Biography

Singaporean young pianist Alyssa Kok graduated at the age of 18 with her Bachelor of Arts in piano performance with full distinctions artistically and academically from the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria.  At 20, she received her Master of Arts in piano performance with distinction at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland. Alyssa Kok was admitted to the Mozarteum University’s Bachelor programme at 14, and in the same year, she began studies in the young talent programme for Polish students Młoda Muzyczna Akademia at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.  Prior to this, at 12, she was the only young pianist selected from Singapore to study at the Leopold Mozart Institute for Highly Talented Students. Her previous piano teachers included Wojciech Świtała, Gereon Kleiner, Rolf Plagge, Andreas Weber and Benjamin Loh. She has attended numerous masterclasses with the most renowned pianists and pedagogues.

Alyssa Kok is a winner of over 30 top prizes in international piano competitions. Most recently, she was a winner of the Master Orchestra International Concerto Competition 2024, and a three-time recipient of the Winner Diploma at the Soloist and Concerto Competition in the 9th edition of Talent Music Summer Courses 2024 (Italy), playing Fryderyk Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11, Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 22 and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58; she also won 1st prize at the Altalena Concerto Competition 2023 (Hungary) performing Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58; Special Prize for the free programme performance at the Tournament of Foreign Pianists for the Prince Antoni Radziwiłł Prize 2023 in Antonin (Poland); Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize at the Mauro Paolo Monopoli International Piano Competition 2022 (Italy); 2nd prize at the VI International Chopin Piano Competition 2022 in Turzno (Poland), and others.

Alyssa Kok has performed in concert in Europe, North America, Israel, Asia and New Zealand. Most recently, she performed a number of all-Chopin solo recitals in Singapore, New Zealand and Italy. These included, notably, a sold-out all-Chopin concert at the Esplanade Singapore for the Embassy of Poland in Singapore and the Polish Association in Singapore, titled Alyssa Kok Plays Chopin. In Canada 2022, she performed eight solo concerts on tour at venues including the Polaris Theatre in Calgary, and in China 2024 and 2016 in the Mozart Tour at venues including the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall and Nanshan Cultural Centre. At 11, she was the youngest scholarship recipient of the Singapore International Foundation as cultural ambassador for Singapore for her debut solo recital made at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City. She collaborated multiple times with orchestras such as the Toruń Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Sándor Végh Institute Chamber Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Festival Orchestra, Altalena Chamber Festival Orchestra and the Master Orchestra in Italy. Her music has been featured on the Salzburg ORF radio, Austria, the Alberta radio, Canada, La Tribuna newspaper, Treviso, Italy, BarlettaNews24, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno and PugliaLive newspapers, Barletta, Italy, GioiaNet newspaper, Bari, Italy, Rhema Media, New Zealand, Polish television COMTV.pl, the Republic of Poland’s website, Lianhe Zaobao newspaper, Singapore, CNA938 radio station, Singapore and The Straits Times newspaper, Singapore.

Alyssa Kok is a versatile musician who engages in diverse artistic activities. She is a keen player of historical keyboard instruments, having studied harpsichord, clavichord and fortepiano performance with Florian Birsak at the Mozarteum University Salzburg from 2017. She premiered her 15-minute long debut composition for the piano, Singapore Fantasy (2023), in recitals in Poland, Singapore and Italy. Alyssa Kok gave her first fully booked piano masterclass in Singapore in 2023. She has performed and initiated several sold-out charity recitals in several continents, with tickets sold for up to $180 each, where all proceeds from the concerts went directly to the children and recipients of the charities.

Alyssa Kok speaks English, German, Mandarin, Polish and Italian.