Max Wung

Max is an 19-year-old student at the Australian National Academy of Music. Max studies cello with Howard Penny, and previously studied with Suzanne Wijsman, Rod McGrath and Xiaole Wu. Max graduated in 2023 with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Australia. He has attained distinctions in the AMEB Associate and Licentiate Music Diploma exams. Max has performed solo concerts with the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Fremantle Chamber Orchestra and Vienna Pops Orchestra.

He has played in masterclasses with Lynn Harrell, Liwei Chin, Penny Howard, Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth, Pablo Ferrández, Gautier Capuçon, Hans Jørgen Jensen, Markus Stocker, Martti Rousi, Tim Hugh, Julian Smiles, Australian String Quartet, Narek Haknazaryan, Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt, Leonid Gorokhov and Jean-Guihen Queyras.

In 2019, Max attended the National Arts Centre Young Artists Program in Ottawa, Canada founded by Pinchas Zukerman. He also won second prize in the Ai Qin International Cello Competition, a prestigious cello competition in China. In February 2020, Max debuted with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. In February, he also hosted his first public fundraising concert to raise funds for the victims affected by the Australian Bushfires with a grand total raised of $3150. In September 2022, he successfully auditioned to participate in the masterclasses at the Kronberg International Cello Festival. Max performed with fellow UWA students Jude and Lisa as the Julima Trio, for Darlington Chamber Music 2021 and 2022 Winter Series. In 2022, Max joined WASO as a casual cellist.