關於我們四重奏 

小提琴: 戚耀庭、石渡彩馨

中提琴: 黃立恆

大提琴: 鄭恩浩

Cong 四重奏活躍於歐美和亞洲，充滿活力的演出和富創意的曲目編排讓其成為備受觀眾愛戴的年輕四重奏。曾為香港大中文大學音樂系之駐校四重奏和駐法國弗萊訥音樂廳的藝術家，Cong 四重奏是意大利Virtuoso & Belcanto音樂節室樂比賽的最高榮譽Adolfo Betti獎得主，亦在班夫國際弦樂四重奏大賽、薩爾斯堡莫扎特室樂國際比賽、比利時Triomphe de l’Art等多個國際音樂比賽中得獎，打進了不少其他國際室樂比賽的決賽。並在美國Madeline Island室樂節、音樂之道柏林音樂節、冰島哈帕國際音樂節、印弟安納大學弦樂學院和意大利卡利亞里國際音樂學院等參與不同的教學。

獲香港藝術發展局支持，Cong四重奏在2019年成為荷蘭四重奏學院的一員，並成為歐洲「音樂之道」(Musethica)的年青藝術家，目前也是在意大利 Le Dimore del Quartetto 旗下的四重奏和法國拉加爾德莊園的音樂伙伴。四重奏在過去數個樂季在世界各地包括巴黎愛樂廳、阿姆斯特丹音樂廳等多個重要音樂廳演出。並出席世界各地不同的音樂節演出，例如在巴黎的弦樂四重奏雙年祭、茱莉亞音樂學院四重奏研討會、羅伯特曼恩四重奏研討會、海菲茲音樂節室樂研討會、冰島哈帕國際音樂節的四重奏研討會、日本小澤征爾國際室樂學院、南韓平昌音樂節等等。在2026年10月，Cong四重奏將與香港小交響樂團及桂冠音樂總監葉詠詩聯手演出李斯的弦樂四重奏協奏曲。

Cong 四重奏於2015年在印第安納大學積可斯音樂學院成立，早年師隨太平洋四重奏。此後，四重奏曾受學於不同世級界四重奏音樂家，當中包括香港演藝學院的陳浩堂教授、荷蘭四重奏學院的丹奈爾四重奏、艾班弦樂四重奏和易沙易四重奏的成員，並在美國時受學於Shmuel Ashkenasi 、博羅美奧四重奏、上海四重奏、茱莉亞四重奏和東京四重奏的成員。Cong四重奏的成員也曾與多位世界著名的演奏家合作演出，包括博羅梅奧四重奏和耶路撒冷四重奏的成員、鋼琴家安利高．佩斯、大提琴家瑪赫寇維奇、中提琴家巴舒米特、小提琴家貝爾、前紐約愛樂團團長格蘭·迪克特羅和已故明尼蘇達管弦樂團首席費珍莉絲等等。過去幾年亦嘗試多和新一代的演奏家如小提琴家陳蒨瑩、Jinjoo Cho、Shannon Lee、Callum Smart，中提琴家Juan-Miguel Hernandez 、Adrien La Marca、大提琴家Sterling Elliott、Brannon Cho等合作。 為慶祝成立十週年，Cong 四重奏委託了巴黎製琴家亞爾·霍德·法納斯用來自同一棵古樹的木，為四位成員度身訂造了一套四件樂器，並在2025開始使用。

Cong四重奏致力推動屬於亞洲、香港和這個年代的室樂作品，並在選曲方面嘗試拉近室內樂和觀眾日常生活的距離，四重奏的名字 「CONG」由創團成員的姓氏組成，暗示四位創團成員來自香「港」(兩字英文發音相同)。在四重奏正式成立前，幾位成員早在香港中小學時期已在不同場合較技和合奏，種下了熱愛室樂的種子。除了在本地和海外不同學校舉行演奏會、活動、Cong四重奏還擔任過北德克薩斯大學作曲系的駐校四重奏、亦為香港學校音樂匯演和香港作曲家聯會音樂新一代擔任演出嘉賓和評判，以及定期在本港不同場地和機構以及各個博物館和展覽等等合作。四重奏在去年亦為香港教育局舉行研討會，向音樂科老師講解和推廣古典弦樂四重奏。

About Cong Quartet

Violin: Francis Yiu-Ting CHIK, Ayaka ISHIWATARI

Viola: Caleb WONG

Cello: Yan Ho CHENG

A string quartet in demand around Asia, Europe, and the United States, Cong Quartet were the top prize and Adolfo Betti Award winner at the Virtuoso & Belcanto’s Chamber Music Competition in Italy and the Grand Prize winner at the Salzburg Mozart International Chamber Competition in Tokyo, they were also a laureate at the 15th Banff International String Quartet Competition and International Music Competition Triomphe de l’Art in Brussels.

Cong Quartet held the post Ensemble-in-Residence at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) for multiple years and served the Musique à Flaine’s artistic residency in France. They also had a residency at the Composers Forum of the University of North Texas in the US back in 2019. They are currently a quartet at the Nederlandse Strijkkwartet Academie (NSKA) from 2020, a musical partner of Domaine de La Garde in Bourg-en-Bresse in France, a member of the Le Dimore del Quartetto in Italy and was on the young artist roster of the Musethica in Europe. They have coached chamber music groups at multiple universities & schools in Hong Kong, the Madeline Island Chamber Music, HIMA USA, the Indiana University Summer String Academy, the Accademia Internazionale di Musica di Cagliari and many other places. 

Cong Quartet has performed in many major venues in the world including the Philharmonie de Paris, The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht and many others. They also performed at Chamber Music Festivals such as the String Quartet Biennale in Paris, Mimir Chamber Music Festival, Singapore Chamber Music Festival, and participated at the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar and the Robert Mann String Quartet Institute in New York, the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA),  the Ashkenasi/Kirshbaum Chamber Music Seminar at The Heifetz International Music Institute, the Intensive String Quartet seminar at Music Academy Hörpu in Iceland, the Ozawa International Chamber Music in Japan, as well as Music in PyeongChang in South Korea and sponsored by the Artsylvia Foundation. In October 2026, Cong Quartet will give the Hong Kong Premiere of Benjamin Lees’ Concerto for String Quartet with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and their Music Director Emeritus Yip Wing Sie.

The Cong Quartet believes that the humanistic experience of chamber music is a treasure to the community. They share the philosophy of promoting chamber repertoire from their generation and in Hong Kong, as well as integrating chamber music into the daily lives of audiences. The name of the quartet, “CONG” is a combination of the quartet founding members’ last names that allude to Hong “Kong”, where the members grew up and played together since their teenage years before the Quartet was officially formed at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in 2015.  The quartet plays on a set of instruments made for the quartet’s 10th anniversary by Yair Hod Fainas in Paris, all four instruments were made with wood from the same tree and were tailor-made for the members of the quartet.

The important mentors of the quartet include members of the Quatuor Ysaÿe, Danel and Ébène in Europe, the Pacifica Quartet, Shmuel Ashkenasi and the Borromeo Quartet in the USA, as well as Ivan Chan at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. They have also worked extensively with members of Brentano, Cavani, Dover, Guarneri, Jerusalem, Juilliard, Shanghai & Tokyo Quartets on different occasions.  Cong Quartet have performed with world-renowned artists such as Yuri Bashmet, Joshua Bell, Jorja Fleezanis, Yovan Markovitch, Enrico Pace, and Timo-Veikko "Tipi" Valve among many others. In recent days, they also focused on collaborating with prominent musicians from their generation such as violinists Angela Chan, Jinjoo Cho, Shannon Lee, Callum Smart, violists Juan-Miguel Hernandez & Adrien La Marca, cellists Brannon Cho & Sterling Elliott.

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