About Fiona
Born in New York City, violinist Fiona Khuong-Huu currently studies with Professor Ilya Kaler at the Cleveland Institute of Music, previously a student of Professors Itzhak Perlman in the Juilliard Pre-College Division. Fiona made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at 16 in David Geffen Hall, performing the Mendelssohn Concerto under the baton of Maestro Thomas Wilkins for the Centennial Season of the NY Phil Young People’s Concerts, and she frequently performs as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, London, and more.
She has had the honor of performing for King Charles at the Lancaster House with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Marios Papadopoulos, with whom she has also performed as soloist in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, the Windsor Castle, and the Buckingham Palace along with Maxim Vengerov. Most recently, she performed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the Kulturpalast Dresden with the Moritzburg Festival Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Josep Domenech. Other notable performances as soloist include the Juilliard Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, the Flanders Symphony Orchestra at the Bozar Concert Hall in Brussels, and with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. Fiona was awarded the prestigious Career Grant Award from Salon de Virtuosi in 2021 and performed in several of their concert series, as well as at Festival Napa Valley as one of their Bouchaine Young Artists.
She has performed as guest artist with Andrea Lucchesini and Robert McDuffie at the Rome Chamber Music Festival, with Jan Vogler at the Moritzburg Festival, with Vadim Gluzman at the North Shore Chamber Music Festival, and with Paul Neubauer in the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players concert series. She is fortunate to have received inspiration from world renowned mentors such as Menahem Pressler and Sheryl Staples.
