Natalie Jen Hoe

Natalie Jen Hoe has been a Junior Music Student with full scholarship at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts since 2002. She is a Grade 12 student in Shatin College. She started learning piano at 4 and began learning the clarinet with Maria Wong at the age of 6. In the past few years, she has also studied with Hong Kong Philharmonic’s Principal Clarinet Andrew Simon and Assistant Principal Clarinet John Schertle. Natalie has participated in masterclasses with Charles Neidich, Andrew Marriner, Michael Collins, Nicolas Baldeyrou, Antonio Saiote, Florent Héau, Michel Lethiec and Sylvie Hue. She has performed Weber’s Concertino in E Flat in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and during the Singapore tour in 2005, and Rossini’s Introduction, Theme and Variations in May 2009 with Hong Kong Youth NeoWinds Orchestra.

In July 2008, Natalie attended the 14th Hamamatsu International Wind Instruments Academy and Festival and was tutored by Wenzel Fuchs, Principal Clarinet of the Berliner Philharmoniker. This Summer, she participated in the Clarinet Course of the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival conducted by Yehuda Gilad, Clarinet Professor of the Colburn School of Music.

Natalie won numerous prizes in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. She received an Honorable Mention in the 2006 International Clarinet Association High School Division Competition in Atlanta, USA and subsequently won the second prize in Vancouver, Canada in 2007.

In 2008, Natalie was the winner of the Winds Open Class of the “Young Musician of the Year” and in the Grand Final she performed Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and won “Young Musician of the Year 2008 (Hong Kong, China and Macau)”.

Natalie has appeared in the RTHK 4 Children’s Corner and the Oxfam Musical Marathon in April 2009. She was also invited in September 2009 to perform in the Hong Kong Music and Dance Association celebration of the 60th Anniversary of China National Day. Natalie will be performing Weber Concerto No. 1 in F Minor with the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band in January 2010.