Val Chong is a 23-year old soprano from Singapore. In 2025, she was awarded first prize at the Voice Concerto Competition at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music where she performed Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Barber).
Val’s performances include the soprano solo in Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Her operatic roles span Monica in The Medium (Chicago Summer Opera), Serpina in La Serva Padrona, Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Vienna Opera Academy), and Despina in Così fan tutte (Classic Lyric Arts, Italy). She has also sung in the choruses of Médée, La Sonnambula, La Cenerentola and The Three Feathers.
She is currently in final year at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Professor Alan Bennett. In 2024 fall, she was a scholarship recipient of the NUS Exchange Programme where she studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Julian Tovey.
She has previously been coached by esteemed teachers including Stephen Robertson, Glenn Morton, Roger Vignoles, Deborah York and Janet Williams.
Aside from a vocal pursuits, Val has also attained her Grade 8 certification in piano, violin and cello.