Members of the Cong Quartet coach selected HKUST chamber music students in front of a live audience. The event is free and open to the public.
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Biographies
Formed in 2015 at the Indiana University in the USA, with four founding members from Hong Kong, the Cong Quartet was the Ensemble-in-Residence at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The quartet has also been in residence at Musique à Flaine, and was part of the Nederlandse Strijkkwartet Academie (NSKA), a musical partner of Domaine de La Garde in France, and a member of Le Dimore del Quartetto in Italy.
Drawing from the mentorship of the Pacifica Quartet at Jacobs School of Music, Ivan Chan at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Quatuor Danel, and members of the Quatuor Ysaÿe and Quatuor Ebène in Europe, Cong Quartet’s journey has been fuelled by top prizes at the Virtuoso & Belcanto’s Chamber Music Competition in Italy, Salzburg Mozart International Chamber Music Competition, and as a laureate of many other competitions, including the Banff International String Quartet Competition and International Music Competition Triomphe de l'Art in Brussels.
The quartet has participated in numerous chamber music festivals, such as the Accademia Internazionale di Musica di Cagliari, Mimir Chamber Music Festival, String Quartet Biennale in Paris, Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, Robert Mann String Quartet Institute, Heifetz International Music Institute, Music in PyeongChang, the Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy, as well as the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA), and Musethica in Europe. They have performed with world-renowned artists such as the Borromeo Quartet, Quatuor Danel, members of Jerusalem Quartet, Juan-Miguel Hernandez, Jorja Fleezanis, Joshua Bell, Enrico Pace and Yuri Bashmet, and many others.
During their two last seasons, the Cong Quartet has performed at the ACO on the Pier in Sydney, Philharmonie de Paris, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht. The quartet plays on a set of instruments made for their 10th anniversary, with wood from the same tree, by Yair Hod Fainas in Paris in 2025.