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Donna Kwong made her concerto debut with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of thirteen, and has since appeared as soloist with various orchestras, including L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Pacific Symphony, Virginia Symphony and the Vancouver Academy Symphony Orchestra. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Canada and the United States, including Lincoln Center, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Banff Centre for the Arts, and the festivals of Bowdoin, Taos, Lucerne, Ravinia, Yale/Norfolk and Moab. Ms. Kwong has been featured on CBC Radio and on New York's WQXR Radio.
Donna Kwong grew up in Vancouver, Canada, where she began her piano studies at the age of seven. Only two years later she received national recognition, winning top prizes at the Canadian Music Competitions, Dorothy A. Andersen International Piano Competition, B.C. Festival of the Arts, CIBC National Competition, and Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition at Juilliard. In addition, she won the gold medal for the Royal Conservatory of Music's Associateship in Piano.
Ms. Kwong received her Bachelor's and Master's of Music in the prestigious Accelerated Bachelors/Masters degree program at The Juilliard School, where she was a Piano Minor Teaching Fellow. She has studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky, Robert McDonald, Lorraine Ambrose and Jane Coop. She is now a member of the award-winning Claremont Trio, which actively tours the United States and abroad.
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