About
Instrument: Violin
AYO: 2026
Khang is an 18-year-old violinist currently in his second year at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he currently studies with Goetz Richter following ten years of training with Leigh Middenway.
He began learning the violin at the age of eight, and after his first youth orchestra experience in 2018, he immediately knew he wanted to pursue a life in music.
Since then, Khang has enjoyed a number of orchestral highlights, including leading the Arts Unit Symphony Orchestra from 2023–2024, serving as Concertmaster of the Sydney Youth Orchestra in 2025, and performing major symphonic works by Prokofiev and Mahler during the Australian Youth Orchestra’s 2024 seasons. He was recently appointed Principal Second Violin at the AYO National Music Camp and will return to the AYO flagship orchestra for the 2026 seasons.
Khang is also passionate about chamber music. In 2024, he won the “Strike A Chord” Monash Chamber Music Award with the Comet Quartet, which enabled the group to undertake a weeklong residency in Melbourne.
Outside of music, Khang enjoys long walks on the beach and late-night drives around the city with friends.