Samuel Zong

Samuel Zong is an award-winning Australian pianist and flautist with vast experience as a solo, chamber and orchestral musician.

Samuel was awarded both the Associate in Music (AMusA) and Licentiate in Music (LMusA) on the piano before the age of 14, and has received awards in numerous eisteddfods including the Boroondara Eisteddfod Piano Competition, where he received an Honorary Award alongside the Lions Club Legacy scholarship and recently the Scotch College Piano Competition, where he received first place. Samuel performed on radio station 3MBS (103.5 FM) as part of The Talent program and made his concerto debut playing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at Hamer Hall in 2019.

On the flute, Samuel has also received both the AMusA and LMusA as well as the AMEB Leslie Barklamb Flute Prize. He was Principal Flautist of the Scotch College Symphony Orchestra from 2018 to 2020. He has toured the United States, performing in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., New York and Boston.

Samuel currently holds a valid Working with Children Check.