Eleanor Wong pursued her musical studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, on an Associated Board Scholarship with Frederic Jackson and Max Pirani. Wong was one of the few students who graduated with both the Graduate Diploma (G.R.S.M.), and the Recital Diploma as well as top honours: the Walter Macfarren Gold medal and Majorie Whyte Memorial Award for the most outstanding students. As a Boise Scholar, Ms. Wong studied in Paris with Vlado Perlemuter and later in New York with Artur Balsam.

Eleanor Wong is recognized as one of the foremost piano pedagogues with many of her pupils winning top prizes in international and local piano competitions.
Presently, Eleanor Wong is an Artist in Residence and Senior Lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In China, she is a visiting professor at the Shenzhen School of Arts and Wu Han Music Conservatory, and is also an honorary professor of the Tian Jin Music Conservatory. She is also a Steinway Artist,Co-Director of the Hong Kong Summer Music, the Chairperson of the Piano Teachers' Association in Hong Kong and Honorary Advisor of Tom Lee Music Academy.