Nicholas Ng
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Dr Nicholas Ng is a composer, performer and Research Fellow at the Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture (WSU). He is also a passionate teacher interested in the development of young musicians. On the erhu (2-stringed fiddle), Nicholas has toured around Australia, Canada, Europe, the United States and New Zealand to various festival events, and has written for prestigious ensembles such as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and The Australian Voices.
His work as an artist has been documented in the ABC Compass program ‘Divine Rhythms’ (ABC TV and iView), SBS Mandarin and ‘The Music Show’ (ABC Radio National). Nicholas co-established the Australian National University Classical Chinese Music Ensemble (2003). He currently teaches erhu, theory and composition at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and helps run the Conseratorium’s very first Chinese Music Ensemble.