Trio Fioritura
Flute/Bassoon/Piano Trio
About the musicians
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Ka Wing Karen Wong
Karen is devoted to chamber and orchestral playing. She has recently worked with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Chipping Campden Festival Academy Orchestra, Orion Orchestra and Guildhall Symphony Orchestra. After obtaining her master’s in Orchestral Artistry (Distinction) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Karen is pursuing her Artist Diploma, studying flute, piccolo and Baroque flute with Philippa Davies, Sarah Newbold, Ian Clarke, Christopher Green and Lisa Beznosiuk. In 2022, Karen won 1st Prize in the British Flute Society Young Artist Competition and 2nd Prize in Tampere Flute Fest Piccolo Competition. She performed as a concerto soloist with the Klangkollektiv Wien in Austria after winning the mock audition at the Penthesilea Academy 2022. In recognition of her academic and music achievements, she is a Guildhall Scholar and an Ian Fleming Award holder, supported by Help Musicians.
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Hazelen Tang
Hazalen is currently a Junior Fellow at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, after graduating there with a master’s in Orchestral Artistry. With the support of the Margaret B Adams Award, she studied bassoon and contrabassoon under the tutelage of Daniel Jemison, Helen Simons, Richard Ion and Dominic Morgan. Apart from playing principal bassoon in the Young Musician Symphony Orchestra, Hazalen has worked with Amadeus Orchestra, Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, Guildhall Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Ubu Ensemble and YASP orchestra by Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. She has also participated in Voksenåsen Academy Winds, Oslo (2022), and won a position in the Guildhall Wind Soloists (2021-2022).
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Lance Mok
Lance is a Hong Kong-born pianist and composer based in London. His versatile performance career has brought him around the UK and Hong Kong, and to the Netherlands, Finland, Poland, South Korea, Taiwan, Macau, and the US. He is noted for his mastery of a wide repertoire of diverse styles and advocacy for under-performed composers and works. His performances have been broadcast by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and Television Broadcasts Ltd and used in films and documentaries.
Lance’s music has been performed in the UK, Netherlands, Hong Kong, and the USA, recently at such renowned venues and occasions as St John’s Smith Square (London), O. Festival (Rotterdam), and French May Arts Festival (Hong Kong). His works have been broadcast by RTHK. Some main sources of inspiration have included classical English literature, Buddhist philosophy and LGBTQ+ issues. He also has a strong interest in setting Cantonese texts to music.
Lance obtained his master’s degree from the Royal College of Music in 2018. Having graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a First in 2016, he was granted a full-tuition scholarship for his postgraduate studies under the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme. Lance became a Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music in 2017. He has been appointed an ABRSM examiner since 2023.
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Wind/Piano Trio
