VC Artist Kerson Leong Signs with Reinicke Artists

The 27-year-old has joined the German artist management agency for representation in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Now represented by the German-based artist management agency Reinicke Artists, VC Artist Kerson Leong has joined its artists roster including Elias David Moncado and Diyang Mei.

A multiple first-prize winner at international competitions, including at the 2010 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, Kerson has since been performing with top orchestras worldwide. 

For years, he has been successfully recording for the Alpha Classics label, which recently released his critically acclaimed album, featuring the Britten and Bruch violin concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Patrick Hahn.

The last concert season has seen Kerson perform solo with the Arkansas Symphony, Baton Rouge Symphony, Hamilton Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony, Regina Symphony, La Sinfonia de Lanaudiere, I Musici de Montreal, and Violons du Roy. 

Other season highlights include solo performances with the Royal, Oslo, Brussels, Kansai, and Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestras; the Seattle, Singapore, Toronto, Istanbul, Toledo, Montreal, Tucson, Bilkent, and Wuppertal Symphony Orchestras; plus a recording of John Rutter’s Visions with the composer and the Aurora Chamber Orchestra. In the 2018/19 season, Kerson was selected by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin to be artist-in-residence with the Orchestre Métropolitain. 

Kerson has also performed at the Verbier Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Flâneries musicales de Reims, and the Bergen International Festival, among others.

As an educator, he has taught classes at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Sibelius Academy, Gustav Mahler Academy, Domaine Forget Festival Academy, University of Ottawa, and Dalhousie University, among others. He is also an associate artist of Belgium’s Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, where he was mentored by Augustin Dumay.

Kerson performs on the “ex Bohrer, Baumgartner” Guarneri del Gesu violin — courtesy of Canimex Inc, Drummondville (Quebec), Canada. 

“Very pleased to announce my signing with Reinicke Artists for management in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland,” Kerson posted on Facebook. “I'm looking forward to a fruitful collaboration!”