Dr Nicholas Ng
Erhu Specialist
小提琴独奏家和室内乐音乐家
与澳大利亚室内乐团合作长达32年
与欧盟室内乐团、皇家爱乐乐团合作演出
曾担任巴蒂尼亚诺音乐节歌剧院管弦乐团首席
履历简介
Dr Nicholas Ng is a composer, performer and academic. He is a former Lecturer at the Australian National University and Research Fellow (Queensland Conservatorium and the Institute for Australian and Chinese for Arts and Culture). Nicholas co-directs the 170-piece Chinese Music Ensemble at Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he has been teaching erhu (2-stringed Chinese fiddle), western theory and harmony since 2016.
Nicholas' upbringing in Old Rite church music combined with his world music interests has led to a unique style in his compositions for The Song Company, The Australian Voices, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and other ensembles.
On the erhu, Nicholas has toured to festivals around Australia, New Zealand, North America, Canada and Europe. These include KunstenFESTIVALdesarts (Brussels), Sydney Festival and Auckland Arts Festival. He established the ANU Chinese Classical Music Ensemble (2003).
Nicholas is active in the Asian-Australian theatre scene as a musician and movement artist. Productions include China with William Yang (2007-2010) and with Benjamin Law in Annette Shun Wah's Double Delicious (2020-2022), produced by Contemporary Asian Australian Performance. He was also music director and a performer in Anna Yen’s Slow Boat (2022), produced by Playlab Theatre during the Brisbane Festival.
As a curator, Nicholas has worked collaboratively on a number of events including ENCOUNTERS: China (2010), Music in the Gardens (2012), BrisAsia Festival (2012-2013) and Shanghai Club at The Famous Spiegeltent (2013), Willoughby Council Chinese New Year (2021), Lunar New Year at the Chinese Garden of Friendship (2022-). He musically programed a series of art exhibition openings at the Institute for Australian and Chinese Arts and Culture including Cultural Cartography (2022).
Published by Orpheus Music, Nicholas has produced a book and various articles and book chapters on Australian Chinese music. His artistic career has been documented on SBS Mandarin Radio, ABC Music Show, and in the ABC TV Compass program, Divine Rhythms.
