JEFFREY CHING | COMPOSER

Biography​

Jeffrey Ching is the composer of the critically acclaimed opera Das Waisenkind (The Orphan) which was awarded the Theater Erfurt Audience Prize (Zuschauerpreis) for the best opera production of 2009-2010. In November 2013 the two halves of his 'incantation' Diese So-Geliebte were played separately in Dessau and Magdeburg and simultaneously broadcast live by Deutschlandradio Kultur and MDR Figaro, a unique technological tour de force enabling concert and radio listeners to hear both halves as a complete score. His compositions have been featured in radio portraits on Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) and Deutschlandfunk (DLF), and in Neue Zeitschrift für Musik.

​Ching's first creative phase was prolific, producing over 200 works in a multiplicity of techniques in which he laid the foundations for the harmonic and contrapuntal assurance of his mature compositions.

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News & Events

​Selected Highlights
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2017
 
22 September 2017 
Concert on the Day of Foundation of the Staatskapelle Dresden | Dresden (Germany)
W.A.Mozart/Jeffrey Ching: 
Sinfonia Concertante in A major for violin, viola, and violoncello
Staatskapelle Dresden
Peter Schreier, conductor
WORLD PREMIERE
 
26 September-7 October 2017
Asian Tour of the Mandelring Quartet (Manila - Hong Kong - Singapore)
Quartett-Dissonanzen (after Mozart's Dissonanzen-Quartett, KV 465)
Mandelring Quartet
WORLD PREMIERE

3 October 2017
Musikhochschule, Detmold (Germany)
Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar 
 
25 October 2017
Edison Denisov Festival | Tomsk (Russia)
Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar 

12 November 2017
Musiksalon Friedenau, Bundesallee 76a, Berlin
Jeffrey Ching/Richard Wagner: 
Wesendonck Sonata (German premiere of version with violin)
Spohr’s Last Thoughts (German premiere of version for mezzo-soprano, violin scordatura, and piano)
Cuatro Haikus Madrileños for voice and piano (German premiere)*
Fiori di Bulgari for unaccompanied violin (world premiere) 
 
27 November 2017
Richard-Wagner-Verband Berlin-Brandenburg
Jeffrey Ching/Richard Wagner: 
Wesendonck Sonata for voice, ‘cello, and piano
Kundiman ni Schumann (Adagio und Adagio nach Robert Schumann) for voice, ‘cello, and piano
Trittico criptico for unaccompanied violoncello (world premiere of complete work)

13 December 2017
Special Concert to celebrate 70 years of Spanish-Philippine
relations | Instituto Cervantes Berlin 
Cuatro Haikus Madrileños 
Sonata domenica (sopra due sonate di Domenico Scarlatti) (German premiere)

2018
 
28 May 2018
KlangZeit-Festival Münster | Münster (Germany)
New Work for chamber ensemble
WORLD PREMIERE

Autumn 2018
Semperoper Dresden (Germany)
Before Brabant 
version for chamber orchestra and animation effects
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Dmitri Jurowski, conductor
WORLD PREMIERE

Autumn 2018
Richard Wagner Stätten Graupa | Pirna (Germany)
Before Brabant
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Dmitri Jurowski, conductor
 
2019
 
Spring 2019
Theater Magdeburg Schauspielhaus | Magdeburg (Germany)
The True Story of King Kong for singers, chamber orchestra, and puppets
co-production of Theater Magdeburg Opernhaus
and Puppentheater Magdeburg
Roscha Saidow, libretto, puppet design, and stage direction
WORLD PREMIERE

2020
 
Theater Erfurt | Erfurt (Germany)
New Opera
WORLD PREMIERE

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Feature

JEFFERY CHING
​A rare 'Mozart World Premiere' of the Triple Concerto in a masterful completion by composer Jeffrey Ching for the Dresden Staatskapelle under Peter Schreier
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Videos

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Reviews

The premiere last Thursday at Theater Münster of a nearly evening-length work by Jeffrey Ching was a minor sensation
Chr. Schulte im Walde

I find the music of Jeffrey Ching subtler, more exploratory and enriching than that of Philip Glass
Theatre Erfurt, Germany 

Catalogue

A Chamber Requiem, 90', 2016
A transcription, elaboration, and completion of Mozart's Requiem
For 6 players and 2 singers 

Habanera en forme de trialogue, 3', 2015
(arr. from Ravel’s Habanera), 
For Mezzo-Soprano, Cello, Piano

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Images

Press Pack 

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Contact

General Management

Andrew Logan | Director
info@loganartsmanagement.com
T : +44 (0) 141 404 7444