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Ng Yu Hng (born 1996) is a Singaporean composer.[1]

Early life and education

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Ng was born in Singapore, in 1996. He studied music at King's College London from 2017 to 2020, and later read music composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 2020 to 2021, under Morgan Hayes. He also had lessons with Hans Abrahamsen, Nicola LeFanu, Phoon Yew Tien, Eleanor Alberga OBE, Philip Cashian, and Tansy Davies among others.[2]

Career

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He is currently living and working in London as a freelance composer, teacher and pianist. As of 2024, his music has been performed in 16 countries across Europe, Asia and North America.[3]

Ng has collaborated and worked with leading musicians, ensembles and orchestras, including the Singapore Chinese Orchestra[4], Mivos Quartet, Black Pencil Ensemble[5], CHROMA, Lontano, Meitar Ensemble, Fretwork Viol Consort, Sopriola [6], Hill Quartet, Philomel, George Fu and Juan Aguilera Cerezo among others.[7] His music is published by NIBIUS Records in Spain, and by Contemporary Music for All (CoMA) in Britain.[8] He has also written articles on music, published by The Strad.[9]

Selected works

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Ng's works include the following:[10]

Chamber Works

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  • Watercolour Clocks, for string quartet (2024)
  • Three Tree Tunes from the Garden City, for saxophone quartet (2022)
  • Kintsugi, for bassoon, piano and percussion (2021)
  • She Gently Rocks the Cradle for flute, mezzo-soprano, vibraphone, guitar and piano (2020)
  • I Came, I Slept, I Departed, for string quartet (2020)
  • The Canonical Hours, for flute, clarinet, harp, vibraphone, piano and cello (2020)
  • Near Stasis, for vibraphone and piano (2019)

Works with Early Music Instruments

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  • Exegesis and Commentary on Purcell's Fantasia in D Minor, for sackbut ensemble (2024)
  • Fragments of Sappho, for viol consort and narrator (2023)
  • Speak-Un-Listen, for voice, viola d'amore and Finnish kantele (2023)
  • Seismographs, for theorbo (2021)

Solo Works

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  • Sonata, for accordion (2023)
  • 五首序曲, for piano (2023)
  • Met en Tegen de Zuiderzee, for contrabass panflute (2022)
  • Psalms 44, for violin (2022)
  • Sonata, for cello (2022)
  • All the Things Left Unspoken, for alto saxophone (2021)
  • The Memory Mansion at the End of Time, for piano (2021)
  • Commentary on Dowland's Farewell, for guitar (2021)

References

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  1. ^ "Singapore – The Living Composers Project". www.composers21.com. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  2. ^ "Biography | Ng Yu Hng - Composer". Ng Yu Hng. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  3. ^ "Ng Yu Hng - Composers Society of Singapore Profile". home. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  4. ^ Singapore, Composers Society of (2022-09-12). "SCO Composer Workshop 2022". home. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  5. ^ "Spotify". open.spotify.com. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  6. ^ "Breath of Babel". Sopriola. 2024-10-30. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  7. ^ "Ng Yu Hng Composer". Ng Yu Hng. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  8. ^ "Kintsugi". CoMA. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  9. ^ 2021-12-21T10:50:00+00:00. "The Psalms Project: Contemporary Sacred Music for solo violin". The Strad. Retrieved 2024-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "List of Works | Ng Yu Hng - Composer". Ng Yu Hng. Retrieved 2024-12-31.