Hoi Tong Keung

Hong Kong-raised percussionist Hoi Tong Keung believes in the power of music in connecting people. As a contemporary music advocate, she has attended Darmstadt Summer Course (Germany) and soundSCAPE festival (online), collaborating with composers and premiering their works. Her performance and research interests explore the interplay between modes of expression, be it Eastern and Western music, acoustic and electronic instruments, or music and speech. Among which, Hoi Tong’s doctoral research focuses on incorporating spoken Cantonese into percussion music. One of the commissioned works for her research-creation project is One Dollar for One Turtle by Ehwa Hong (France/Korea), which was premiered at Festival POTE in Besançon, France.

Hoi Tong co-founded KöNG Duo with percussionist Bevis Ng. In 2022, they curated their début set “good morning, hong kong” during their residency at Banff Centre. Since then, they have performed locally at Music TORONTO’s Celebration of Small Ensembles series and internationally at the New Music Gathering in the U.S.A.. Besides discovering under-performed gems, they collaborate with emerging composers and have premiered over 15 works. The Duo won First Prize at the 2023 Southern California Marimba International Artist Competition and was named Young Artistic Associates of Confluence Concerts in the 2023–2024 season. KöNG Duo proudly endorses Marimba One instruments.

Hoi Tong is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto under the guidance of Aiyun Huang and Beverley Johnston. She holds degrees from Boston Conservatory at Berklee and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.