Dr. Lucas Wong


Musician.
Enterpreneur.




Biography

Dr. Lucas Wong is an entrepreneurial musician and versatile administrator with a passion for driving success. He has over 20 years of proven excellence in music performance, teaching, and adjudication, with specialized focus on piano, accompaniment, and voice coaching across 4 continents and 12 countries. Praised for "his gifts for colour, nuance and tasteful dynamic contrasts" (Gramophone), his career highlights include multiple engagements at the Carnegie Hall, innovative recital programs like "Beyond 88" and the "Mostly Debussy" series, a complete performance of Des Knaben Wunderhorn at the Shanghai Conservatory, directorship of the Duparc melodies project at Songfest in LA, and collaborations with American composers such as William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Libby Larsen, and John Musto. He has collaborated with reputable artists such as Joseph Alessi, Soovin Kim, Frank Morelli, Suzanne Mentzer, Simone Osborne, Edward Parks, David Shifrin, and Guang Yang. Also skilled in app development and product management, Dr. Lucas Wong thrives on tackling intricate challenges, leading market research endeavors, and spearheading business development initiatives.



As a pianist wearing many different hats, Dr. Lucas Wong holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the Yale School of Music, under the tutelage of Boris Berman. He also holds a Post-Graduate Associateship from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and a Teaching Fellowship at the Yale Department of Music. Past mentors include Tak Poon, Edward Parker, Robert Silverman, and Warren Jones. He has been the Assistant Conductor for the New York City Opera for two seasons, and the official accompanist of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.

As an educator, Dr. Lucas Wong offers innovative resources, such as the recent “The Multifunctional Pianist: The Recipe for Orchestral Color and Playing" essay on the NATS Journal of Singing. He is the author of “The Multi-Functional Pianist” — a four-chapter curriculum designed to strengthen pianists’ awareness of improvisational, fundamental, and piano reduction skills.

Dr. Lucas Wong was the Artistic Director of Liederfest of Suzhou, a specialized program that introduced singers to art songs in various languages including Chinese. He was one of the founding piano faculty members of the Soochow University School of Music, where he was also the chamber music, collaborative piano, staff pianist coordinator.

Dr. Lucas Wong has been previously invited to perform, lecture, or give masterclass at many world-renowned institutions, such as the University of Hong Kong, Peking University, Seoul National University, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and the Juilliard School. He has served as a Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Dr. Lucas Wong is both a Fazioli and Naxos recording artist.






We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.







Projects


4D Creatives Inc.

4D Creatives Inc.

Founder

A portfolio specializes in researching and finding technological solutions, especially in the music and education domains. The team also provides planning, mentoring, consultation, performing services, and much more.

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Rediscovering Couperin and Rameau

Rediscovering Couperin and Rameau

Artist

On FAZIOLI F308 with four pedals: “his gifts for colour, nuance and tasteful dynamic contrasts…sexily shaped trills…the point and precision of his détaché articulation…discreet use of agogics and his mastery of the kind of overlapping finger legato…attention to detail and clear commitment unquestionably come across, abetted by fine engineering. Recommended.” (Gramophone)

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How Music Education Evolves with Current Technology

Keynote Presentation

Keynote Speaker

The Worldwide Music Conference (WWMC) brings the scientific world together to unite the efforts of all the sciences in music research.

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The Recipe for Orchestral Color and Playing

On the NATS Collab Corner

Author

On the NATS Collab Corner: "As vocal pianists throughout our studies and careers, we all work with piano reductions encountered in choral and operatic repertoire..."

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The Multi-Functional Pianist

The Multi-Functional Pianist

Author and Curator

Innovative and Contemporary Approaches to Keyboard Harmony, Improvisation, Score Reading, and Reduction Techniques

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L'heure exquise

L'heure exquise

Artist

This disc explores transcriptions and works by J. S. Bach, Berlioz, Franck, Godowsky, Grainger, Hahn, Hess, Liszt, Mascagni, Mendelssohn, Poulenc, Puccini, Schubert, Strauss, and Wong

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Ma contrebasse chèrie

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Remembering Debussy

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Rediscovering Couperin & Rameau

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Scherzando Piano: Music of Debussy & Chabrier

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