Known for “great imagination and extraordinary musicality” (Shantou Daily) in his playing, classical pianist Lam Wong made his debut with Franz Liszt’s 12 Études d’exécution transcendante at the age of fourteen. He has since appeared in numerous festivals and concert venues in Asia and North America. He is the winner of the Thaviu-Isaak Piano Competition, Lillian Fuchs Competition, Dover Competition, and finalist of MTNA Chamber Music Competition. He has also worked with distinguished artists Marc-André Hamelin, Mikhail Voskresensky, and performed in master classes of Boris Berman, Richard Goode, Robert Levin, Nelita True, and Arie Vardi. As an avid chamber musician, Wong performed in prestigious chamber music festivals, including Sarasota Music Festival, Ravinia Festival Steans Music Institute, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Manchester Music Festival, and Aspen Music Festival. His recent chamber performance can be heard on the radio station WFMT in Chicago. Wong also has a keen interest in contemporary music. He has collaborated with and performed pieces by renowned composers Jessie Montgomery, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Ryan Lindveit, and others.

Wong is also an educator and a clinician who gives frequent masterclasses, presentations, workshops, and conference lectures nationally and internationally. Wong maintains a wide range of research interests, from performance practice to pedagogy. His recent presentations and projects include a video project for NSMTA’s Online Enrichment Program (2024), “Demystifying Sight-Reading: What Scientific Research Tells Us About Reading Fluency” (2023) and “How Beethoven’s Manuscripts Can Assist in Interpretive Decisions” (2022) at the ISMTA Conference, and “Piano Four-Hand Repertory: The Pedagogical Values of Ensemble Experience” at the MTNA Virtual Conference (2021).

As the Coordinator of Piano Pedagogy Courses, Wong currently teaches undergraduate and graduate piano pedagogy courses at Northwestern University Bienen School of Music. He is also on the piano faculty of the Northwestern Music Academy and Music Conservatory of Illinois. He frequently adjudicates at local festivals, competitions, and piano exams. His students have won regional piano competitions and scholarship auditions, earned high honors and distinctions in standardized exams, and been accepted into some of the country’s finest music schools to study music.

Wong holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Upon graduation, he was awarded the Harold Bauer Award in recognition of outstanding accomplishment, cooperation, and promise. He earned a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music, and he is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Northwestern University, studying with James Giles. His previous teachers include Hung-Kuan Chen, Christopher Elton, Peter Frankl, and Marc Silverman. As a piano performance and pedagogy dual major, he also works closely with the Former Director of Piano Pedagogy, Dr. Marcia Bosits, at Northwestern University. During his studies, he was a proud recipient of the First Initiative Foundation Scholarship, Stephen & Denise Adams Scholarship and Fellowship, Harry B Jepson Scholarship, Mary Clapp Howell Scholarship, and Eckstein Fund.