Daniel Chong

GRAMMY Award-winning violinist Daniel Chong is celebrated for his gripping interpretations, expressive sincerity, and artistic versatility. Since 2002, as the founding first violinist of the Parker Quartet, he has garnered wide recognition for his performances in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, Musikverein, and Wigmore Hall. Recent solo appearances have taken him to National Sawdust (New York), Seoul Arts Center, and Boston’s Jordan Hall. He has received several awards and prizes including the Cleveland Quartet Award and top prizes at the Concert Artists Guild Competition and the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition. In the recording realm, he can be heard on the ECM Records, Zig-Zag Territoires, Naxos, and Nimbus Records labels.

Chong has appeared at leading festivals such as the Marlboro Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, Chamberfest Cleveland, Spoleto USA, Mostly Mozart, Bridgehampton, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the Périgord Noir Festival, and is a former member of Ensemble DITTO. A passionate advocate for contemporary music, he has collaborated closely with composers including György Kurtág, Augusta Read Thomas, Helmut Lachenmann, and Chaya Czernowin.

He currently serves as Professor of the Practice at Harvard University and, in 2025, was appointed Co-Artistic Director of the Concord Chamber Music Society alongside Jessica Bodner.