ECA: Love & Introspection Wollongong Art Gallery

BENJAMIN LAM violin & DONO NG piano

Don't miss the opportunity to hear Benjamin Lam the winner of the 2025 National Kendall Violin Competition, perform live in Wollongong with collaborative artist Dono Ng.

PROGRAM

Richard Strauss,  Violin Sonata

Henryk Wieniawski,  Faust Fantasy

Johan Sebastian Bach,  Sonata No. 2 in G Minor,  Adagio and Fugue

MEET THE ARTISTS  

Benjamin Lam is in his third year of a Bachelor of Music Performance degree under Janet Davies's tutelage. He is a recipient of the Ted and Susan Meller Memorial Fund Scholarship and has previously studied with Goetz Richter and Sheau-Fang Low.

He was a finalist in the Sydney Conservatorium Concerto Competition 2023, 2024, Sydney Concert Orchestra Concerto Competition 2024, semi-finalist in the Sydney Eisteddfod Drs Instrumental Scholarship 2023. Ben regularly participates in AYO programs and has performed as Concertmaster for the Conservatorium orchestras.

In 2023, his quartet was part of the outreach program at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music and he performed as a Viola artist alongside Jack Liebeck and Emily Sun. As a recipient of the Henderson’s Travellers Scholarship multiple times, he has travelled internationally as a violinist and violist studying chamber music with Quartetto Di Cremona and Johannes Meissl at the 2022 and 2024 Kuhmo International Chamber Music Festival in Finland.

Ching Pong (Dono) Ng was born and raised in Hong Kong. He recently completed his Bachelor's studies with first-class Honours at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, under the tutelage of Dr. Paul Rickard-Ford.

Ching Pong was the 3rd prize winner of the 2021/2022 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, where he made his concerto debut in Rachmaninoff’s piano concerto no. 1 during the finals with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Johannes Fritszch.

Dono is highly sought after as a collaborative pianist. He was a finalist in the 2021 Geoffrey Parsons Award and the 2022 David Miller Award.

We pay our respect to the Traditional Custodians, their Ancestors who cared for this Country for many thousands of years, and their Elders and descendants who continue to care for the Country. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

We pay our respect to the Traditional Custodians, their Ancestors who cared for this Country for many thousands of years, and their Elders and descendants who continue to care for Country. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

EMERGING CONCERT ARTISTS 2025 SERIES:

June 5 | LOVE & INTROPSECTION | Benjamin Lam, violin & Dono Ng, piano

July 3 | CELEBRATING NAIDOC WEEK WITH MUSIC TBA

August 7 | WIND IN THE REEDS | Gahyun Lee, oboe & TBA piano

September 4 | HORIZONS | Sydney Conservatorium String Ensemble. 

October 2 | PIANO MUSIC FROM THE HEART |  Elsa Li, piano & Sophia Bae, piano

November 6 | TIMELINES |  Matthew Zengoski guitar with Nigel Jones guitar

December 4 | JAZZ STORIES | Tom Hains Quartet