Cong Quartet

Ayaka Ishiwatari, violin
Francis Yiu-Ting Chik, violin
Caleb Wong, viola
Yan-Ho Cheng, cello

Formed at the Indiana University in the US with four founding members from Hong Kong, Cong Quartet recently served the artistic residency of Musique à Flaine in France and is currently the Ensemble-in-Residence at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The quartet is a musical partner of Domaine de La Garde in France, a member of Le Dimore del Quartetto in Italy and was part of the Nederlandse Strijkkwartet Academie. Their journey was fueled by top prize wins at the Virtuoso & Belcanto's Chamber Music Competition in Italy, Salzburg Mozart International Chamber Music Competition in Tokyo, and was a laureate of many other competitions including the Banff International String Quartet Competition and International Music Competition Triomphe de l'Art in Brussels.

Cong Quartet performed with many world-renowned artists such as the Borromeo Quartet, Quatuor Danel, Enrico Pace, Yuri Bashmet, Joshua Bell and Timo-Veikko "Tipi" Valve among many others. They recently performed at the Philharmonie de Paris, The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht and many other significant venues during their 10th anniversary tour in the 2025-26 season. The quartet plays on a set of instruments made for their 10th anniversary, with wood from the same tree by Yair Hod Fainas in Paris in 2025.