Haddon Kay
2024 Luminarts Fellow in Classical Music
Cello

​​Chinese-American cellist Haddon Kay is one of the young rising stars of his generation, capturing audiences with his lyricism and musical eloquence. Most recently, Haddon captured third prize in Bucharest, Romania at the 2024 George Enescu International Cello Competition. He was also awarded the 2023 American Opera Society of Chicago Scholarship Award. Additionally, Haddon competed in the 2nd Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium and was a winner of Northwestern University’s Concerto/Aria competition. Haddon is a founding member of the Galvin Cello Quartet, which recently won Concert Artists Guild’s 2022 Victor Elmaleh Competition and the silver medal at the 2021 Fischoff Competition. Born and raised in the Chicago area, Haddon is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Northwestern, continuing his studies under the tutelage of Hans Jorgen Jensen.