Classically-trained harpist Katy Wong is an international performer, music educator, artist entrepreneur and public speaker. A versatile musician with a repertoire spanning across pop, indie, and classical, she has performed at New York Fashion Week three times and been featured in Vogue Magazine, NBC News, Harper’s Bazaar, and SPIN. Her orchestral performances and global premieres have brought her to some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

Katy has had the privilege of performing solo for international movie star Jackie Chan, supermodel Miranda Kerr, and pop star Katy Perry in the studio and on-stage. Performance highlights include the wedding of NFL player Devon Still at the New York Public Library, award ceremonies for the US Secretary of Transportation, Governors of New York and California, recital for the annual Berggruen Prize Gala, and musician for the Video Games Live Tour. She has also performed at notable venues such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rockefeller’s Rainbow Room, 620 Loft & Garden, The Harvard Club, The Yale Club, The Plaza Hotel, Frick Madison, and “The Godfather” mansion in Los Angeles. She was selected to perform at the World Harp Congress in Sydney, Australia as the US representative for Focus on Youth.

As an artist entrepreneur, Katy has been invited as a guest speaker at Columbia University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Montclair State University, and interviewed in NBC’s Feature Story and iTunes podcast The Tao of Self-Confidence. As an advocate for educational outreach, Katy is an instructor for young harpists ages 4-20 through the Paramus Community Music Program. She is a former recipient of the Gluck Community Service Fellowship and Libbey Davis and Genevieve Hustead Scholarships.

Her solo performances have taken prizes at the Nippon International Harp Competition (Japan), Dutch International Harp Competition (Netherlands), Anne Adams Awards Competition (U.S.), and International Young Artist Competition (U.S.). Katy has been invited to appear as guest harpist with the New Jersey Symphony and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and worked with world class music directors including Alan Gilbert and Robert Spano. She was selected to attend the prestigious Aspen Music Festival for two consecutive summers.

As a former competitive figure skater and medalist in the U.S. Junior National Championships in Salt Lake City, Katy enjoys coaching young skaters at New York’s Wollman Rink and Chelsea Piers. Her original film Heart Strings was featured in NYC’s Popup Film Festival and selected as an official finalist in the Katra Film Series.

Katy is represented by Elan Artists in New York, NY and currently maintains a private harp studio in NJ and NYC. She holds her BM from The Juilliard School where she studied with New York Philharmonic principal, Nancy Allen.