Canadian Cellist CHRISTOPHER HWANG expresses his passion for music as an
emerging soloist, chamber musician and collaborator.

Mr. Hwang is a laureate of numerous music competitions, most recently, winner of the Canada Council for the Arts Instrument Bank Competition 2023 resulting in a loan of 1929 Carlo Guiseppe Oddone cello and finalist at the Eckhardt-Gramatte National Music Competition 2021.

Mr Hwang has appeared as soloist with the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Orchestra, CAST Orchestra and the Yale Baroque Ensemble, performing in major concert halls such as Sprague Memorial Hall, McMillan Theatre, Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts and the Centre In The Square. He has appeared in many International music festivals including the Banff Centre's Chamber Residency and Masterclasses, Great Mountains Music Festival, Toronto Summer Music Festival and Morningside Music Bridge, working alongside world renowned artists such as Janos Starker, Steven Isserlis, Gary Hoffman and among others. Mr. Hwang has studied at the New England Conservatory with Laurence Lesser and Lluis Claret, Yale University under the tutelage of Aldo Parisot and the University of Toronto with Shauna Rolston.

Mr. Hwang is also an active educator and a frequent guest artist giving masterclasses at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.