Leading Australian pianist Kristian Chong has performed throughout Australia and the UK, and in China, France, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA, and Zimbabwe with performances as concerto soloist, chamber musician and solo recitalist. As soloist he has appeared with the Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, Queensland, Sydney and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, and orchestras in the UK, New Zealand and China with conductors such as Werner Andreas Albert, Andrey Boreyko, Nicholas Braithwaite, Jessica Cottis, Fabian Russell, Roy Goodman, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Nicholas Milton, Benjamin Northey, Tuomas Hannikainen, Marcus Stenz, Arvo Volmer and Marco Zuccarini. Highlights have included Rachmaninoff 3rd (Sydney Symphony), Rachmaninoff's Paganini Rhapsody in Beijing and Canberra, and Britten (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra). More recent highlights include Shostakovich 2nd, Brahms 1st, Beethoven's 3rd and Emperor in Melbourne, Ravel's Left-Hand concerto (Australian Youth Orchestra and Dunedin Symphony Orchestra), Malcolm Williamson's 2nd concerto (Canberra Symphony) and Saint-Saëns 2nd & Rachmaninoff's Paganini Rhapsody with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Described by The Age as ‘a true chamber musician at work’, Kristian’s extensive collaborations include ensembles such as the Tinalley and Australian String Quartets, and cellist Li-Wei Qin, flautist Megan Sterling and baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes, with whom he has recorded with ABC-Classics. He works often with violinists with collaborations including Vadim Gluzman, Rebecca Chan, Sophie Rowell, Dale Barltrop, Daniel Dodds, Jack Liebeck and Satu Vänskä, and violist Christopher Moore, cellist Timo-Veikko Valve, mezzo soprano Caitlin Hulcup and clarinettist Philip Arkinstall amongst others. His festival appearances include the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Adelaide, Coriole, Huntington Estate, Mimir and Bangalow Festivals. Other recent solo and chamber highlights include the Oxford May Music Festival in May, Australian Music Week on Gulangyu Island (Xiamen) with the Melbourne Symphony, and the 'Kristian Chong and Friends' series at the Melbourne Recital Centre, which is in its twelfth year in 2025. Kristian studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Piers Lane & Christopher Elton, and with Stephen McIntyre at the University of Melbourne where Kristian is an Associate Lecturer in Piano & Chamber Music. Earlier studies were with Noreen Stokes & Stefan Ammer at the Elder Conservatorium, where he also learned violin with Beryl Kimber. His competition successes include the Symphony Australia Young Performers Award (keyboard) and the 2000 Australian National Piano Award. Kristian is a YAMAHA Artist.