Karen Wong
Karen (flute/piccolo) is a member of the Southbank Sinfonia 2023–24 and has recently worked with London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Ballet Sinfonia, Scottish Ballet Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and Taipei Music Academy and Festival Orchestra. In 2022, she won the British Flute Society Young Artist Competition and the 2nd Prize in the Tampere Flute Fest Piccolo Competition (Finland). Her recent concerto engagements include those with the Klangkollektiv Wien (Austria), at the London Handel Festival, and the Bach for Good Festival (UK), while her solo career has brought her around the UK and Hong Kong, and to the US, Belgium, and Germany. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with distinction both in her Artist Diploma and her Master of Performance in Orchestral Artistry. She is selected to be a Britten Young Artist 2024–25.
Karen and Lance's enthusiasm in (re)discovering unknown works and under-represented composers both of our time and in the classical canon has forged a dynamic duo that has brought imaginative programmes of diverse styles around the UK and to Hong Kong. They met at The Chinese University of Hong Kong as undergraduates and have been closely working together since respectively completing their postgraduate studies in London. They founded the wind-and-piano Ensemble Fioritura in 2022.
