About
Described as a pianist who “unerringly resurrects the spirit of each composer she plays” (Lark Reviews, UK), Rhythmie Wong is a Hong Kong- born pianist whose performances have captivated audiences across three continents. Her interpretation of Ravel’s La Valse was hailed as “remarkable… could have been mistaken for the two-piano version” (Sussex International Piano Competition), and critics have praised her “high technical level and empathetic ability to adapt to the composers’ specifications” (Aachener Zeitung, Germany).
Rhythmie has performed extensively in solo recitals across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Her appearances in the iMusic Concert Series, Sussex International Interview Concert Series, Karlovac Piano Festival in Zagreb, Haywards Heath Music Society Concert Series, and the Dueren International Piano Masterclass have earned high acclaim. She has performed at major venues including Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall in New York, the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Jordan Hall in Boston, and the National Theater and Concert Hall in Taipei. She was also invited to participate in a series of broadcasted charity concerts in Cambodia.
Her performances have been featured by Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Radio France, Radio Television Hong Kong, TVK Cambodia, Teledifusão de Macau, and Hong Kong Educational Television. She has performed with orchestras such as the Worthing Symphony Orchestra, Südwestfalen Symphony Orchestra, Northampton Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Festival Orchestra, and Ealing Symphony Orchestra.
In 2024, Rhythmie embarked on a chamber music tour across Hong Kong and Taiwan, presenting a program of Eastern European repertoire. The tour included performances at the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), National Kaohsiung Normal University, and the National Concert Hall in Taipei, among others. In 2025, she was presented by the LCSD under the Hong Kong Artists Series, collaborating in a concert with painter Fu Man- yat, pianist Colleen Lee and cellist Letty Poon.
Her debut solo album Evolving Fantasia, released in 2022, was featured and positively reviewed by France Musique, Radio France, and WDR Cologne. She was named one of Hong Kong’s “Ten Best Young Artistes” and awarded the Steinway Förderpreis in Münster. Her competition accolades include First Prize, Audience Prize, and Best Interpretation Award of a Croatian composition at the Karlovac International Piano Competition, First Prize at the Valletta International Piano Competition, and Third Prize at the Sussex International Piano Competition. She is also the First Prize winner of the New York International Artist Piano Competition, the Aloha International Piano Competition, and the Kawai Asia Piano Competition, and a laureate of the Dorothy Mackenzie Artist Recognition Award.
As a composer, Rhythmie has written music for microfilms and chamber ensembles. Her Narnia Fantasy, written for oboe, violin, horn, cello, and piano, premiered in 2011. Her piano solo piece The End is Not the End, inspired by writer Mitch Albom, was premiered in April 2014 as a tribute to the victims of the Boston Marathon. She also enjoys exploring the expressive possibilities of various instruments, including violin and clarinet, and was a violinist in the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra in Hong Kong during her teenage years.
Rhythmie began piano lessons at age three and was soon admitted to the Junior Program of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Music degree under Professor Eleanor Wong. She completed her Master of Music degree at the New England Conservatory under Professor Victor Rosenbaum. She holds a Concert Exam diploma from the Cologne University of Music and Dance under Professor Claudio Martínez-Mehner, and a Master of Music degree in Fortepiano under Professor Gerald Hambitzer. She also studied with Professor Heribert Koch at Münster Music University.
She has participated in masterclasses with an exceptional roster of artists, including John Bayless, Dang Thai Son, Peter Donohoe, Andrei Gavrilov, Pavel Gililov, Eduardus Halim, Ilya Itin, Emanuel Krasovsky, Ivan Moravec, Jon Nakamatsu, Maria João Pires, Jorge Luis Prats, Ferenc Rados, Paul Badura-Skoda, Aquilles Delle Vigne, and Elisso Virsaladze.
Her academic excellence has been recognized through numerous scholarships, including the Tom Lee Music Scholarship, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Staff Prize, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship, the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship for Overseas Studies, the New England Conservatory Scholarship, the NEC Merit Award, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund, and the Clavarte Foundation Scholarship.
In addition to her performing career, Rhythmie is currently an instructor in the Advanced Music Performance Course at the University of Hong Kong. Since 2025, she has also served as the Artistic Director of Shema Music, a studio dedicated to music education and artistic development. She is a regular adjudicator for local music competitions, contributing her expertise to support and mentor emerging talent.
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被《Lark Reviews》（英國）譽為「總能準確地喚起每位作曲家靈魂的鋼琴家」，Rhythmie是一位出生於香港的鋼琴家，其演出足跡遍及三大洲，深受各地觀眾喜愛。她對拉威爾《La Valse》的詮釋被《Sussex International Piano Competition》讚譽為「精彩絕倫……還可能會被誤以為是雙鋼琴的版本」，而《Aachener Zeitung》則讚揚她「具備高度的技術水平，並能以同理心貼近作曲家的音樂語言」。
王晞韻曾在美國、歐洲和亞洲舉辦過多個個人獨奏會。她最近在蘇塞克斯國際訪談系列音樂會、薩格勒布卡羅瓦茨鋼琴節、海沃茲希斯音樂會系列和杜倫國際鋼琴大師班的獨奏會都獲得極高評價。她曾在都柏林的國家音樂廳、紐約的卡內基音樂廳和梅金音樂廳、波士頓的喬丹音樂廳，以及台北國家音樂廳演出。她還被邀請參加了在柬埔寨舉行的一系列廣播慈善音樂會。
她曾於Deutschlandfunk Kultur、Radio France、香港電台、柬埔寨TVK、澳門Teledifusao以及香港教育電視台作訪問及演出。作為獨奏者，她曾合作的多個樂團包括了沃辛交響樂團、蘇德西弗倫交響樂團、北安普頓交響樂團、香港節慶管弦樂團和伊靈交響樂團。
2024年，她展開了橫跨香港與台灣的室內樂巡演，演出曲目以東歐音樂為主。巡演地點包括高雄衛武營國家藝術文化中心、高雄師範大學及台北國家音樂廳等地，演出受到熱烈迴響。2025年，王晞韻參與由康樂及文化事務署主辦的「香港藝術家系列」，並與畫家傅文一、鋼琴家李嘉齡及大提琴家潘穎芝合作演出。
2022年12月，她發佈了首張個人專輯《Evolving Fantasia》。專輯也隨即被法國著名古典音樂電台Radio France頻道France Musique和西德廣播電台播放而且高度點評了。她在明斯特獲得了施坦威音樂獎。她還在卡羅瓦茨國際鋼琴比賽中獲得總冠軍以及克羅地亞作品最佳演繹和觀眾獎；在瓦萊塔國際鋼琴比賽中獲得冠軍；並在蘇塞克斯國際鋼琴比賽中獲得季軍。她也是紐約國際藝術家鋼琴比賽、阿羅哈國際鋼琴比賽和卡瓦伊亞洲鋼琴比賽的冠軍得主，也是Dorothy Mackenzie藝術家表彰獎的獲得者。
她曾在John Bayless、Dang Thai Son、Peter Donohoe、Andrei Gavrilov、Pavel Gililov、Eduardus Halim、Ilya Itin、Emanuel Krasovsky、Ivan Moravec、Jon Nakamatsu、Maria João Pires、Jorge Luis Prats、Ferenc Rados、Paul Badura-Skoda、Aquilles Delle Vigne 和 Elisso Virsaladze的大師班上演出。
除了彈奏鋼琴外，王晞韻還為微電影寫音樂，並喜歡探索樂器的不同特性。她會演奏小提琴和單簧管，並且會作曲。少年時，她曾是Metropolitan Orchestra的小提琴手。她為雙簧管、小提琴、圓號、大提琴和鋼琴所創作的《納尼亞幻想曲》於2011年首演，而受作家Mitch Albom所啟發的鋼琴獨奏曲《The End is Not the End》則於2014年4月首演，紀念2014年波士頓馬拉松比賽中遇難者。
由於王晞韻的成就傑出，她多次獲得獎學金，如通利音樂獎學金、香港演藝學院職員獎、香港賽馬會獎學金、尤德爵士海外學習紀念獎學金、新英格蘭音樂學院獎學金、新英格蘭音樂學院優秀獎、香港賽馬會音樂及舞蹈基金海外獎學金和克拉瓦特基金會獎學金。
王晞韻在三歲時開始學習鋼琴，於五歲被香港演藝學院的初級課程錄取。她首先師承潘德老師，其後在黃懿倫教授的指導下獲得音樂學士學位。在Victor Rosenbaum教授的指導下，她在新英格蘭音樂學院完成了她的音樂碩士學位。她的學術成績也很出色，在波士頓學習期間，多次在Dean’s List上。她以最高榮譽畢業於德國科隆音樂及舞蹈大學的演奏家Concert Exam學位，師承Claudio Martínez-Mehner。而在Gerald Hambitzer教授的教導下，同時獲得古鋼琴音樂碩士學位。她也曾在德國明斯特音樂大學跟隨Heribert Koch教授學習。
除了演奏與創作，王晞韻亦積極參與音樂教育。她現為香港大學高級音樂演奏課程的導師，致力培育新一代音樂人才。自2025年起，她擔任Shema Music音樂教育工作室的藝術總監，推動音樂教育及藝術發展。她亦常任本地音樂比賽評審，為年輕音樂家提供指導與支持。