Rebecca Tong

Rebecca Tong (born 1984 in Malang, Java, Indonesia ) is an Indonesian and American conductor.

Life

Rebecca Tong's parents are musicians of Chinese origin. Later, she received musical training in the United States and played in an orchestra. In 2006, at the age of 22, she began conducting. She earned her Master's degree in concert conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati under the tutelage of Mark Gibson. Among other engagements, she conducted the Asian premiere of Marjan Mozetich's Concerto for Harp Duo and Orchestra in Jakarta. In 2018, she conducted the Indonesian premiere of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. under the direction of Cristian Măcelaru. From 2018 to 2020, she was a fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and chief assistant in the opera department at the college. She has conducted with the BBC Philharmonic and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. In 2019, she became a laureate of the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship. This enabled her to work intensively with Marin Alsop.

In September 2020, she won the La Maestra competition for emerging female conductors. In November 2020, she conducted Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314, with Alexandre Gattet as solo oboist, and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 in G major with soprano Sabine Devieilhe in the final movement. The concert was streamed on Arte Concert's media library until November 2022.

In addition to classical music, she is also dedicated to the Gamelan music of her native Indonesia.