Ding Yi Music Company

musician position: Plucked Strings

Wong Wai Kit

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

Tan Jie Qing

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

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

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