Eleanor Wong (musician)

Eleanor WONG yee-lun studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London on an Associated Board Scholarship with Frederic Jackson and Max Pirani, and later, as a Boise Scholar, with Vlado Perlemuter in Paris and Arthur Balsam in New York. Winner of the silver medal at the Viotti International Competition Italy, she has given broadcasts and recitals in the UK (including the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room in London), Hong Kong, and the U.S.. She has been juror for various piano competitions in Hong Kong, China, and Thailand. Eleanor Wong is recognized as one of Hong Kong's foremost piano pedagogues, with many of her pupils winning top prizes in international and local competitions. Eleanor Wong took up the position of Artist-in-Residence (Keyboard) at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1998, she is also a visiting professor at the Shenzhen School of Arts . In 2006, she received an Honorary Professorship from Tien Jian Conservatory of Music,China . She is a Steinway Artist and the Chairperson of the Piano Teachers' Association in Hong Kong.