Francis Yiu-Ting Chik (he/him) - violin, Hong Kong
Hiu-Sing Fan (he/him) - violin, Hong Kong
Caleb Wong (he/him) - viola, Hong Kong
Yan-Ho Cheng (he/him) - cello, Hong Kong
Formed at the Indiana University in 2015, Cong Quartet recently served the 2023 artistic residency of Musique à Flaine and was the Ensemble-in-Residence at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) from 2019-22. The quartet is part of the Nederlandse Strijkkwartet Academie (NSKA), a musical partner of Domaine de La Garde in France, and a member of Le Dimore del Quartetto in Italy.
Drawing from the mentorship of the Pacifica Quartet at Jacobs School of Music, Ivan Chan at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Quatuor Danel and Quatuor Ysaÿe in Europe, Cong Quartet's journey was fueled by top prize wins at the likes of 2024 International Music Competition Triomphe de l'Art in Brussels, 2022 Virtuoso & Belcanto's Chamber Music Competition in Italy, and several other international chamber music competitions. The quartet has participated in many chamber music festivals & institutes, such as the Accademia Internazionale di Musica di Cagliari, Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, Robert Mann String Quartet Institute, Heifetz International Music Institute, Encore Chamber Music, the Harpa International Music Academy, Madeline Island Chamber Music, Music in PyeongChang, the Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy, as well as the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) and Musethica. They have performed with world-renowned artists such as the Borromeo Quartet, Quatuor Danel, Yovan Markovitch, Enrico Pace & Yuri Bashmet among many others.
Cong Quartet believes that the humanistic experience of chamber music is a treasure to the community and shares the philosophy of promoting chamber repertoire from their cultural background.
