Pei-Jee Ng – cello
Pei-Jee Ng was born in Sydney and grew up in Adelaide studying at the Elder Conservatorium with Janis Laurs and Barbara Yelland. In 2001 he was Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year and in 2003 entered the Royal Northern College of Music on a full scholarship where he studied with Ralph Kirshbaum, graduating with distinction. He was selected for representation by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2008.
Most recently, Pei-Jee made his debut at the Wigmore Hall in London and performed with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra with conductor Anu Tali at the Estonian Music Days Festival. Last season Pei-Jee Ng toured the USA as soloist with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra appearing at Royce Hall, Los Angeles and Carnegie Hall, New York, made his debut at the Konzerthaus in Berlin as part of the Classic Young Stars International Series and gave a critically acclaimed recital at the Purcell Room. He gave the world premiere of the Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits Helios Helios with the Adelaide Symphony at the Adelaide International Cello Festival and the Australian premiere of Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger. In 2008 Melba Recordings released his debut CD, featuring works by Chopin and Kats-Chernin. Future plans include recitals at Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and appearances at the Winchfield and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals.
Pei-Jee Ng has performed widely in Australia, Asia and Europe, including appearances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic (Tchaikovsky), Oulu, Melbourne (Saint-Saens), Sydney (Tchaikovsky), West Australian (Haydn), Tasmanian (Kabalevsky) and Queensland Orchestras; Sinfonia ViVA and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra at the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. He has worked with conductors Arvo Volmer, Rumon Gamba, Paul Mann, Frederico Cortese, Peter McCoppin, Nicholas Kok and Graeme Abbott.
His recital work has included concerts at the Lincoln Centre New York, Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, the Newbury International Spring and Gower Festivals, a three-city tour of Germany, sixteen-city tour of Australia and an appearance in the opening recital of the 2007 Manchester International Cello Festival.
Passionate about contemporary music, Pei-Jee and his twin brother Pei-Sian, also a cellist, have commissioned new works for two cellos by acclaimed Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin and Daniel Kidane, and given the Asian and Australian premieres of double cello concertos by the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho, Italian composer Giovanni Sollima, Australian composer Graeme Koehne and Tõnu Kõrvits. Future plans include a new double concerto by Brian Howard and a new work for two cellos entitled ‘Dioscuri’ by the British composer Gary Carpenter.
He is a member of the Tate Piano Trio with pianist Chiao-Ying Chang and violinst Sulki Yu.
