Consultant
CONSULTANTS
Calvin Wong
Resident Conductor,
Hong Kong Young Soloists
Symphony & Chamber Orchestra
Calvin WONG, before attaining his bachelor degree of Arts in Music in HKBU, has already started his teaching profession since 2000. Wong has later joined Yips’ Children Choral and
Performing Arts Center officially after graduation as a violin and viola instructor. Wong’s students have been capturing most of the prizes in local violin competition and also some of the international music competitions. To name but a few, Wong’s students had won more than 300 top-three prizes in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival over the last 5 years.
Recently, Wong has joined the music department of Diocesan Girls Junior School as a part-time Viola tutor with an aim to fostering students with relevant interest with his structural and inspirational teaching approach.
Wong’s teaching method is incorporating the essence of several violin maestros namely Professor Zhang Shi-xiang, Professor Wong Fu Tong, Professor Sergey Fatkulin and Professor Gleb Donstov. In 2014, Wong was under the tutelage of Dr. Yip Wai Hong for conducting techniques and since then has been conducting the Hong Kong Children’s Symphony Orchestra (Haydn and Handel) for the last few years. Since 2019, Wong was
appointed as the conductor of Ying Wa Primary School Senior Strings Orchestra and lead the orchestra to get the Gold Prize and Conductor Award in the 2021 World Orchestra Festival.
Students’ Achievements in recent years:
2021 73rd Schools Music Festival – 70 prize winner
2020 10th Hong Kong International Violin and Chamber Music Competition – Champion (Alayna Shu)
2020 American Protege Music Competition – 1st Prize (Alayna Shu)
2019 71st Schools Music Festival (Hong Kong Strings Scholarship for stringed instruments) Champion (Enoch Li)
2019 71st School Music Festival Grantham Muisc Scholarship Award (Enoch Li)
2019 71st Hong Kong School Music Festival (Senior Viola) Champion (Jones Lau)
2019 Whitgift International Music Competition Category B 4th Prize and Music Boarding Award (Justin Lau)
2019 Windsor Festival -Berkshire Young Musician of the Year – Strings 10-12 Winner (Renee Wong)
2018 70th Schools Music Festival (Hong Kong Strings Scholarship for stringed instruments) 1st Runner Up (Alayna Shu)
2018 XXV International Violin Competition ‘Andrea Postacchini’ Student’ Grant (Alayna Shu)
2018 Ysaye International Music Competition (Violin and Chamber) 1st Runner Up (Enoch Li)
2018 8th Hong Kong International Violin Competition (Children Professional Class) 1st Runner Up (Alayna Shu)
2018 8th Hong Kong International Violin Competition (Junior Professional Class) 1st Runner Up (Enoch Li)
2018 8th Hong Kong International Violin Competition (Junior Professional Class) 3rd Runner Up (Tiffany Ou)
2019 Fellowship of Trinity College, London (FTCL in Violin Recital) (Alvina Au)
2019 Fellowship of Trinity College, London (FTCL in Violin Recital) (Enoch Li)
Teaching Accomplishments:
Outstanding Teacher Awards
– 2013 Schoenfeld International String Competition
– 2018 8th Hong Kong International Violin Competition
– 2020 10th Hong Kong International Violin Competition
Marianna Terteryan
Artist and Consultant,
Hong Kong Young Soloists
Marianna Terteryan was born in Moscow,in family musicians. She studied violin at the Moscow Gnessin School under teacher Tatiana Berkul.She graduated Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and Post-Graduate Course under famouse russian violinist Professor Eduard Grach.
Also,she performed as a soloist and member of Chamber Orchestra”Moskovia” under conductor and music director Eduard Grach.She has given concerts in some of the most prestigious venues in the world. Marianna has given performances at the Great Hall , Small hall and Rachmaninov hall of the Moscow State Conservatory, Moscow Philharmonic Hall by P.I.Tchaikovsky, Grand Hall of the St.-Petersburg Philharmonic,Suntory hall in Tokyo,Izumi hall in Osaka.While studying in Gnessin School and Moscow State Conservatory,she became the laureat of many intenational competitions-“Classical Heritage”in Moscow,in Sant-Petersburg “Virtuoses 2000”,”International Competition for Youth violinists”in Novosibirsk by Zakhar Bron,in Warsaw “Tadeusz Wronsky Competition for violin solo”,in Zagreb “Vaclav Huml”).
Marianna Terteryan was a member of lots of musical festivals:”Keshet Eilon Violin Mastercourse” in Israel,”Stars of the Planet”in Yalta(Ukraine),”The music weeks in Toure”(Toure,France),”Russian culture days” in Vietnam.She joined the masterclasses with world famouse musicians as Ida Handel,Shlomo Mintz,Vadim Gluzman.
She became a soloist of Moscow State Philarmony in 1997.Marianna played as a soloist with many famouse orchestras.She recorded several CD’s and other music on Radio and TV. Marianna Terteryan has perfomance in Russia,Ukraine,Poland,Croatia,Macedonia,Serbia&Montenegro, Greese,Israel,Cyprus,German,France,Usa,China,Japan,Vietnam,Macau and Hong Kong.
From november 2002 Marianna began to work in China (Shenzhen).For two years she worked as a member and soloist in Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.Also she played with many symphony orchestras very famous Chinese violin concertos “The Butterfly lovers” by Chen Gang&He Zhan Hao and “Wang Zhao Jun” by Chen Gang.She recorded two CD’s-classical violin music and chinese violin music.Marianna was a first performer of Violin Concerto with Yunnan folk melodies by Victor Tso in China.She perform with famous conductors -Zhang Guo Young,Yen Shao,Yu Feng,Mikhail Khokhlov,Vladimir Ponkin, Arnold Katz, Eduard Grach, Igor Schtegman,Vladimir Ziva,Anatoly Oselkov.
She has a long experience in teaching students.Since 2002 she was teaching in one of the most famous music schools in Russia-Moscow Gnessin School. From 2018 she became a guest Professor of Shenzhen Art School.One of her student Paloma So got second prize in International Wieniawski youth Competition in Lubeck in 2015 and first prize in 8th International Competition in Novosibirsk for young violinist in 2016.
From 2002 Marianna performs as a violin duo with violinist Gleb Dontsov.
Marianna Terteryan
Artist and Consultant,
Hong Kong Young Soloists
Marianna Terteryan was born in Moscow,in family musicians. She studied violin at the Moscow Gnessin School under teacher Tatiana Berkul.She graduated Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and Post-Graduate Course under famouse russian violinist Professor Eduard Grach.
Also,she performed as a soloist and member of Chamber Orchestra”Moskovia” under conductor and music director Eduard Grach.She has given concerts in some of the most prestigious venues in the world. Marianna has given performances at the Great Hall , Small hall and Rachmaninov hall of the Moscow State Conservatory, Moscow Philharmonic Hall by P.I.Tchaikovsky, Grand Hall of the St.-Petersburg Philharmonic,Suntory hall in Tokyo,Izumi hall in Osaka.While studying in Gnessin School and Moscow State Conservatory,she became the laureat of many intenational competitions-“Classical Heritage”in Moscow,in Sant-Petersburg “Virtuoses 2000”,”International Competition for Youth violinists”in Novosibirsk by Zakhar Bron,in Warsaw “Tadeusz Wronsky Competition for violin solo”,in Zagreb “Vaclav Huml”).
Marianna Terteryan was a member of lots of musical festivals:”Keshet Eilon Violin Mastercourse” in Israel,”Stars of the Planet”in Yalta(Ukraine),”The music weeks in Toure”(Toure,France),”Russian culture days” in Vietnam.She joined the masterclasses with world famouse musicians as Ida Handel,Shlomo Mintz,Vadim Gluzman.
She became a soloist of Moscow State Philarmony in 1997.Marianna played as a soloist with many famouse orchestras.She recorded several CD’s and other music on Radio and TV. Marianna Terteryan has perfomance in Russia,Ukraine,Poland,Croatia,Macedonia,Serbia&Montenegro, Greese,Israel,Cyprus,German,France,Usa,China,Japan,Vietnam,Macau and Hong Kong.
From november 2002 Marianna began to work in China (Shenzhen).For two years she worked as a member and soloist in Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.Also she played with many symphony orchestras very famous Chinese violin concertos “The Butterfly lovers” by Chen Gang&He Zhan Hao and “Wang Zhao Jun” by Chen Gang.She recorded two CD’s-classical violin music and chinese violin music.Marianna was a first performer of Violin Concerto with Yunnan folk melodies by Victor Tso in China.She perform with famous conductors -Zhang Guo Young,Yen Shao,Yu Feng,Mikhail Khokhlov,Vladimir Ponkin, Arnold Katz, Eduard Grach, Igor Schtegman,Vladimir Ziva,Anatoly Oselkov.
She has a long experience in teaching students.Since 2002 she was teaching in one of the most famous music schools in Russia-Moscow Gnessin School. From 2018 she became a guest Professor of Shenzhen Art School.One of her student Paloma So got second prize in International Wieniawski youth Competition in Lubeck in 2015 and first prize in 8th International Competition in Novosibirsk for young violinist in 2016.
From 2002 Marianna performs as a violin duo with violinist Gleb Dontsov.
Prof. Michał Dmochowski
Cello Consultant
Michał Dmochowski – polish cellist, born on December 26, 1977 in Warsaw. Scholarship holder of the Queen Sofia College of Music in Madrid. He successfully combines a stage career on world music scenes and teaching as a professor at the Music Conservatory. Jacinto Guertero in Toledo and at the Higher School of Music Queen Sofia in Madrid. His students are laureates of international cello competitions.
Education:
– The University of Music in Warsaw (class of prof. Kazimierz Michalik)
– a scholarship from the Queen Sofia College of Music in Madrid (class of Frans Helmerson and Natalia Szachowska)
– master classes: Bernard Greenhouse, Tobias Kühne, Janos Starker, Boris Pergaminschikov, Milos Sadlo, Natalia Gutman, Hatto Beyerle, Ralph Gottoni, Aleksander Bondurjanski and Imre Rohman.
experience:
– professor of cello at the Music Conservatory Jacinto Guerrero in Toledo
– assistant professor at the Higher School of Music Queen Sophia in Madrid (Natalia Szachowska’s Cello Cathedral)
– cooperation with orchestras: Lublin Philharmonic Orchestra, Częstochowa Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Dominicana, Camerata de La Mancha, Orquesta de Camara Andres Segovia, Orquesta Sinfonica de Malaga o Artistas Civitas.
– He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Poland, European countries (Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Germany, Lithuania, Italy, Greece) and in the Dominican Republic, China, South Korea and the United States.
– cooperation with artists: Gérard Caussé, Pascal Meyer, Radovan Vlatkovic, Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey, Teresa Berganza, Enrique Garcia Asencio, Zsolt Nagy, José Maria Florêncio, Zakhar Bron, Jörg Widmann, Siegfried Mauser, Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk and Jerzy Salwarowski.
– He performed at: the National Philharmonic and the Witold Lutosławski in Warsaw, Lublin Philharmonic, Częstochowa Philharmonic, as well as at Auditorio Nacionale, Fundacion Juan March and Academia Bellas Artes in Madrid, Teatro Monumental and Teatro Liceu in Barcelona, Auditorio in Saragossa, Palacio in Santander, Teatro Fraga in Vigo, Philharmonic in Burgos, Teatro Cuyas in Las Palmas, Auditorio di Roma, Opéra Comique in Paris, National Philharmonic in Vilnius, Filarmonica in Santo Domingo, Teatro Polis in Beijing, Pick Staiger Hall in Chicago.
– He participated in many international festivals, incl. Warsaw Autumn, as well as festivals in Toledo, Seoul and Flandres.
– teacher of summer masterclasses in Spain and Poland
– Artistic director of the Garcia Fajer Foundation in Calahorra
– Artistic director of the International Cello Courses in Toledo,
– Artistic director of the International Master Courses “Pro Bono Musicae” in Bielsko-Biała
– soloist of the Spanish Plural Ensemble.
– soloist of the multicultural cello group Octeto Ibérico, founded by Elias Arizcuren in 1989 with the participation of Mstislav Rostropovich and Yo-Yo-Ma.
awards and prizes:
– laureate of the Kazimierz Wiłkomirski Competition in Poznań
– laureate of the Cello Auditions in Elbląg
– laureate Wettbewerb für Violoncello in Liezen (Austria)
– laureate of the 1st International Cello Competition in Warsaw (currently Witold Lutosławski Competition)
– laureate of the International String Instrument Competition in Toledo (Spain),
– laureate of the International Chamber Music Competition in Łódź
– the title of the best student in the Frans Helmerson Cello Cathedral, handed over to him by the Queen of Spain, Sophia.
– scholarship of the Japanese Music Foundation “JESC”
recordings:
– recordings for Polish Television, Spanish radio and television, Tele Cinco and Lithuanian television.
– a disc recorded together with the pianist Graham Jackson for the DUX record label with sonatas by Witold Szalonek, Zygmunt Stojowski, Jerzy Bauer and Aleksander Tansman.
-sonatas of Richard Strauss and Sergiusz Rachmaninoff,
– Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s “Trio in D minor”
– with the group La Maestranza: album “My Spain” with Spanish music of the 20th century, for Deutsche Grammophon
Ngai Lung Shing Kelvin
Resident Conductor,
Hong Kong Young Soloists Symphony Orchestra
Mr. Kelvin Ngai Lung Shing graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he received a Bachelor of Music (Hons.) Degree. He joined the highly-acclaimed Asian Youth Orchestra for a performance tour to Japan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Korea, Hong Kong USA, Canada and Australia.
Mr Ngai received the Bernard van Zudines Music Fund and the Peabody Scholarship to further his studies at the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University in the United States and obtained his Master of Music Degree under the tutelage of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Assistant Principal Trumpet Mr. Edward Hoffman. He also joined the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in a performance at the Lincoln Center in New York. Recently, he was awarded the Licentiate of Trinity College London in trumpet performance.
Mr. Ngai currently serves as a faculty member of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Honorary Artists in Residence and Symphony Orchestra conductor of The Education Univeristy of Hong Kong. He is the founder and music director of the Psalm Wind Orchestra and also the resident conductor of the Hong Kong Professional Winds. His conducting bands and orchestras have won over 50 Gold and Champion awards including the the European Music Festival for Young People (Neerpelt – Belgium, EMJ), Hong Kong School Music Festival, International Wind Band Festival in Taiwan, Australia International Music Festival and Singapore International Band Festival, World Orchestra Festival etc… He also spends much of his time to serve as a conductor of the choir, orchestra, as well as guest conductor with various ensembles throughout Asia. Recently, he is granted the best conductor award, the Ko Bongsik Award, of the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival in Korea.
Ngai Lung Shing Kelvin
Resident Conductor,
Hong Kong Young Soloists Symphony Orchestra
Mr. Kelvin Ngai Lung Shing graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he received a Bachelor of Music (Hons.) Degree. He joined the highly-acclaimed Asian Youth Orchestra for a performance tour to Japan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Korea, Hong Kong USA, Canada and Australia.
Mr Ngai received the Bernard van Zudines Music Fund and the Peabody Scholarship to further his studies at the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University in the United States and obtained his Master of Music Degree under the tutelage of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Assistant Principal Trumpet Mr. Edward Hoffman. He also joined the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in a performance at the Lincoln Center in New York. Recently, he was awarded the Licentiate of Trinity College London in trumpet performance.
Mr. Ngai currently serves as a faculty member of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Honorary Artists in Residence and Symphony Orchestra conductor of The Education Univeristy of Hong Kong. He is the founder and music director of the Psalm Wind Orchestra and also the resident conductor of the Hong Kong Professional Winds. His conducting bands and orchestras have won over 50 Gold and Champion awards including the the European Music Festival for Young People (Neerpelt – Belgium, EMJ), Hong Kong School Music Festival, International Wind Band Festival in Taiwan, Australia International Music Festival and Singapore International Band Festival, World Orchestra Festival etc… He also spends much of his time to serve as a conductor of the choir, orchestra, as well as guest conductor with various ensembles throughout Asia. Recently, he is granted the best conductor award, the Ko Bongsik Award, of the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival in Korea.