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VC YOUNG ARTIST | Kerson Leong, 23 – Menuhin Competition 1st Prize Winner

23-year-old Canadian violinist Kerson Leong is building an international reputation as a rising young virtuoso of outstanding potential praised for his commanding technique and musical integrity

An Associated Artist at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium, where he was mentored by Augustin Dumay, Kerson is a former Junior 1st prize winner at the Menuhin Competition. He was also awarded the prestigious Grand Prize at the Canadian Stepping Stone Competition, the Grand Prize at the Canadian Music Competition for five consecutive years and the Radios Francophones Publiques Young Soloist Prize.

His recent debuts include solo engagements with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sibelius Academy Chamber Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra and the Stockton Symphony Orchestra. Kerson served as Artist-in-Residence with the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montreal under the direction of conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin in the 18/19 season.

He has also taught at the Sibelius Academy and the IU Jacobs School of Music Summer String Academy.

Kerson currently performs on the "ex Bohrer" Guarneri del Gesu violin on generous loan from Canimex Inc.

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KERSON LEONG | YSAŸE | SOLO SONATA NO. 3 "BALLADE" | 2020

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KERSON LEONG | TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO | DANIEL MYSSYCK & THE RICHMOND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA | 2019

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KERSON LEONG | BARRIOS (ARR. LEONG) | UNA LIMOSNA POR EL AMOR DE DIOS | 2020

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KERSON LEONG | BRUCH VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN G MINOR | KASPAROV ZEHNDER & THE ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE BIENNE SOLEURE | 2019

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KERSON LEONG & CHRISTIA HUDZIY | KREISLER | PRAELUDIUM & ALLEGRO | 2017

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KERSON LEONG | YSAŸE | SOLO SONATA NO. 4 | ALLEMANDE | 2020

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KERSON LEONG | BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO | SIMON RIVARD & ORCHESTRE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE | 2017
Name: Kerson Leong
Violin: 'ex Bohrer' Guarneri del Gesu  On generous loan from Canimex Inc.
Bow: Francois Peccatte & Francois Malo
Strings: Combination of Thomastik Peter Infeld & Pirastro Evah Pirazzi | Hill E String
Accessories: Andrea Rosin | Custom Molded Earplugs | Musafia Master Series Dart Case
Teacher: Augustin Dumay
School: Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kersonleong
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kersonleong
Twitter: www.twitter.com/kersonleong
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/klviolin

 

PHOTO CREDIT: BRUNO SCHLUMBERGER

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