Alice Hong

 

Currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, multi-hyphenate musician Dr. Alice Hong is an internationally acclaimed violinist and composer whose work bridges tradition and innovation. Named one of CBC’s “30 Hot Classical Musicians Under 30” (2018), her compositions have been praised as “beautifully cinematic” and “stunning” (EarRelevant), performed and/or recorded by leading ensembles including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Niagara Symphony, Georgian Bay Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra, Ludwig Symphony Orchestra, and the Amersfoort Youth Orchestra. She recently served as composer-in-residence at Colgate University and was named Sioux City Symphony Orchestra's 2025 Composer of the Year.

Alice’s music has been heard across the United States, Canada, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, and China. She has received commissions from a wide range of institutions, such as the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Summer Music, Lövstabruks Kammarmusikfestival, Chamber Music @ New Park, ensemble vim, ArcoNaut, and performers of her music include members of the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Toronto Symphony, and Buffalo Philharmonic. Her works have earned top honors in the ASCAP Morton Gould Awards and first prizes in the International Keuris Competition, Carl E. Baldassarre Composer-Virtuosi Competition, NorCal Viola Society Commission Contest, Pikes Peak Composition Competition, and more, including recent recognition at the 2024 Rapido! Cycle 7 Composition Competition.

As a violinist, Alice has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras in the Southeast as well as in the violin sections with orchestras across North America including Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra. A passionate chamber musician, she has shared the stage with luminaries such as James Ehnes, Frans Helmerson, Mihaela Martin, Jonathan Crow, the New Orford String Quartet, and Barry Shiffman. Her compositions and performances have been featured on CBC Radio, WABE 90.1 Atlanta, and WSMR 89.9 Tampa. Upcoming soloist engagements include Astor Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires with the Alpharetta Symphony.

She appears regularly at summer festivals such as Colorado Music Festival, The Hamptons Festival of Music, Highlands Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, and the recently launched Classical Remix Music Festival in Atlanta, where she serves as Music Director. She has also performed her own compositions at major venues and festivals including the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Atlanta Symphony Hall, Spoleto Festival USA, and Heifetz on Tour. As a student, she participated in summer festivals such as Kneisel Hall, Sarasota Music Festival, Lake George Music Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Banff Centre Masterclasses for Strings and Winds, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Heifetz Institute of Music and more.

Alice holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Toronto under the mentorship of Jonathan Crow as a Harold Carter Memorial Fellowship recipient, a Master of Music from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music as a Dorothy R. Starling Foundation Scholar studying with Cho-Liang Lin, and a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music with David Updegraff.