Caleb Wong,

ViolA

黃立恆,

中提琴

An active chamber musician in the United States, Europe and Asia, Caleb Wong is the violist of Cong Quartet. The Quartet was the resident artist Musique à Flaine in France in 2023 and they were previously the Ensemble-in-Residence then Artist-in-Residence of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 2019-2022. With the quartet, Caleb was a top prizes winner of the Salzburg Mozart International Chamber Competition in Tokyo. International Music Competition Triomphe de l’Art in Brussels, Kreutzer International Music Competition and Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival Chamber Music Competition. He also took part & performed in many chamber music festival with the quartet including the Robert Mann String Quartet Institute & the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar in New York, the Ashkenasi Kirshbaum Chamber Music Seminar at The Heifetz International Music Institute, Musique à Flaine, Madeline Island Chamber Music and the Intensive String Quartet seminar at Music Academy Hörpu in Iceland. 

Caleb has studied & worked closely with the Pacifica, Borromeo, Dover, Juilliard and Shanghai Quartet, and members of the Alban Berg, Cleveland, Danel, Ebene, Guarneri, Jerusalem, Tokyo & Vermeer String Quartet among others. Caleb was the violist of the Alpensia Quartet in South Korea sponsored by Artsylvia Foundation before forming the Cong Quartet. He was also a finalist in competitions such as the Washington International Competitions & Storioni Competition. He has also performed as a guest artist in universities such as Bard College, Texas Christian University, the University of North Texas & Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore.

As an orchestral musician, Caleb was previously a member of The Orchestra Now (TŌN) in New York, and played with many orchestras across the US. During his time in New York, Caleb performed regularly in world famous venues like the MET museum, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and recorded with labels such as Naxos and Sorel Classics. He has also subbed in many major orchestras in America & Europe namely the New York Philharmonic & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. After returning to Hong Kong, Caleb has appeared with many major ensembles in town, including playing with the Musicus Soloists Hong Kong and served as a guest principal violist at the Opera Hong Kong Orchestra & Hong Kong String Orchestra.

Caleb received his musical education in Hong Kong, London, Indiana, New York and the Netherlands. His most important teachers were Kaori Wilson of Hong Kong Philharmonic, Kazuhide Isomura of Tokyo String Quartet and Edward Gazouleas, the Artistic Director of Curtis Institute of Music. His other influential mentors include Ivan Chan, Michael Tree, Mai Motobuchi & Mara Gearman.

中提琴手黃立恆是一位活躍於世畀各地的室樂演奏者。曾獲南韓Artsylvia基金贊助成為駐大山嶺四重奏的中提琴手。自2015年創立Cong四重奏，立恆出席了紐約羅伯特曼恩四重奏研討會、茱莉亞四重奏研討會、海飛茲國際音樂節的室樂研討會、法國Flaine室樂節、冰島哈帕國際音樂節的四重奏研討會、阿波斯特爾群島室樂節等多個室樂盛匯，曾受不同世級界四重奏指導，當中包括上海四重奏、鮑羅丁四重奏、艾默森四重奏、瓜奈里四重奏、耶路撒冷四重奏、茱莉亞四重奏和東京四重奏等等。Cong四重奏在2019-2022年間是香港中文大學的駐校四重奏和駐校藝術家，並在2019年東京薩爾斯堡莫扎特室樂國際比賽中奪得冠軍和2021年比利時克羅采國際音樂大賽獲得亞軍。立恆曾參與華盛頓國際弦樂比賽、史托里昂尼音樂比賽和新世代藝術比賽等音樂大賽並躋身決賽。立恆近期的演出包括在東京、紐約、烏德勒支、法國、新加坡和香港的演奏會，以及在里昂國立高等音樂學院、巴德學院、德克薩斯基督教大學和北德州大學等學校演出。

立恆曾為活躍的樂團樂手，擔任過紐約樂團The Orchestra Now (TŌN)、美國伊凡斯維爾交響樂團和肯德基歐文斯伯勒交響樂團的樂手，亦曾參與過紐約愛樂團、紐約市歌劇團樂團和皇家音樂廳管弦樂團等著名樂團的演出，多年來曾與不同指揮大師合作。在紐約期間，立恆定期在大都會藝術博物館、卡奈基音樂廳和林肯中心等世界標誌性場地演出，並為拿索斯和Sorel Classics等唱片公司錄音。回港後，立恆間中亦會在各個樂團作客席演出，包括誼樂社的「樂．誼獨奏家樂團」和為香港歌劇院樂團和香港弦樂團客串中提琴首席。

立恆在香港中文大學音樂系畢業，赴美後在印第安納大學積可斯音樂學院先後獲得中提琴演奏碩士和樂團演奏文憑，期間獲頒全費獎學金。及後在香港演藝學院、紐約巴德學院和荷蘭四重奏學院等地方深造。立恆曾隨多位著名中提琴老師學習，當中最重要幾位為香港管弦樂團的熊谷佳織、東京四重奏的磯村和英先生和寇蒂斯音樂學院的藝術總監嘉素利亞斯教授。其他老師包括香港演藝學院的陳浩堂老師、 瓜奈里四重奏的米高瑞爾、博羅美奧四重奏的元淵舞和西雅圖交響樂團的瑪奈姬曼等等。

在印第安納大學就讀期間，立恆是交響樂團和暑期管弦樂團的中提琴首席。他在修讀碩士時副修小提琴教學法，曾隨 Mimi Zweig (Joshua Bell之啟蒙老師）及美國弦樂教師協會主席布倫達·布里納博士兩位知名小提琴教學家學習和共事，在為幫助問題兒童的Fairview小提琴計劃中擔任小提琴老師和在印第安納大學弦樂學院任室樂導師，亦在香港中文大學和阿波斯特爾群島室樂節指導年輕的四重奏。