2026 American Viola Society Festival: Presenters & Performers, Eric Wong

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2026 American Viola Society Festival

Presenters & Performers

Eric Wong

Eric Wong

Described as possessing a “tone like toasted caramel” and “amazing” (Musical Toronto), Eric Wong is a member of the Blair String Quartet and assistant professor of viola at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. Wong has been a member of the Afiara and Cavani String Quartets and was a foun/ding member of the Linden String Quartet. He has appeared on the world’s iconic stages including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Severance Hall, Roy Thomson Hall, and the Banff Centre. He is a frequent guest in festivals and institutions of higher learning around the globe that have included Yale University, the Robert McDuffie Center, the Royal Academy of Music of Århus, Middlesex University, Tongyeong International Music Festival, and the University of Toronto. His formative mentors include violists Kirsten Docter and Lynne Ramsey and violinist Paul Kantor.