Jacky Leung (Violin)

Teaching location: Manchester

• Violin LTCL
• Music Theory Grade 8 
• Master of Music in Performance, Royal Northern College of Music 
  - studied with Mr. Leland Chen (First Prize winner in the Yehudi Menuhin  International Violin Competition)
• Bachelor of Art (Hons) in Music, Hong Kong Baptist University 
  - studied with Mr. Anders Hui (Second Associate Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra) 

Jacky started his violin lesson at the age of six. He studied the Master of Music in Performance at the Royal Northern College of Music with of Mr. Leland Chen (First Prize winner in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition) and  Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Music degree at the Hong Kong Baptist University with Mr. Anders Hui (the Second Associate Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra) He also studied with Mr. Ivan Chan (Associate Professor of Music at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts), Mr. Ngai-ho-Chau (the former Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra) etc. He has more than 10 years experience in teaching with students from the age of 5 to adult in all different levels. He is currently playing the violin and the bow that made by himself in 2022.

He collaborated with many distinguished artists, including Joshua Bell, Vadym Kholodenko, Nigel Armstrong, Edward Auer, Eriko Daimo, Anne Akiko Meyers, Olivier Stankiewicz, and Andrew von Oeyen etc. His worldwide performance highlight such as played as the Associated Concertmaster at the Berlin Philharmonie in German (2024), the Bridgewater Hall in the UK (2024), Texas Music Festival (2023), Eastern Music Festival in the USA (2019&2017) and the International Music Festival EURASIA in Yekaterinburg Russia (2015).

He holds the following certifications:

•  Level 6 Diploma in Music Performance Licentiate of Trinity College London     
  (LTCL) Violin Recital with Distinction
• Level 4 Diploma in Music Performance Associate of Trinity College London         
  (ATCL) Violin Recital with Distinction
• ABRSM Grade Eight Violin with Distinction
• ABRSM Grade Eight Viola with Distinction
• ABRSM Grade Eight Theory with Distinction 

Masterclass Experience

• Stephen Picard (Professor, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin)
• Ning Feng (First prize winner, Paganini Violin Competition)
• Xiao Wang (First prize winner, Szigeti International Violin Competition; 
  Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition and the Seoul International Competition)
• Nigel Armstrong (Fourth Prize, International Tchaikovsky Competition)
• Kathrin ten Hagen (Professor, Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar)
• Kirsten Yon (Associate Professor of Violin and Chair of the String Division,
  University of Houston Moores School of Music) 

Orchestral experience

Performed extensively with orchestras in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Hong Kong, Russia and China, including: 

• German-Nordic Youth Philharmonic *Associated Concertmaster, Berlin Philharmonie
• International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra
• Texas Music Festival Orchestra
• Royal Northern Symphony Orchestra
• Symphonia Verbum Orchestra
• Manchester Philharmonic Orchestra
• Opera Hong Kong
• Ponte Orchestra of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Baptist University Symphony Orchestra
• Eastern Music Festival
• Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Festival Orchestra
• International Music Festival EURASIA
• Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra
• Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Hong Kong 

Collaborated with distinguished artists including Joshua Bell, Vadym Kholodenko, Nigel Armstrong, Edward Auer, Eriko Daimo, Anne Akiko Meyers, Olivier Stankiewicz, and Andrew von Oeyen etc. 

Performance Highlights

Appearances at prestigious venues worldwide, including:
● Berlin Philharmonie (Germany)
● Gewandhaus Leipzig (Germany)
● Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic Hall (Poland)
● Bridgewater Hall (UK)
● Moores Opera House, Houston (USA)
● Dana Auditorium, North Carolina (USA)
● Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Hall (Russia)  

Instrument Making Experience

Currently playing on both a violin and a bow crafted by myself in 2022.

Teaching experience 

• Private Violin Tutor (2013 - present)

Teaching languages

Cantonese, English, Mandarin

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