Louise Kwong

Louise Kwong’s musical achievements were recognised by the HKSAR government when she was awarded one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 2019 and the Award for Young Artist (Music) in 2014 by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. 

Internationally, Kwong made her debut at the Rome Opera House as Mimì in La bohème and as Micaëla in Carmen at Caracalla Rome in 2018. She has sung in various renowned performance venues, including the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam and Graz Opera House of Austria. In 2017, she debuted at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing in the role of Rita in opera The Dawns Here Are Quiet. 

As a lyric soprano, her roles include Cio-cio-san in Madame Butterfly, Mimì in La bohème, Micaëla in Carmen, Liù in Turandot, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, La Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte. 

Kwong is the prize winner of numerous international competitions, namely the Second prize, Audience prize and the Best Soprano prize at the 18^th International Singing Competition Ferruccio Tagliavini in Austria, the First prize at the Singing Competition Salice d’Oro 2015 in Italy; the First prize at the Singing Competition Città di Iseo 2015 in Italy; and the Second prize at the 7^th International Singing Competition Bell’arte in Belgium.