Chong Huey Ching

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HueyChing CHONG (1986*) began her composition studies in August 2008 with composer, YII Kah Hoe. From 2010 to 2017, with the support of Monbukagakusho Scholarship Award, she continued her musical exploration under the tutelage of Prof. Keiko Harada. Besides that, she has also studied with Prof. Akira NISHIMURA, and Prof. Michio KITAZUME. On 23rd October 2017, she obtained her Doctorate in Musical Arts (Composition) from Tokyo College of Music. 
Her music had been performed in Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Germany, Netherland, Switzerland, and Lithuania. She has participated in multiple international masterclasses, including the International Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA) 2016/17, Composers+ Summer Academy 2017, Atlas Lab 2016, DAAD International Exchange Creative Exposition, HfM Würzburg X Tokyo College of Music 2015, and many more. She has also had the opportunity to work with extraordinary musicians from across the globe, including Wu Wei (Sheng), Hong Yoo (Daegeum), Naoko Kikuchi (Koto), Elena Casoli (Guitar), Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra,  and Duo Jeux d’Anches. 
In her work’s, energy is formed prior to sonority. This energy within her music refers to the details that can be sensed and physically felt inside oneself (for example, the changes of speed in physical breathing) when emotions are awoken within a human being.

Education and Qualification
Doctorate in Musical Arts (2014-2017) — composition major
Tokyo College of Music (Tokyo, Japan)
supported by the Monbukagakusho Scholarship Award 
Master’s Degree (2012-2014) — composition major
Tokyo College of Music (Tokyo, Japan)
supported by the Monbukagakusho Scholarship Award 
Non-degree Student Course for Foreign Student (2010-2012) — composition major
TOHO Gakuen School of Music, College Music Department (Tokyo, Japan)
supported by the Monbukagakusho Scholarship Award 

Bachelor’s Degree (2006-2009) — piano major
University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
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Compositional Workshops (as participant)
  1. Curs Internacional de Composició Institut francas-Barcelona Modern Project 4th Edition (Nov 2017, Jan 2018, May 2018) — Barcelona, Spain
  2. Composers+ Summer Academy Aug 2017 — Kaunas, Lithuania
  3. International Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA) 2016/17 (Dec 2016, May 2017) — Frankfurt & Kassel, Germany
  4. Atlas Lab 2016 (Aug-Sept 2016) — Amsterdam, Netherland
  5. Experimental Thai Music Laboratory 2016, Burapha University (March 2016) — Chon Buri, Thailand
  6. DAAD International Exchange Creative Exposition, HfM Würzburg X Tokyo College of Music 2015 (Nov-Dec 2015) — Tokyo, Japan and Würzburg, Germany
  7. Ensemble Modern and Tokyo Wonder Site Academy 2011 (Feb 2011) —Tokyo, Japan
  8. Manila Composers’ Lab 2009 (June 2009) — Manila, Philippines


Competitions and Music Festivals
  1. Awarded the best solo composition at Composers+ Summer Academy (2017)
  2. Awarded the 12th President Award (composition competition 2014) of Tokyo College of Music, Japan
  3. Finalist of the 11th President Award (composition competition 2013) of Tokyo College of Music, Japan
  4. Finalist of the Young Composers in Southeast Asia Competition and Festival 2011 (supported by Goethe Institut), Indonesia 
  5. Finalist of Unique Forms of Continuity in Space: International Composition Competition 2010, Melbourne, Australia
  6. Invited to participate in Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival 2010, Indonesia
  7. Invited to participate in Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival 2009, Indonesia 


Composition Master Class (as participant)
  1. Aug 2017: Márton Illés (Hungary) 
  2. Aug 2017: Vito Žuraj (Slovenia) 
  3. Dec 2013: Mr. Maurizio Pisati (Italy)
  4. March 2011: Prof. Dieter Mack (Germany)
  5. Oct 2010: Mr. Carlo Forlivesi (Italy)
  6. March 2010: Dr. Tazul Tajuddin (Malaysia)
  7. Nov 2008: Mr. Zachariah Goh (Singapore)
  8. Oct 2008: Dr. Jonas Baes (Philippines) 


Selected Works Premieres
  1. June 2017 - Abstract Energy Etude 1 for Dizi (Chinese Flutes) and Sheng (Chinese Mouth Organ) with Little Giant Chinese Orchestra at National Theatre Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan 
  2. May 2017 - thoughts, reactions, and imaginable details for flute (bass flute), bass clarinet, Violoncello, Percussion, and Conductor with International Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA) at Konzertsaal des Instituts für Musik der Universität Kassel, Germany 
  3. Jan 2016 - FOCUS I-VI for 13-string Koto Solo with Naoko Kikuchi at Tokyo College of Music, Japan
  4. Nov 2015 - Bare-bones I for accordion duo with Nikola Kerkez and Marko Servalic at Tokyo College of Music, Japan
  5. Dec 2014 - BOND for Sheng (Chinese Mouth Organ), Daegeum (Korean Flute), and Percussion with Wu Wei, Hong Yoo, and Atsushi Sugahara at Tokyo College of Music, Japan
  6. Sept 2013 - RAW for 13 instrumentalists with Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Score and Research Publications
  1. Bare-bones I (2015) for accordion duo — to be published by EDITION AVANTUS, Germany
  2. THE DISCOVERY OF BODY : A New Concept of Musical Notation in the Works of Kurtág, Ferneyhough, and Harada (Doctoral Thesis) — to be published soon
  3. The implication behind György Kurtág’s dotted curve notation in Játékok - in relation to compositional concept and performance — published on 1st March 2016 at Bulletin of the Doctoral Programs, Tokyo College of Music, Vol. 1 No.2
  4. The MPO Composers Forum: and its impact on the performance of contemporary western classical music by Malaysian composers in Kuala Lumpur — published on July 2009 by VDM Verlag, Germany

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