Wong Wai Kit is a Ruan musician for acclaimed Chinese Chamber Music Ensemble, Dingyi Music Company and also Ruanxian Association of Singapore. He began playing the Zhongruan at the age of 6. At the age of 13, he was under the tutelage of Ding Xiao Yan, Fu Yingying and Han Ying. Wai Kit has also
Fred Chan is currently the huqin musician at Ding Yi Music Company (Singapore). He obtained both his Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts (erhu) from the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing under the tutelage of renowned erhu virtuoso and educator, Professor Zhao Han Yang, and banhu from Assistant Professor Hu Yu. Chan was
Chen Ning started learning the erhu at the tender age of 10, under the tutelage of Xu Wenjing. Her keen interest in the instrument led her to join the Nanyang Primary School’s Chinese Orchestra and consequently, the Nanyang Girls’ High School Chinese Orchestra, where she was appointed sectional leader and concertmaster. A graduate of the Bachelors’
Yik Hang was the scholarship recipient of the National Arts Council’s Overseas Scholarship 2011 and China National Government Scholarship 2015. In November 2014, Yik Hang was awarded the NAC Capability Development Grant to pursue Middle Eastern rhythm training at the Misirli Ahmet Rhythm Academy in Istanbul, under direct mentorship of renowned darbuka Master Misirli Ahmet.
Jacky Ng started his music journey learning suona at the age of 13 under the tutelage of Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) suona musician Liu Jiang. Under his mentor’s support, he joined the Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra (SNYCO) in 2012 and was appointed as the principal suona and guan musician in 2017, Ng also followed
Soh Swee Kiat was from the Chinese High School in Malaysia, where he was the sectional leader in the Chinese orchestra and self-studied his instrument, the Sheng, in his early years. In 2012, Soh came to Singapore where he began his studies at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) as the only student at
Ng Hsien Han is currently a dizi musician in Ding Yi Music Company and the Ensemble Manager of Dicapella, the only dizi ensemble in Singapore. At the age of 13, Ng started learning dizi under Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) musician Lee Heng Quey. In 2004, he was honoured to be under the tutelage of renowned
Tan Jie Qing yangqin’s journey began at 13, under the tutelage of Chen Yu Tat, she was a member of the Foon Yew High School Chinese Orchestra and since then she began participating in various Chinese music activities in the art scenes. She is currently doing her fourth year of Bachelor of Music (Honours) in the Nanyang
A recipient of the prestigious National Arts Council (NAC) Arts Scholarship (Undergraduate) 2015, Yvonne Tay is currently the full-time guzheng musician of Ding Yi Music Company and co-founder of Z3nith Ensemble, a trio comprising of guzheng graduates from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). Tay was awarded the Best graduate and graduated with Bachelors of Music (first
A National Arts Council Young Artist Award Recipient, Chua Yew Kok has forged an impressive career as a pipa instrumentalist and as an educator. Born in Singapore, Chua began his musical pursuits with the pipa at the age of 14. Within six years, Chua clinched his first major award, winning 1st prize at the 1998 National Chinese Music Competition,
