David Wong – cello
Ngai-yi Mok – piano

The Programme

David Wong – cello
Ngai-yi Mok – piano

Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo. Allegro con brio
III. Largo
IV. Finale. Allegro

The Artist

David Wong started his cello lessons with Wu Ge, a disciple of Paul Tortelier, at the age of fifteen when he was admitted to the Junior Music Programme at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. During the four years when he read music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he studied the cello with Ray Wang who was a student of Orlando Cole. His cello playing has also been inspired by Wai-ming Wong, the founding concertmaster of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

Over the last thirty years David has performed in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, South Korea, Taiwan, Uruguay, the United Kingdom and United States. In summer 2014, he was invited to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world.

As an educator, David has been teaching the cello at numerous educational institutions and giving private cello lessons at his studio as well as conducting youth orchestras. His many students range from kindergarteners to teachers, housewives to office workers, doctors to lawyers and professors to retirees.
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Ngai-yi Mok is a classical pianist based in London. Originally from Hong Kong, Ngai-yi became a Fellow of Trinity College, London in Piano Performance, under the tutelage of Raymond Young. Ngai-yi subsequently studied piano performance with Dame Fanny Waterman, the Founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition, whilst studying at the University of Leeds. He was awarded the Leeds Opportunity Trust for the Young by the Leeds City Council.

Ngai-yi has performed as a soloist and in chamber music groups working with musicians across the UK, including appearances in Edinburgh, Hastings, Leeds and Manchester. He has also performed in concerts overseas at venues including the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, St John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong, and at Hong Kong City Hall.