Cellist Tsz To Wong, a native of Hong Kong, has performed across four continents and built an international career as both a performer and educator. He has appeared at the Tanglewood Music Center for multiple summers, receiving fellowships including the James and Caroline Taylor Fellowship, and has collaborated with world-renowned musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma, Andris Nelsons, Emanuel Ax, and Astrid Schween. His achievements have been recognized with numerous awards and fellowships, including the Asian Cultural Council's Hong Kong Arts Circle Fellowship and the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Scholarship. He is also a Gold Prize recipient in the Cleveland Cello Society Competition, a
quarter-finalist in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and a prizewinner in the Getting to Carnegie Cello Competition in New York.
Dr. Wong has toured internationally through Lincoln Center Stage, performing throughout Mediterranean Europe and Central America aboard Holland America Line. He served as principal cellist of the Central Texas Philharmonic and performs regularly with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Wong holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as teaching assistant to Bion Tsang, as well as graduate degrees from Rice University and the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Norman Fischer and Mark Kosower, respectively. His additional mentors include Desmond Hoebig and members of the Juilliard and Miró Quartets.
Dr. Wong is currently the Adjunct Professor of Low Strings at Texas A&M
University–Kingsville, the lower strings faculty at South Texas College in McAllen, assistant principal cellist of the Valley Symphony Orchestra, a member of Harmonium of Texas, and the San Antonio Philharmonic. A passionate educator, Dr. Wong has been a fully certified Suzuki teacher since 2017 and has served as a guest teaching artist at the University of Texas String Project and the Sato Center for Suzuki Studies in Cleveland. Outside the classroom and concert hall, he is an avid fan of NBA basketball and professional tennis.
