Raymond Yong is a pianist, chamber musician and conductor. His performances have taken him to music festivals and concert series around Australia and internationally. As an emerging conductor, he is Music Director of the Victorian Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the Victoria Chorale. He will appear as a guest conductor of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra in their 2010 season, and is a participant in the Symphony Australia Young Conductor Development Program. Recent piano performances include recitals at the Musica Viva Huntington Estate Festival and Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, as well as concerto appearances with the Melbourne, the Tasmanian and the West Australian Symphony Orchestras. He has performed chamber music at the Melbourne International Festival and is regularly broadcast across Australia on ABC Classic FM. Raymond is a graduate of the University of Melbourne where he studied piano with Stephen McIntyre and conducting with John Hopkins. He also holds the German Artist’s Diploma from the Hannover University of Music and Drama where he studied piano under Karl-Heinz Kaemmerling.
