Young Classical Music Artists Agency and Promoter

About Pei-Jee Ng

Described by the Financial Times in 2009 as ‘one of those rare musicians who makes you unaware of technique - and eager to hear again’, 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.

Over the last year Pei-Jee‘s engagements have included recitals at Wigmore Hall, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Sounding Jerusalem Festival and an appearance as soloist with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anu Tali at the Estonian Music Days Festival. In 2009 he toured the USA as soloist, along with his brother Pei-Sian, 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. Engagements this season include a return visit to the Adelaide International Cello Festival and concerts in Germany and throughout the UK and Australia.

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, Purcell Room, the Newbury 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 the premiere of a double concerto by Brian Howard and a new work for two cellos by the British composer Gary Carpenter.

Pei-Jee Ng plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume cello of 1844.

Pei-Jee Ng - Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor 1st Mvt (Melba Records)

To engage Pei-Jee Ng for a concert please call us on 020 7379 8477 or contact us using the enquiry form.

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