KAYLA WONG
Canadian pianist Kayla Wong has been praised as an artist with "stunning piano stylings" (The Leader-Post) with a "flawless technique (that) seems to have no limitations" (WholeNote Magazine). She is a rarity in the Classical music world with her own independent record label Luminous Vine Records. As an artist with her own musical platform, Kayla has carved out an exclusive niche for herself. She explores the music she is truly passionate about and inspires her as an artist by embracing creativity and artistry with carte blanche and having no boundaries or limitations to what a Classical album should be. True to her musical artistry, Kayla has given a fresh musical perspective to familiar composers like Sergei Rachmaninoff and Maurice Ravel, while exploring rare and hidden gems of the past like Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona, and American Tin Pan Alley Jazz composer Dana Suesse. She has received acclaim from North America, Asia, and Europe for her debut album Allure, and her most recent album Starlight, delighting audiences with her originality and "out of the box" programs.
Kayla has enjoyed a multi-faceted career. As a soloist, Kayla has performed throughout North America and Asia with notable performances at Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Hong Kong. She has performed as guest artist with many orchestras across Canada which include the Regina Symphony Orchestra, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Prince George Symphony Orchestra, Timmins Symphony Orchestra, and the University of Victoria Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, and her role as Principal Keyboardist with the Prince George Symphony Orchestra, she has performed everything from Bach to Bernstein, to Messiaen, and even video game music - always loving the challenges and expanding her versatility in all genres of music! Throughout her career, Kayla has been sought after as a pianist to premiere many new solo, chamber, and orchestral works by contemporary composers. Fueling her passion for modern and contemporary music, Kayla also enjoys working on compositions by film-score composers.
As an award-winning pianist in national and international piano competitions, many of Kayla's performances have been broadcasted nationally on Canada's CBC radio station, and internationally on various radio programs around the world.
Originally from a small town in Saskatchewan, Kayla began piano lessons at the age of seven. As one of Canada's youngest graduates at the age of fifteen, Kayla obtained her ARCT Piano Performance Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, with one of the highest marks in Canada. Further musical studies have taken her to The Banff Centre where she spent several summers as an artist in the International Keyboard Festival. She later went on to obtain a Bachelor of Music from the University of Victoria, and a Master of Music from the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music (USC) in Los Angeles.