Biography
Hong Kong pianist Shelley Ng has performed extensively in the world’s renowned venues across the three continents including Carnegie Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Harris Hall, and Milton Court; as well as most prestigious festivals such as the Tanglewood Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Taiwan International Festival of Arts and Hangzhou Contemporary Music Festival. Her performances and interviews have aired on Radio Television Hong Kong, Metro Radio, Teledifusão de Macau, and WHRB, Harvard Radio Broadcasting.
During the 2023/24 season, Shelley undertook an eight-city recital tour in the United States and was featured as a soloist at the Tai Kwun Prison Yard Festival. She spearheaded a Turkish-themed fundraising concert for the 2023 earthquake victims, and subsequently performed at the Türkiye – Hong Kong SAR Friendship Concert presented by the Consulate General of Türkiye in Hong Kong. Shelley has also performed an all-Czech programme at the home of the Czech Consul General for guests of the consulate, and shared the stage with Maia Makhateli, the principal dancer of Dutch National Ballet at the Hong Kong Ballet’s 45th Anniversary International Ballet Gala.
Shelley has presented engaging, innovative concert repertoires with an eclectic mix of contemporary repertoire and those from the standard canon. She performed a solo recital in the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival upon the invitation of noted composer, pianist and conductor Marc Neikrug; transcribed and performed the piano solo of the Concert for Piano and Orchestra by John Cage; performed Oliver Knussen’s Sonya’s Lullaby as a soloist in his tribute concert and Bernstein’s Piano Trio in his 100 celebration at the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music; gave solo and lecture recitals in the Hong Kong Museum of Art and in the HKU MUSE series of The University of Hong Kong. In addition to solo performances, she toured the Mediterranean, Carribean, Mexico, United States and Canada with the piano quintet and quartet in residence of Lincoln Center Stage. Exploring intersections of her musical career as well as social and artistic interests, she organised fundraising concerts for Sichuan earthquake in 2008 and for people with autism in 2016, touching audiences with her thoughtful programming and expressive performances.
A devoted musician of varied interests, Shelley has been pushing her limits as a pianist which has led her to perform under conductors such as Andris Nelsons, Thomas Adès, and Stefan Asbury. In addition to extensive concerts of piano literature, she continually explores off-the-beaten path pieces like Medtner’s Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor. In recent seasons, Ms. Ng has centered her place as an interpreter of new music scores and has premiered numerous works. She also played unusual repertoire including George Antheil’s Ballet Mechanique for four pianists and eleven percussionists. Pushing towards the outer limits of piano repertoire, she enjoys exploring different keyboard instruments such as the square piano, harmonium, synthesizer, celeste, accordion, toy piano and the harpsichord.
Prize winner of the Schoenfeld International String Competition, American Protégé International Competition, and Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition Salzburg, Shelley Ng is currently associate musician of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. Prior to her return to Hong Kong, she was the piano faculty, chamber music coach at the Rice University Preparatory Program and staff pianist of studios of Midori Goto, Pamela Frank, and Margaret Batjer. She earned her Master’s degrees from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with distinction and subsequently from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music under full scholarship.
香港鋼琴家吳宇晴的演奏足跡遍及歐美及亞洲的著名音樂廳，包括卡奈基音樂廳、小澤征爾音樂廳、亞斯 本哈里斯音樂廳及倫敦米頓閣。她曾獲邀於國際知名 的鄧肯活音樂節、亞斯本音樂節、聖達菲音樂節、香 港藝術節及台灣國際藝術節獻技，其演出及訪問片段 亦曾於香港電台、新城電台及哈佛廣播電台 WHRB 播放。
吳宇晴於 2022/23 樂季的焦點演出包括:由她發起、 策劃及演出的土耳其震災籌款音樂會(香港創樂團主 辨，合作夥伴為土耳其駐港大使館);受捷克駐港大使 館邀請，於捷克國慶日演出;以及於美國雪蘭多大學 及威斯康星大學麥迪遜分校等八個城市舉行的巡演音 樂會，將創新、當代與經典曲目共冶一爐。她近來亦 在香港美術館及香港大學繆絲樂季舉行個人獨奏會及 講座音樂會。除了個人演出之外，她亦曾聯同林肯中 心舞台的駐場鋼琴四重奏巡演美加。吳宇晴熱衷於透 過音樂探索社會及藝術議題，分別於 2016 年及 2008 年為自閉症患者及四川大地震舉行籌款音樂會，充滿 心思的樂曲編排及情感豐富的演繹觸動不少聽眾的 心靈。
吳宇晴現為香港創樂團的聯席樂手，此前曾為小提琴家 宓多里、潘蜜拉・法蘭克、王冰及巴傑爾的工作室擔任 鋼琴手。她以優異成績畢業於倫敦市政廳音樂及戲劇學 院碩士課程，其後獲全額獎學金畢業於侯斯頓萊斯大學 的音樂學院，期間曾與鋼琴家韋克斯特倫、小提琴家林 昭亮及大提琴家諾文・費雪合作。
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