Celebrated for a “tone like toasted caramel. Amazing.” (Musical Toronto), Eric Wong is the violist of the Blair String Quartet and Assistant Professor of Viola at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. He was also a member of the Cavani String Quartet and the JUNO-nominated Afiara Quartet. In addition to his work as a performer, Mr. Wong is an accomplished educator and has been artist-in-residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and Yale University.
Originally from Lafayette, Louisiana, Mr. Wong received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees studying violin with Paul Kantor and viola with Kirsten Docter and Lynne Ramsey. He subsequently earned an artist diploma from the Yale School of Music where he worked with Kazuhide Isomura and other members of the Tokyo Quartet as a member of the graduate string quartet-in-residence.