VICTORIA WONG Returns from the 2025 CHOPIN COMPETITION! | Ep. 29 This is the Legend Of Victoria Wong

She just competed at the 2025 International Chopin Competition.

She is also one of Canada’s Top 30 Under 30 Classical Musicians.

Meet Victoria Wong, a Canadian classical pianist that is also a prize winner of the Canadian Chopin Competition, Mozarteum Festival Competition, Lancaster International Piano Competition, and Canadian Music Competition.

Amos Vang and Victoria Wong discuss Victoria’s Road to Warsaw, both in 2021 and in 2025, as well as her preparation for the Olympics of Piano and the evolution of her musicality.  Victoria also describes her life story, including her early experiences learning piano with Dan Zhaoyi in China and with the Taylor Academy at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Canada, at Juilliard, and elsewhere.

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Tomorrow by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Golden Hour by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Other music composed by Amos Vang

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0:00 – Introduction

3:47 – What were Victoria Wong’s early musical influences?

4:48 – At age 5, Victoria Wong gave her concerto debut!

6:09 – Victoria Wong studied with Dan Zhaoyi

9:28 – Victoria Wong studied at the Taylor Academy in the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM)

15:46 – Victoria likes music theory back in the day.  Amos hated music theory back in the day!

18:53 – What inspired Victoria Wong to pursue a Bachelor of Music at the New England Conservatory?

21:27 – Free time in high school vs. university vs. law school

25:45 – What inspired Victoria Wong to pursue a Master of Music at Juilliard?

26:32 – What are the most important lessons that Victoria Wong learned from her experiences at the Taylor Academy, the NEC, and Juilliard?

33:18 – In Canada and the U.S., music has never really enjoyed the same appeal that sports have enjoyed.

35:24 – In China, EVERYONE learns music!  This is totally opposite from Canada and the U.S.

36:41 – Victoria Wong only spent ONE MONTH PREPARING for the 2014 Canadian Chopin Competition!

40:00 – Victoria Wong’s journey in the Canadian Chopin Competition

41:19 – Victoria Wong’s piano choices at the 2021 and 2025 International Chopin Competitions

45:52 – Victoria Wong PULLED HER BACK at the 2025 International Chopin Competition?!

49:12 – New York Steinways vs. Hamburg Steinways

51:46 – Amos Vang and Victoria Wong have both performed Liszt’s Dante Sonata in the past!

52:28 – Victoria Wong recalls her experiences at the 2021 and 2025 International Chopin Competitions

55:56 – How did Victoria Wong’s strategy change between the 2021 and 2025 International Chopin Competitions?

1:03:24 – The Fryderyk Chopin Institute has done an excellent job marketing the International Chopin Competition to the world!

1:05:46 – What were Victoria’s favorite moments at the 2021 and 2025 International Chopin Competitions?

1:10:54 – Tim Hortons formerly had Chicken Soup in a bread bowl!

1:12:45 – Juilliard used to have a Starbucks, and Victoria Wong shares a life hack with great food at Starbucks?!

1:15:02 – Victoria Wong visited Zelazowa Wola in the past!

1:19:29 – What are the greatest misconceptions that Victoria Wong has seen about classical music?

1:22:23 – What is musicality to Victoria Wong?

1:24:49 – Who is Chopin to Victoria Wong? Hint: Chopin hits differently

1:33:13 – What are the most important lessons that Victoria Wong learned from the International Chopin Competition?

1:36:15 – How can Canada improve its classical music culture?

1:40:01 – Victoria gives advice on pursuing a classical music career, and Victoria speaks to her fans!