Wong Wai Kit brought his skills on the ruan to Ding Yi Music Company in 2023. He is also a guest ruan musician with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and the Chinese Chamber Music Ensemble and is affiliated with the Ruanxian Association of Singapore. He began playing the zhongruan at the age of six, and was
Fred Chan Hong Wei is an accomplished erhu musician, orchestra conductor, and educator, currently serving as Concertmaster of Ding Yi Music Company in Singapore. With over a decade of professional experience in Chinese music, he is widely respected for his artistic versatility, ensemble leadership, and long-standing dedication to music education. Fred holds both Bachelor and
Chen Ning joined Ding Yi Music Company as a part-time musician before transitioning to a full-time position in 2022. She began learning the erhu at the age of 10 under the tutelage of Xu Wenjing. Her early passion for the instrument led her to join the Chinese orchestras at Nanyang Primary School and later Nanyang
Low Yik Hang has been a percussionist with Ding Yi Music Company since 2009. He also collaborates with the group A Bigger Bang Percussion under conductor Quek Ling Kiong. A versatile musician, he is skilled in Chinese and Western percussion, as well as the traditional Middle Eastern darbuka, a goblet drum. His artistry has brought
Soh Swee Kiat was a self-taught sheng musician while serving as the sectional leader in the Chinese orchestra of Chinese High School Batu Pahat in Malaysia. In 2012, he ventured to Singapore to pursue his studies at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and became the pioneering sheng major in the Diploma in Music
Tan Jie Qing is a yangqin musician with Ding Yi Music Company in Singapore. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Yangqin Performance from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied under renowned yangqin virtuoso Qu Jianqing, Principal Yangqin of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra. She furthered her studies with Ma Yingjun, a young
Yvonne Tay is an award-winning professional guzheng musician whose work engages both traditional practice and contemporary repertoire. Her artistic approach centres on exploring how the guzheng can be presented in local and contemporary contexts through new commissions and interdisciplinary collaborations. A key aspect of Tay’s practice lies in her work as an Artistic leader. She
Chua Yew Kok is a pipa musician in Ding Yi Music Company, which he co-founded in 2007. One of his most savoured memories is of the fledgling ensemble clinching the first prize at the 2008 National Chinese Music Competition. Ding Yi went on to receive top honours at the prestigious Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod held
Chin Yen Choong co-founded Ding Yi Music Company in 2007 and is now a huqin musician with the ensemble. His days are filled with daily rehearsals, self-practice, and lively exchanges with fellow musicians regarding technical and creative aspects of the craft. His twin aspirations are to help develop younger musicians and to see Ding Yi
Born in Uzbekistan in 2001, Bekhzod Oblayorov began his studies with Kamola Abdullaeva in Tashkent and later continued under the guidance of Ng Pei Sian (Principal Cello of SSO) and Leslie Tan (former member of the Tang Quartet and Singapore Symphony Orchestra) at the National University of Singapore’s Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, graduating
