Viola Tutors

Violinist/Violist Amy Wong is an active musician well experienced in both classical and functional events performances. She studied violin with Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, and obtained her Master of Music, majoring in Violin Performance in Stephen F Austin State University, Texas with full-tuition scholarship. During her study here, she was the Concertmaster of the SFA Orchestra of the Pines and various event ensembles, under the baton of Dr. Gene Moon, Dr. Pierre-Alain Chevalier and Dr. Gregory Grabowski. She was also a first violin player of The Longview Symphony Orchestra and participated in all their concerts in her stay in SFA. In 2019, Amy received full scholarships attending the Texas Music Festival and Red Rocks Chamber Music Festival. Amy continued her violin performance studies in Montclair State University, under Professor Yi-Wen Jiang, who’s the former Second Violin of the Shanghai Quartet and first prize-winner of international violin competitions. In 2020, she was the concertmaster of Montclair State University Symphony Orchestra. Amy has been selected to participate in masterclasses held by renowned musicians, including Shmuel Ashkenasi, Cho-Liang Lin, Weigang Li, Masumi per Rostad, Andra Darzins.

During her college time, Amy was also consecutively awarded the Talent Development Scholarship by HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund.

Before her studies in the States, she studied violin with Mr Ting Fan, who’s the Chief Conductor of The Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra and the former Second Violin Principal of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

Amy furthered her study in viola with Mr Yu Sun, who is the Solo Violist of Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, and was formerly the Solo Violist of the renowned Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Principal Violist at the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

Amy is now studying viola with Mr Roger Benedict, who was the first principal viola in the Philharmonia Orchestra, London and the same position in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He is also the Chief Conductor of the Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and a frequent guest conductor with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Amy has taught continuously in Hong Kong, United States, and Sydney for more than 10 years. She has given private lessons and group classes coaching in music centers and schools.

William Lee completed the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Music at Hong Kong Baptist University. During the time, Lee was appointed to be the concertmaster of Hong Kong Baptist University Symphony Orchestra and Collegium Musicum of Hong Kong. For striving a more advanced performance level, Lee received the Master of Music in Violin Performance at the University of Texas at Austin with scholarships. He had studied with Mr. Wong Wai Ming, Mr. Andrew Ling, Mr. Ray Tsoi and Mr. Daniel Ching in his university studies. Moreover, Lee participated in several violin and chamber masterclasses with Ms. Kathleen Wrinkler, Mr. Daniel Jordan, Mr. David Kim, Mr. Leo Philips, Mr. Robert Diaz etc. Besides that, Lee was coached by the members of Miro Quartet.

Lee is passionate in performing the music,including solo, chamber music and orchestral music. In his early time, he had obtained the violin LTCL and viola ATCL from the College of Trinity in distinction. In 2014, he was invited to be one of the members of Collegium Muscium of Hong Kong to perform at Carnegie Hall. Besides that, Lee had won the third prize at the 5th Princess Galyani Vadhana International Ensemble Competition in 2017. Furthermore, Lee gained the full scholarship to take part in the 30th Texas Music Festival and be the concertmaster in that orchestra.

While being passionate in performing, Lee is also enthusiastic in teaching for more than 10 years who has been appointed to be the violin tutor at the Norwigian International School, Pui Ching Primary School, Hennessy Road Government School etc.

Lee is playing as a violinist of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

Edwin Lam graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). Obtained the Bachelor degree in Music with several scholarship, which included the Grantham Scholarship, HKSAR Government Scholarship and Y.S. Liu Foundation Scholarship.

Edwin was the part of the Asian Youth Orchestra in the year of 2013 and 2014, touring in major city in Asia during summer time. A year after, he went to Kent Blossom Music Festival and performed as a chamber musician with various musician across the States.

He now worked as a freelance musician and instrumental teacher upon graduation. Since then, he had worked under baton of various world renowned conductors. Such as James Judd, Ken-David Masur, Brett Mitchell and etc. And accompanied famous musician such as Steven Isserlis, Vadim Repin, Sarah Chang and etc. Along with different orchestra which included Hong Kong String Orchestra, City Chamber of Hong Kong, Gustav Mahler Orchestra, Philharmonia APA, etc. And various opera productions, which included << Turandot >> , << Madame Butterfly >>, <<Merry Widow>> and << La Boheme >> ,<< Carmen >> with Musica Viva and Hong Kong Virtuosi, <<Don Pasquale>> with Musica Viva and Gustav Mahler Orchestra, and <<Sour Angelica & Gianni Schicchi>> by Giacometti Puccini with Opera Hong Kong.

Edwin has been teaching in multiple organizations and associations. He has been the Orchestra Assistant of the Student Orchestra of the Hong Kong Music Academy, String orchestra conductor of the Kowloon True Light Middle School(Primary Section), and String Orchestra Assistant of the DGJS. And in various school’s instrumental classes, which included the St. Paul College Primary School, St. Hilary’s Primary School, TWGHs Ma Kam Chan Memorial Primary School and PLK Chan Yat Primary School.

Image credits are for my friends and other organisation which includes the Musicus Society, Hong Kong String Orchestra, Opera Hong Kong, Gustav Mahler Orchestra.

Calvin started playing violin when he was 6 years old. He was studying under Prof. Yang Bao Zhi, Ms. Zhu Bei and Mr. Chai Zhi Hong. Now he is studying with Mr. Ivan Chan. Calvin won numerous prizes in Hong Kong Music Festival since he was studying in the primary school, including the 2nd place of Miss Barbara Fei Instrumental Scholarship and 2nd place of Hong Kong Strings Scholarship for Stringed Instruments. Calvin passed in the exam of ATCL, LTCL, FTCL in the year of 2005, 2006 and 2009. In 2012, he was participating in the Asian Youth Orchestra, and concerts in Hong Kong, China, Japan and Taiwan. In 2014 summer, Calvin joined the Kent Blossom Music Festival. In 2017, he was one of the winners of the Concerto Trial in the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Moreover, Calvin participates in different concerts in Hong Kong. He is one of the player of the Young Pro Platform (season 2021/22), and the freelance player of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

Being an active musician in Hong Kong, Ho has collaborated with well known conductors, soloists, composers and artists, including Elizabeth Adams, Francesca Anderegg, Elim Chan, Jimmy Chiang, Sharon Choa, Michaël Cousteau, Cui Zheng-Rong, Alan Cumberland, Fan Tao, Natasha Farny, Patrick Furrer, Hsu Wei-En, Emmanuelle Huynh, Jang Yoo-Jin, Nicholas Kok, Joseph Koo Kar-Fai, Gwen Krosnick, Lang Lang, Leung Kin-Fung, Andrew Ling, Liu Kuok Man, Lorin Maazel, Pietro Mianiti, Andrew Mogrelia, Janusz Olejniczak, Richard Yongjae O’Neill, Richard Rosenberg, Perry So, Josef Špaček, Kiril Stankow, Mladen Tarbuk, Yang Xiao-Yu, Jaap van Zweden, etc. He has also received guidance from Elizabeth Adams, Michael Gurevich, Jiang Yi-Wen, Antoinette Lohmann, Todd Phillips, Joan Plana, Emily Daggett Smith, Simon Smith, Ralph de Souza, Nancy Zhou, etc.

Ho is also an active participant in chamber and orchestral performances. He has received ensemble guidance from Arcangelo, Ivan Chan, Endellion String Quartet, Shane Levesque, Hui Ling, Jaap ter Linden, Miami String Quartet, Orion String Quartet, Sally Sanford, Shanghai Quartet, Ray Wang, etc. Ho had collaborated with Stephen Hung in 2015 to give a violin & piano duo recital under the The Celeste Concerts series at All Saints’ Church in Hong Kong. As first violinist, Ho also led the Chinese-Western ensemble accompanying the premiere performances of Cityscape II in 2018. Apart from ensemble performances, Ho has taken part in different orchestras, including Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Orchestra, Hong Kong Inheritage Philharmonic, Global Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong International Youth Philharmonia, Modern Symphony Orchestra, Nan Xi Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra, HKAPA Academy Symphony Orchestra, HKAPA Chamber Orchestra, etc. He was also selected as a member of Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra delegation to Shanghai World Expo in 2010 and Yekaterinburg, Russia in 2015, a tour member of Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra to Beijing, China in 2016, a member of HKAPA Academy Strings Orchestra delegation to Kuandu Arts Festival, Taipei in 2017, and a member of Global Symphony Orchestra representing Hong Kong in Chopin Piano Festival Opening Concert in Guangzhou, China in 2019. He was also invited to participate in the New Year Concert 2020 televised by CCTV. Ho had also been selected as part of the strings orchestra in recording Arnold Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night with Naxos in Maryland, USA in 2017.

Ho has received a handful of scholarships and financial assistances, including Society of the Academy for Performing Arts Scholarship, Grantham Scholarship, Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation Scholarship and HKSAR Government Reaching Out Award. He has received for two consecutive years, 2017 & 2018, a full scholarship including tuition and board for participating in The National Music Festival at Chestertown, MD. Ho has also received a scholarship for tuition and board for taking part in the workshop Rethinking Bach at Tokai University, Japan, and a scholarship for attending the Early Music Summer School hosted by Conservatorium van Amsterdam.