“...coaxing notes from the cello that ripple like waves on a dark sea.”
“I will not hesitate in placing Live At Zoom In among the finest improvisational sets heard in recent years.”
“As radical and challenging as it is immersive and seductive, it shouldn’t be missed on any count.”
“...a masterpiece in harmonics, in sonic drift, and a tightly focused narrative line....Fullman and Wong together conjure up rolling fogs and seascapes; they pepper with sonic sleights of hand: are they freight train whistles, even a snatch of tune from some revenant sailor’s pipe? It’s not important to know – the strength of this work likes in the unfettered imagination behind it and in its execution.”
Practicing Sands
Massimo Ricci, Theresa Wong - Practicing Sands, Beyond The Dust, December 19, 2022
Tobias Fischer, Theresa Wong on Tools of Creation - The Cello, 15 Questions, September, 2022
Jennifer Lucy Allan, Rum Music for August, The Quietus, August 16, 2022
Performances
Emily Pothast, Other Minds Festival review, The Wire, December, 2022
Steven Smoliar, Review of Letters To A Friend, therehearsalstudioblogspot.com, April 18, 2017
Ulf Olsson, En magisk hemmakväll hos Tom, Orkester Journalen (Sweden) April 14, 2011 (in Swedish)
Michael McDonagh, Fits and Starts - sfSoundSeries, Sequenza21.com February 12, 2010
Fix Sadler, Bolivar Zoar, babyblaue-seiten.de November 17, 2007 (in German)
Devin Hurd, The Exquisite Improvisation of Dream States, HurdAudio.blogspot.com May 27, 2009
Interviews
Guest on Walk Me Through podcast hosted by Nia Li, May 13, 2022
5 Questions to Theresa Wong, I Care If You Listen, March 8, 2022
Theresa Wong x Ellen Fullman, Invisible Jukebox, The Wire, October issue, 2021
Tobias Fischer, Theresa Wong About Alternative Tuning Systems, 15 Questions, June 2021
San Francisco Girls Chorus Postcard with Sarah Cahill and Theresa Wong, June 2021
Guest with Ellen Fullman on EQ podcast hosted by Majel Connery, December 2020
Julian Cowley, Sympathetic Resonator, The Wire, September issue, 2020
Andrew GIlbert, Artists On Their Own, San Francisco Classical Voice, October 22, 2018
Rebecca Lentjes, Alchemy - The Art of Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong, Van Magazine, July 13, 2017
Andrew Gilbert, Have Cello Will Travel, berkeleyside.com January 15, 2015
Evan Karp, Artist Interview: Theresa Wong, somarts.org January 2015
Tom Choi, Theresa Wong's The Unlearning, Roulette Blog December 9, 2013
Composer Spotlight, Theresa Wong, Composers And Schools, January 2012
Interviewing Others
“Art is a constant practice in transformation, both for me as an artist and hopefully for people with whom I share my music.”
“...this was when it happened. And when improv is happening, it is likely to be magical. Theresa Wong on cello and voice, and Kjell Nordeson on percussion, played with a different accuracy, with a precision that really was amazing since this was the first time they played together. It was not about expressing one self, but about listening and in dialogue to shape a language.”
Writing
Past Albums
HARBORS
• Louise Gray, Harbors, The Wire, August 2020
• Jonathan Williger, Harbors, Pitchfork, August 12, 2020
• Madison Bloom & Allison Hussey, 6 New Albums You Should Listen To Now, Pitchfork, August 14, 2020
• Phil Freeman, The Majesty and Magic of Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong’s Sound Art, Bandcamp Daily,
August 27, 2020
• Vinyl Factory, Our Ten Favorite New Vinyl Releases This Week, August 28, 2020
• Jennifer Lucy Allan, Rum Music for August, The Quietus, August 26, 2020
• Jack Chuter, Harbors review, Attn:Magazine, September 20, 2020
• Massimo Ricci, Harbors review, Touching Extremes, September 26, 2020
• SilenceAndSound, Harbors review
• Soundohm, Harbors review
• Boomkat, Harbors review
LIVE AT ZOOM IN
• Massimo Ricci, Live at zoom in review, Squidco, November 2020
• Franpi Barriaux, Live at zoom in review, Citizenjazz, December 2020
THE UNLEARNING
• Clive Bell, The Unlearning, The Wire (UK) November 2011
• Massimo Ricci, The Unlearning, Paris Transatlantic Magazine, Winter 2011
• Tzadikology (France), October 26, 2011
VENICE IS A FISH
• Massimo Ricci, Theresa Wong - Venice Is A Fish, touchingextremes.wordpress.com July 2, 2014
LUGGAGE
• Mark Corroto, Review of Luggage, AllAboutJazz.com January 18, 200
“...I ended totally convinced by the sheer warmth and humanity of this project. ”
“It is difficult not to remain enchanted by the 21 miniatures presented by Theresa Wong in her first solo outing.”