Young cellist Erin Wong is a sophomore at Great Neck South High School. She began learning the cello at the age of four. She is currently a cello student at Manhattan School of Music Precollege where she studies with Elad Kabilio. She was a Recanati-Kaplan Scholar at the 92Y School of Music from 2014 to 2022, and studied under Aminda Asher. In March 2023, Erin received the Gold Medal in the Young Maestro International Competition Young Artist Division. She participated in a masterclass in February 2022, with renowned cellist Peter Wiley from the Curtis Institute and played the first movement of the Cello Concerto in E Minor Adagio-Moderato, by Edward Elgar. In October 2021, Erin made her debut solo virtual concert, playing the entire Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major by J.S. Bach. She was accepted to the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center Young Ensembles Program in 2019, where she played in a cello duet at Lincoln Center Daniel and Joanna Rose Studio. Additionally, she won 2nd place in the Rondo Festival Competition in 2018 and performed at the Scandinavia House Victor Borge Hall. In 2017, she performed J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude with flex dancer Carl Belizire at the 9/11 Tribute to celebrate National Arts in Education Week. Erin has also appeared in concerts at various venues including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Cory Hall at DiMenna Center, Colden Auditorium at Queens College and Adelphi University Performing Art Center. Her other performances have included those for nursing home residents and children at the Port Washington Children’s Center.
You can find Erin’s 2023 19th Century Music Competition cello performance here.