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Ng graduated from the Music Department of Tsing Hua
Collage and the Hong Kong Academyfor Performing Arts.
He studied yangqin under Chan Sam-lam and composition
under Law Wing-fai. He has been pipa and yangqin player
as well as percussionist with a number of groups,
and has travelled with them to give performances in
the United States, Austria, Singapore, Taiwan and
cities in China. In recent years, Ng has given instrumental
recitals for the Provisional Urban Council and Provisional
Regional Council to high acclaim. He has been hailed
by the press for his "great virtuosity, strong musical
sense and emotional commitment to his performance,
being high-spirited, amusing or sober at times."
Ng founded the New Tune Chinese Orchestra in 1987,
he led the Orchestra in the tour to Taiwan for promoting
cultural exchange between Hong Kong and Taiwan. In
1990, he founded the Hong Kong Juvenile and Youth
Chinese Classical Orchestra. Since then, the Orchestra
has performed in more than 110 concerts, visiting
a number of places including Xiamen(Fujian), Kunming(Yunnan),
Taiwan and Vienna(Austria) and receiving rave reviews.
In 1996, he founded the Hong Kong Pipa Art Ensemble
to step up promotion of the art of pipa performance.
In recent years, Ng devoted himself to music composing
. His works include the children's musical The Eight
Immortals Conquering the Devil, ensemble pieces Joyfulness,
Instrumental Guide to the Chinese Orchestra, Sketch
of Hong Kong, erhu and yangqin concerto Rhyme of Yangqin
and Erhu, erhu concerto Capriccio on the theme of
The Saga of Tears and Laughter, small ensemble piece
Along, quartet pieces Change, Hopes , Conflict, Aspiration
and Peaceful Night, etc. Peaceful Night won First
Prize in the Composition Section of the School Music
Festival in 1986, while Along and Conflict won prizes
in the Composition Section of the Hong Kong Young
Musicians' Awards in 1989.
Ng has also contributed a great deal to teaching.
Many of his students have obtained distinguished results
in the annual School Music Festival, and have been
trained up to be rising virtuosos in the local music
circle. Apart from being invited to perform in concerts,
he was invited on many occasions as adjudicator in
music competitions. In late 1994, he has been invited
by the Regional Council to hold a series of talks
on Chinese music to explain the features of different
Chinese musical instruments. For years, Ng has been
the organizer, coordinator and conductor of many large-scale
concerts. He has all along been working hard for the
promotion of music locally.
Ng is the director & conductor of Hong Kong Juvenile
and Youth Chinese Classical Orchestra, Vice Chairman
of Hong Kong Federation of Chinese Musicians, Committee
member of Hong Kong Schools Speech and Music Association,
Examiner of Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Artistic
Director of Hong Kong Pipa Ensemble, Director of Tuen
Mun Youth Chinese Orchestra, Principle Adviser of
the Standard Grade Examination Committee of the Peking
Central Conservatory of Music(Hong Kong), Adviser
of Tai Cong Rongwen Art School Chinese Orchestra,
Executive member of The Association of Chinese Culture
of Hong Kong, Member of China Nationalities Orchestra
Society, Member of Composer & Author Society of
Hong Kong, Member of Hong Kong Composer Guild. He
is listed in the Dictionary of Chinese Musician.
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