Auckland-born Henry Wong Doe last played with Sunday Concerts in 2024. Henry was awarded a Creative NZ (Arts Council of New Zealand) Arts Grant for his latest commissioning and recording project, Perspectives. This project features six new works for piano by New Zealand composers, aimed at illustrating each composer’s perspective of events of the previous two years. Following the world première performance, Perspectives was recorded and released on Rattle Records in August 2023 and continues to feature on his recital programmes.
Henry has released seven recordings on the Trust, Rattle, Klavier and HR Recordings labels to international critical acclaim. Four of the seven albums feature new or recently composed New Zealand music. His albums have been featured on New Zealand’s RNZ Concert and WNYC Radio New York.
After early studies at Auckland University, Henry earned his Masters from Indiana University Bloomington and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the Juilliard School. Here he focused on the influence of the player piano on the music of Stravinsky, Hindemith, Nancarrow and Ligeti.
From the critics:
“Wong Doe is a pianist that tempers flamboyance with poetry… a fascinating range of landscapes magnificently caught…if you buy just one classical CD this year, make it Landscape Preludes.” The New Zealand Herald
This was a brilliant performance…[with] great vitality and engaging thrust and characterisation…especially the way he realised the music’s peppery virtuosity via his gestural way of playing the piano.” New York Concert Review
How to buy tickets:
Single tickets are $40, or $10 for those under 26. A school child attending with an adult who has purchased a full-price ticket is free.
Direct ticket purchases without fees:
Directly booking with us by Internet banking or direct deposit to Wellington Chamber Music Trust – account: 38-9015-0271891-00 (please include your name in the details). Please also send an email to sundayconcertsnz@gmail.com with the names for the tickets and so that we can email tickets to you.
Other ways to buy single tickets:
• Booking online at:
Eventfinda Bookings (transaction fees apply)
• Booking over the counter at ‘Visitor i-Sites’ in Wellington, Lower Hutt, Carterton, Masterton and Martinborough
• Phoning Eventfinda: 0800BUYTIX or 0800 289 849 Note: Eventfinda will not accept postal bookings or payment by cheque. Tickets for all online and phone bookings will be emailed to you.
• At the venue: from 2:30pm on the day of the concert (cash only). Sunday 01 August3:00 pm, St Andrew's on The TerrraceWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in D major K576
Olivier Messiaen “Première Communion de la Vierge” (Vingt Regards)
Isaac Albéniz “Iberia” Book IV
Salina Fisher Sumner Tides
Gillian Whitehead Arapātiki (Landscape Preludes)
Eve de Castro-Robinson This Liquid Drift of Light (Landscape Preludes)
Margaret Bonds Troubled Water
César Franck Prelude, Chorale and Fugue | 
