The Age
'Kristian Chong is a pianist of impressive talent and sensitivity...'
'...a true chamber musician at work...'
Limelight Magazine
'The soloist, Kristian Chong, was nothing short of brilliant, giving a heartfelt performance of extraordinary beauty and sensitivity with finely controlled expression, tempi and touch.
The Adelaide Advertiser
'This was playing with finesse and strength in the best proportions' -
LATEST REVIEWS and ARTICLES
Review: LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE: Kristian Chong & Sophie Rowell (Musica Viva Tasmania) 31 Oct 2023 NEW
Review: LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE: Caitlin Hulcup, Fiona Sargeant and Kristian Chong 3 Oct 2023 NEW
Review: ADELAIDE ADVERTISER: Li-Wei Qin & Kristian Chong - 9 July 2023
Review: INDAILY: Coriole Music Festival 2023
Meet the performers! Interview for Coriole Music Festival in May 2023
Review: LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE: War and Peace, Canberra Symphony Orchestra - 15 Sept 2022 - Malcolm Williamson's Piano Concerto No.2
Australian pianist, Kristian Chong announced as YAMAHA Artist - 19 April 2022
Review: THE AGE: Great Performers Series lives up to its name - 14 Feb 2022
Composing the Future; Sydney International Piano Competition - panel announced
Review: Classic Melbourne: The Despair of Schubert - 6 October 2021
Review: Classikon: Sophie Rowell + Kristian Chong light up Hamer Hall - 28 Nov 2020
Review: THE AGE: Cracking with Energy, MSO players return live on stage - 7 Nov 2020
Review: THE AGE: Classical music returns to Melbourne's stage with beauty and flair - 24 Oct 2020
Review: Classic Melbourne: Kristian Chong – Mystique, Fantasy and Hope - 24 Oct 2020
Review: Classic Melbourne: Melbourne Digital Concert Hall: Great Piano Quintets – Schumann and Brahms - 7 Nov 2020
UPCOMING CONCERTS
THURS 12 AUGUST 2021
THURS 5 SEPTEMBER 2024 - 7pm
MESSIAEN - Quartet for the End of Time (Quatour pour la fin du temps)
An all star cast of Dale Barltop (former Melbourne Symphony Concertmaster and 1st violin, Australian String Quartet), Philip Arkinstall (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) and wonderful cellist Joesphine Vains with Kristian go through one of the most extraordinary works written in the twentieth century, Messian's Quartet for the End of Time. Composed in a prisoner of War camp in World War II, the musical journey of this encapsulates every gamut of human emotion, from elation, love, death and despair, along with everything else inbetween.
TUES 10 SEPTEMBER 2024 - 7pm
Geelong College - Solo Recital
Schubert's Last Sonata
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
CHOPIN - Nocturne Op.15 No.2 in F#
SCHUBERT - Sonata in B flat major D960
A solo recital featuring one of the greatest works written for solo piano by Schubert, his last piano sonata.
The KEITH HUMBLE CENTRE FOR MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS, GEELONG AUSTRALIA
THE
SAT 14 SEPTEMBER 2024