Kristian Chong, Third Prize winner in 2005, has quickly established his career with performances throughout Australia, UK, China, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA and Zimbabwe.  Kristian has just completed his Masters Degree and Postgraduate Performance Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music with pianists Christopher Elton and Piers Lane. He was a recipient twice of the Dip. RAM, the academy’s highest performing accolade, the Walter MacFarren award for the best postgraduate final recital and the Dorothy Grimstead Memorial Award for the most outstanding returning postgraduate student amongst other awards.  In 2007, Kristian will give concerto, chamber and solo recitals in the UK, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Zimbabwe, and will return to Australia to perform with the Flinders Quartet, DuoDUAL and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

 To find out more about Kristian, visit his website.