Katherine Fong

Violinist Katherine Fong has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2000. A native of Amarillo, Texas, she began playing at age four.  Katherine leads a multifaceted existence as an orchestral musician, chamber musician, soloist, entrepreneur, studio musician, and mother. 

She is founder and spokesperson for Luxitune for which she has designed bejeweled fine tuners for string instruments. She is always learning new trades from studying sketch comedy to learning manuscript editing.

Since 2017, Katherine has served as personnel manager of the Apex Ensemble, based in Montclair, New Jersey, which pairs outstanding Juilliard and other NYC area conservatory students with members of the Metropolitan Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. Katherine received a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory and continued her studies at the Juilliard School, where she received her Master of Music degree. She is proud mommy to Zeke (age 10), Lila (age 7), and is married to violist Dov Scheindlin,