VICTORIA WONG
VIOLINIST
Praised for her “technically flawless playing” and her “refined playful sensuousness” (Peter Korfmacher, Leipziger Volkszeitung), Australian violinist Victoria Wong is one of the finest musicians of her generation. Her musical journey began at the age of four under the guidance of Rachel Miller and has since studied under esteemed teachers such as Prof. Goetz Richter, Prof. Ulf Wallin at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler and most recently Prof. Nora Chastain at the University of the Arts Berlin. Victoria has gained further artistic impulses through masterclasses with Lisa Batiashvili, Julia Fischer and Mihaela Martin.
In addition to winning the 25th Gyarfas Competition, Victoria is a prizewinner of several international violin competitions such as the Mirecourt International Violin Competition (2021), the International Michael Hill Competition (2019), the International Arthur Grumiaux Competition (2018) and the International Max Rostal Competition (2015).
As a soloist, Victoria has performed with orchestras such as the Akademisches Orchester Leipzig, Brandenburger Symphoniker, Jenaer Philharmonie, JSO Dresden, JSO Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lorraine and the Szolnok Symphony Orchestra.
Victoria’s versatility as a musician has also led to invitations to play as guest concertmaster with the Berliner Symphoniker and the Kammersymphonie Berlin, as well as serving as associate concertmaster with the Deutscher Oper Berlin. She is also regularly invited to perform as a substitute with the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic.
Deeply dedicated to chamber music, Victoria has performed at festivals such as the Crescendo Festival, the Recontres Internationales de Musique de Mirecourt, PhiloMusica and Musik an der Tonstraße. Together with pianist Marcel Mok, she is co-artistic director of the festival Insel Intermezzi - Kammermusik am Meer on the island of Rügen. She regularly shares the stage with renowned musicians such as Nora Chastain, Paul Coletti, Mirjam Contzen, Stefan Forck, Francis Gouton, Diana Ligeti, Christian Petersen, Marianne Piketty, Nikolaus Resa and Latica Honda-Rosenberg.
Performances have brought her to exceptional concert halls all around the world, including the Gewandhaus Leipzig, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Konzerthaus Berlin, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Philharmonie Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Sydney Opera House, Weimarhalle and Wigmore Hall.
She has been kindly supported by the Australian Music Foundation, the Freunde Junger Musiker Berlin, the Paul-Hindemith Society Berlin as well as the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now e.V.
Since 2023, Victoria is assistant teacher to Prof. Nora Chastain at the University of the Arts Berlin.
She performs on a violin from Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (Turin, 1772), which has been kindly loaned to her by the German Musical Instrumental Fund.