May Ling Kwok

May Ling Kwok
Position
Music Performance InstructorPiano
Contact
mlkwok@uvic.ca
Credentials

BMus (UVic), MM (Indiana)

Area of expertise

Piano

Brief biography 

A graduate with distinction of the University of Victoria, May Ling Kwok first studied with Robin Wood at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and later with Gyorgy Sebok at Indiana University, USA, where awarded the distinguished Performer's Certificate. 

She is very active as a performer, piano teacher and adjudicator. Concert tours have taken her to the United States, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia and Europe. She has appeared as soloist with the Victoria Symphony, the Montreal Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Moscow Philharmonic, Vladivostok Symphony Orchestra, the Slovakia Radio Orchestra and the Czech National Symphony. She has given master classes in various countries such as Russia, China and across North America. In 1997, she was chosen as the soloist with the Victoria Symphony to tour British Columbia, which included a highly successful performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto K466 at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in Vancouver. 

Also an accomplished chamber musician, she is a founding member of the McPherson Trio. 

Selected discography

Her CDs are very popular among music lovers. The Mozart Concerti K.467 and K.491 sold over 3000 copies in Great Britain alone since its release. Her recordings were frequently featured by CBC Radio across Canada. Recently, her Mozart K.467 was chosen in a CD release showcasing noted Canadian classical musicians such as Andrew Davis, Maureen Forrester and Ofra Harnoy.