Cathy Tsang Cheuk Ying

Cathy Tsang Cheuk Ying – Orchestral and solo flute/piccolo/traverso player – graduated with her Master of Orchestral Performance (Flute) at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with scholarship, studied flute, piccolo and baroque flute with  Sarah Newbold, Matthew Featherstone, Jonathan Burgess, Lindsey Ellis, Elizabeth May and Katy Bircher. She attained her Bachelor of Arts in Music at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, under the tutelage of Ms. Chuang Suet Wah Ivy and Mr. Brian Chan.

As an active chamber and orchestral player, she has recently worked with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Welsh National Opera, Orchestra de Cymru, Royal Welsh Opera Orchestra, Royal Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Ponte London Orchestra, City of Newport Symphony Orchestra, Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Youth Orchestra, Ponte Orchestra, Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong and so on.

She has been awarded prizes in various music competitions. She performed at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall in New York (2019), after being presented the first prize in the Golden Classical Music Awards. She is also the winner of the New Talent Festival 2022 under the professional group of Woodwind and Brass Category Age Group, the finalist of the British Flute Competition, as well as the Parsons Music Scholarship for Wind, Brass and Percussion Instrument. She is also the winner of the Excellence International Music Open Competition. She has given solo and chamber performances in Hong Kong, Macau, the U.K., the U.S., Vienna and Portugal.

In recognition of her music achievements during her postgraduate studies, Cathy is a RWCMD scholar, supported by the Help Musicians UK, Craxton Memorial Trust, Outstanding Award of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers, and Talent Development Scholarship.

Cathy will pursue her Orchestral Performance Diploma at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with scholarship in the coming fall.