Wah Hei Ng
FINALIST OF THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMPOSITION 2010
Composer's Biography
Wah Hei Ng
Wah-hei Ng (b. 1982) obtained his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Music degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, studying composition with Wing-wah Chan and Victor Chan. He has finished his doctoral degree in the Musical Arts at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), where he has taught non-Western music and composition to undergraduates. His composition teachers at UMKC include Chen Yi, Zhou Long, James Mobberley. His music has been performed by violinist Liu Xiao, Jenga Percussion Quartet, Talea Ensemble, NEXTET, Les Six, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble and Grammy Award-winning conductor Charles Bruffy with his Kansas City Chorale. During his undergraduate study, Ng was twice awarded the Yu-luan Shih Creativity Award of Chung Chi College. In addition, Ng is regional winner of SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Commission 2008. He also won the Crescendo Choral Competitin. Music festivals in which his music has been featured are the Asia Pacific Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival, Nevada Encounter of New Music, the CHASM Festival at Florida State University and Palatino Festival in Beijing. Ng was also awarded the First Prize in the Chamber Music Composition Competition at UMKC and the Max Di Julio Prize at the Nevada Encounter of Music. Recently, he was awarded the 2nd place at the Beethoven Club/Belvedere Festival Composition Contest and was chosen as one of the four participants in the EarShot/Pioneer Valley Symphony New Music Readings. Ng has had his compositions performed in different countries. His trio Sleepless City was performed in New Zealand in 2006, and Four Rossetti’s Poems for soprano and piano received its UK premiere in 2007. Beyond Life for solo violin was performed in Beijing at Palatino Festival 2008.
Finalist Works: Advanced Level
Beyond the Life | |
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Three Bagatelles | |
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