festival of Chamber Music](/source/Australian_Festival_of_Chamber_Music), the [Huntington Estate](/source/Huntington_Estate_Wines) Music Festival[3] for [Musica Viva Australia](/source/Musica_Viva_Australia), the [Adelaide Festival](/source/Adelaide_Festival), Adelaide International Cello Festival, the Xing Hai Festival in Guangzhou, the [Port Fairy Spring Music Festival](/source/Port_Fairy_Spring_Music_Festival), where Chong performed the complete [Rachmaninoff Preludes](/source/Preludes_(Rachmaninoff)), the Mimir Chamber Music Festival[4] and the Bangalow Festival.[5] He also completed a cycle of the complete [Beethoven piano](/source/Piano_sonatas_(Beethoven)) and [violin sonatas](/source/Beethoven's_violin_sonatas_(disambiguation)) with Natsuko Yoshimoto and Sophie Rowell at the [Melbourne Recital Centre](/source/Melbourne_Recital_Centre).

Chong has recorded the complete Rachmaninoff Preludes for piano for [ABC Classic FM](/source/ABC_Classic_FM) in May 2011, and has several pending recordings including the [Brahms Op. 120 Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano](/source/Clarinet_Sonatas_(Brahms)) with Philip Arkinstall and with flautist Megan Sterling, works by [Miriam Hyde](/source/Miriam_Hyde), [Anne Boyd](/source/Anne_Boyd), [Carl Vine](/source/Carl_Vine), [Frank Martin](/source/Frank_Martin_(composer)), [Francis Poulenc](/source/Francis_Poulenc) and [Philippe Gaubert](/source/Philippe_Gaubert).[citation needed]

He is based in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne),[when?] and teaches piano and chamber music at the [Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne](/source/Faculty_of_Fine_Arts_and_Music,_University_of_Melbourne).[citation needed]

## References

1. ["Kristian Chong – Biography"](https://www.kristianchong.com/biography). *Kristian Chong*. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

1. ["Benjamin Northey Conducts Enigma – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra"](https://www.mso.com.au/whats-on/2017/enigma/). *Melbourne Symphony Orchestra*. Retrieved 2017-08-12.

1. ["2011 Festival"](https://huntingtonestate.com.au/festival-history/2011-festival/). *huntingtonestate.com.au*. Retrieved 2017-08-12.

1. ["Mimir Chamber Music Festival 2017 – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music"](https://mcm.unimelb.edu.au/community-engagement/mimir-chamber-music-festival-2017). *Melbourne Conservatorium of Music*. Retrieved 2017-08-12.

1. ["2016 Bangalow Music Festival | Southern Cross Soloists"](https://www.australianstage.com.au/201608157928/reviews/sydney/2016-bangalow-music-festival-%7C-southern-cross-soloists.html). Retrieved 2018-07-29.

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.kristianchong.com/)

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