Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China
About Samuel Wong
- Samuel Wong (Chinese: ???) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian conductor and ophthalmologist [2]. Trained at Harvard Medical School and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr.
- Wong is an eye surgeon practicing in Manhattan, Brooklyn and upstate New York. In another career, he has conducted many international orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Seattle and Houston Symphonies, Toronto and Montreal Symphonies, orchestras in Italy, Spain, Belgium, and Israel.
- Wong led the New York Philharmonic in December 1990 after the untimely death of Leonard Bernstein, and replaced Zubin Mehta in Washington D.C.
- in January 1991 when Maestro Mehta traveled to Israel in an act of solidarity with the Israel Philharmonic during the first Gulf War.
Read more at Wikipedia
See Also
- Famous People's Birthdays on 12 April, China
- Famous People's Birthdays in April, China
- Famous People's Birthdays on 12 April, Canada
- Famous People's Birthdays in April, Canada
- Famous conductor's Birthdays on 12 April, China
- Famous conductor's Birthdays in April, China
- Famous ophthalmologist's Birthdays on 12 April, China
- Famous ophthalmologist's Birthdays in April, China
- Famous conductor's Birthdays on 12 April, Canada
- Famous conductor's Birthdays in April, Canada
- Famous ophthalmologist's Birthdays on 12 April, Canada
- Famous ophthalmologist's Birthdays in April, Canada