Forging a unique path since his First Prize win at the International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition in 2010, Kerson leong continues to win over colleagues and audiences alike with “a mixture of spontaneity and mastery, elegance, fantasy, intensity that makes his sound recognizable from the first notes” (Le Monde). As a sought-after soloist, he was hand-picked by Yannick Nézet-Séguin to be his artist-in-residence with the Orchestre Métropolitain during the 18/19 season and has performed in the most prestigious venues around the world. As a passionate chamber musician, he has performed at such international festivals and concert series as the Verbier Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, to name a few. Additionally, this past season he recorded John Rutter’s Visions with the composer himself and the Aurora Chamber Orchestra, and gave its world premiere in London. His recent album for Alpha Classics featuring the complete sonatas for solo violin by Eugène Ysaÿe was awarded the Diapason d’Or Découverte and the Choc de Classica. Passionate about pedagogy and music outreach, he fosters a significant audience away from the concert hall with his art in engaging ways on social media. Additionally, he and his father give lectures at conservatories regarding physics concepts and how they affect string resonance and sound production. He is an associate artist of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium, where he was mentored by Augustin Dumay. Kerson performs on the ‘ex Bohrer, Baumgartner’ Guarneri del Gesu courtesy of Canimex Inc, Drummondville (Quebec), Canada.