Wong Yui Kiu

Pipa virtuoso of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Wong Yui Kiu Cathy joined the HKCO in 2014. In 2009, she obtained the Master of Music in Performance from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. During her study, she double majored in pipa and ruan under the tutelage of Wong Chi-ching and Lui Kwan-on, and received multiple scholarships, including the HSBC Charitable Fund – Hong Kong & Mainland Exchange Scholarship, The Lady Jane Akers-Jones Memorial Scholarship, and Professor Lin Sheng shih Memorial Prize. She was selected for the 2009–2010 Hong Kong Arts Development Council Local Arts Production Internship Scheme, participating in rehearsals and performances with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.

Wong has been invited to perform in the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Argentina, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and cities across Mainland China. She has been active in various music ensembles since 1995, appearing at arts festivals including the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Musicarama, Expo 2010 Shanghai China, New Stage Series - Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival, Hong Kong Children’s Arts Festival, and the Chinese Arts Festival. Her performance activities range from movie soundtrack recording, accompanying dance troupes and theatre productions, live shows in pop music concerts, to regular appearances on RTHK music programmes. In 2014, she worked with the HKAPA Composition Department to organise a concert of new works for solo and duet pipa, collaborating with

young local composers. Wong also teaches as a part-time instructor at HKAPA and serves as a tutor in the
Education & Outreach Department of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.