| Pei-Sian Ng |
 Pei-Sian Ng - Cello Pei-Sian Ng is Commonwealth Musician of the Year in 2007, winner of the Gold Medal and First Prize at the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition held in London. Born of Malaysian-Chinese parents in Sydney in 1984, he began studies in Adelaide with Barbara Yelland and later with Janis Laurs at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. Pei-Sian Ng continues his studies with Ralph Kirshbaum at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. As a soloist, he made his international debut with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in 2004, and has continued to perform with orchestras including The Queensland Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony, Adelaide Symphony and Sinfonia Viva. Most recently Pei-Sian Ng gave the Asian premiere of Kalevi Aho’s Double Cello Concerto with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He has collaborated with Rumon Gamba, Paul Mann, Nicholas Kok, Pietari Inkinen and Arvo Volmer. Pei-Sian Ng regularly attends the Kronberg Academy International Cello Festival in Germany and most recently made an appearance in the Opening Recital of the Manchester International Cello Festival in 2007. He is grateful for the support he has received from the Elder Overseas Scholarship, Victoria League, MBF Myra Hess Award, Countess of Munster Musical Trust, Tait Memorial Trust, Australian Music Foundation, Marten Bequest, Charles and Elsie Sykes Trust and the Hattori Foundation. Since 2006 he is an artist on the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme and looks forward to debut recitals in London at Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall in addition to concerts in the UK, France and Germany and his debut in Finland with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and Arvo Volmer. Pei-Sian Ng performs on a 1764 Giovanni Antonio Marchi cello. Visit the Twin Cellists' website at www.twincellists.com 2008 Schedule Wendover Music Society AGM, Buckinghamshire (UK), Barriere/Popper/Kats-Chernin, 1 March City of Southampton Orchestra (UK), Dvorak Cello Concerto, 5 AprilWigmore Hall (UK), Recital, 7 April Adelaide International Cello Festival, Vivaldi / Korvits, 11 April Adelaide International Cello Festival, Bach/Lutoslawski/Kidane/Martinu/Kats-Chernin 13 April Elder Conservatorium Lunch Hour Concert Series, Sollima/Tan Dun, 18 April Seppeltsfield Winery SA, Closing Celebration Concert, 20 April Royal Festival Hall (UK), Recital, 28 May The Capitol, Horsham Music Circle (UK), Barriere / Bach / Kodaly, 14 June Jurlique Concert Series, Adelaide, 27 July Elder Conservatorium, "Twin Cellists at the Opera", 10 August Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK), 18-22 August |