JEFFREY CHING | COMPOSER
|
News
JEFFREY CHING
WORLD PREMIERE / Uraufführung »Fenghuang Singing« für Mezzosopran, Orchester und Fernorchester Uraufführung Andión Fernández Mezzosopran Magdeburgische Philharmonie Armando Merino, Dirigenten In Kooperation mit dem IMPULS-Festival für Neue Musik Sachsen-Anhalt Jeffrey Ching 
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 16 MARCH 2019 For more details, click here 
EventsSelected Dates
FORTHCOMING PROJECTS 2021 18 April 2021 | 7.30pm | Mendelssohn-Remise | Jägerstraße 51, 10117 Berlin W. A. Mozart/Jeffrey Ching: Grande quartetto concertante in A major for violin, viola, violoncello, and piano (after the Sinfonia Concertante in A major completed by Jeffrey Ching on the basis of the fragments KV Anh. 104 (320e) and KV Anh. 72 (646a) and the Adagio in E, KV 261, by W. A. Mozart (world premiere) Jeffrey Ching: New Work for unaccompanied viola Gutmann-Maile Ensemble Berlin Further Performances TBA | Theater Erfurt | Erfurt (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Julie et Mao (commissioned work of Theater Erfurt based on Le palanquin des larmes and Concerto de fleuve jaune by Chow Ching-Lie) 13 March 2021 | 7.30pm | Theater Erfurt | Erfurt (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Julie et Mao (commissioned work of Theater Erfurt based on Le palanquin des larmes and Concerto de fleuve jaune by Chow Ching-Lie) Jeffrey Ching and Bernard Uzan, libretto Guy Montavon, stage direction Erfurt Philharmonic Conductor TBA 2020 2 August 2020 | Cultural Center of the Philippines | Manila (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Before Brabant (world premiere of orchestral version with animation and lighting direction) Alberto Rodríguez, lighting and animation director Manila Symphony Orchestra Kiril Stankow, conductor TBA Jeffrey Ching: “Schweig und sei still!” (…un lume acceso…) for soprano, 6-12 celli, and piano (Monodrama after Verdi’s Otello) (world premiere) Kirsten Borchard, soprano and reciter Matias de Oliveira Pinto, music director 2019 14-15 November 2019 | Theater Magdeburg/Opernhaus | Magdeburg (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Fenghuang Singing for soprano, solo trumpet, piccolo/flute, bass clarinet, horn, 2 harps, 2 percussionists, and string orchestra (commissioned work of the IMPULS Festival für Neue Musik in Sachsen-Anhalt in co-production with Magdeburgische Philharmonie and Staatsorchester Braunschweig) Andión Fernández, soprano Martin Weller, solo trumpet Armando Merino, conductor 20 October 2019 | 8.00pm | Cairo Opera House (Small Hall) | Cairo, Egypt Jeffrey Ching: Piano Trio No. 3, “Notas para una cartografía de Filipinas" (world premiere of version for piano trio) Manila Piano Trio Denise Santos-Huang, violin Antoni Josef Inacay, cello Abelard Galang, piano 11 September 2019 | The LASALLE College of the Arts | 1 NcNally Street | Singapore Jeffrey Ching: Grand Sonata “Superklavier” for piano keyboard, piano strings, three piano pedals, bottleneck slide, plectrum, rubber mallet, felt mallet, and long rod (Singaporean premiere) Moritz Ernst, piano 8 September 2019 | University of the Philippines (Manila) Jeffrey Ching: Grand Sonata “Superklavier” for piano keyboard, piano strings, three piano pedals, bottleneck slide, plectrum, rubber mallet, felt mallet, and long rod (world premiere) Moritz Ernst, piano 5 September 2019 | German Embassy Manila (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Finale (Fuga: Presto) from Grand Sonata “Superklavier” for piano keyboard, piano strings, three piano pedals, bottleneck slide, plectrum, rubber mallet, felt mallet, and long rod (world premiere) Moritz Ernst, piano 1 September 2019 | 6.00pm | Powermac Center Spotlight, Circuit Makati (Manila, Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Celestial-Infernal Grand Nuptial Rite (world premiere of version with full orchestra) Andión Fernández, mezzo-soprano Matias de Oliveira Pinto, violoncello Manila Symphony Orchestra Marlon Chen, conductor 1 September 2019 | 6.00pm | Powermac Center Spotlight, Circuit Makati (Manila, Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Cadenzas to F. J. Haydn/Cello Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 (world premiere) Matias de Oliveira Pinto, violoncello Manila Symphony Orchestra Marlon Chen, conductor 26 August 2019 | Vilnius (Lithuania) Jeffrey Ching: Finis coronat finis (transcription and completion of Contrapunctus 14 from J. S. Bach’s Die Kunst der Fuge) for two guitars and strings (dedicated to Reinbert Evers on his 70th birthday) (world premiere) Reinbert Evers, Li Xingye, guitars St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra Vilnius Donatas Katkus, conductor 17 August 2019 | 6.30pm | Far Eastern University Auditorium | Manila (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Cadenzas and Eingänge to F. J. Haydn/Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11 (world premiere) Jeffrey Fernandez Ching (Jnr), piano Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra Jeffrey Solares, conductor 1 July 2019 | 8.00pm | Universität der Künste Berlin | Carl-Flesch-Saal, Bundesallee 1-12, 10719 Berlin Jeffrey Ching: Sonaten nach Chaos (Berlin premiere) Li Xingye, guitar 21 June 2019 | 5.00pm | Fête de la musique | Universität der Künste Berlin | Joseph-Joachim-Konzertsaal, Bundesallee 1-12, 10719 Berlin Jeffrey Ching: Eingänge and cadenza to F. J. Haydn/Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11 (first movement only) I. Vivace Jeffrey Fernandez Ching (Jnr), piano I Julia Stefan, piano II 25 May 2019 | 7.30pm | Theater Magdeburg Schauspielhaus | Magdeburg (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: The True Story of King Kong 12 May 2019 | 6.00pm | Theater Magdeburg Schauspielhaus | Magdeburg (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: The True Story of King Kong 20 April 2019 | 8.00pm | Auditório do Hotel Verdes Mares VI | Festival de Violoncelos de Ouro Branco (Brazil) Jeffrey Ching: Broken Madrigals (Three Rants after Shakespeare's King Lear) (South American premiere/world premiere of version for 12 cellos and percussionist) 20 April 2019 | 7.30pm | Theater Magdeburg Schauspielhaus | Magdeburg (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: The True Story of King Kong 29 March 2019 | 7.30pm | Theater Magdeburg Schauspielhaus | Magdeburg (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: The True Story of King Kong 24 March 2019 | 7.30pm | Theater Magdeburg Schauspielhaus | Magdeburg (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: The True Story of King Kong 16 March 2019 | 7.30pm | Theater Magdeburg Schauspielhaus | Magdeburg (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: The True Story of King Kong for 8 singers, 6 puppeteers, and chamber orchestra (world premiere of co-production of Theater Magdeburg Opernhaus and Puppentheater Magdeburg) Roscha Saidow, libretto, puppet design, and stage direction James Bobby (Kong/Bass 1) Nicholas Morris (Chief of Police/Bass 2) Andion Fernandez (Miranda/Alto 1) Polly Ott (Boy of New York/Soprano 2) Caitlin Redding (Judge/Alto 2) Bradley Smith (Denham/Tenor 1) Lauren Urquhart (Ann/Soprano 1) Kim Schrader (Waiter/Tenor 2) Magdeburgische Philharmonie Kiril Stankow, conductor 2018
30 November 2018 | 8.00pm | Meralco Theater | Manila (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Par Clemenza pour Clement (after L. v. Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61) (world premiere of work commissioned by friends in Hong Kong) Iskandar Widjaja, violin Manila Symphony Orchestra Darrell Ang, conductor 23 November 2018 | 7.30pm | Schwartzsche Villa | Grunewaldstr. 55, 12165 Berlin-Steglitz (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Souvenir des Song for solo cello (European premiere) Benjamin Walbrodt, cello 17 August 2018 | 8.00pm | Korea International Guitar Festival, Yangpyeong Jeffrey Ching: Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar Reinbert Evers, guitar 9 August 2018 | 6.30pm | Ayala Museum Manila (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Sa Ugoy ng Duyan (world premiere) Andión Fernández, soprano Manila Symphony Orchestra Marlon Chen, conductor 7 August 2018 | 7.00pm | Ayala Museum Manila (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Trittico Criptico for unaccompanied cello Matias de Oliveira Pinto, cello 2 August 2018 | 7.00pm | Concert of the German Embassy Manila (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Trittico Criptico for unaccompanied cello (Asian premiere) Jeffrey Ching/Robert Schumann: Kundiman ni Schumann (Adagio und Adagio nach Robert Schumann) for voice, cello, and piano (arrangement with soprano obbligato of Schumann’s Op. 70/Adagio and Op. 73/No. 1) Andión Fernández, soprano Matias de Oliveira Pinto, cello Mariel Illusorio, piano 28 May 2018 | 8.00pm | KlangZeit-Festival Münster | Foyer des LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, Münster (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Carl Philipp Emanuel in the Gardens of China, Twenty Ariettas for stationary soprano, ambulatory speaker, harpsichord, B-flat/E-flat/bass clarinet, trombone, double bass, and two percussionists (world premiere of commissioned work of the KlangZeit-Festival Münster) Andión Fernández, soprano Nino Saakadze, harpsichord Jeffrey Ching, ambulatory speaker Valerio Sannicandro, conductor 12 May 2018 | 7.30pm | Atelier Anna Wiesinger | Kulturelle Landpartie Wendland 2018 | StudioRUBIN, Lucieweg 15, 29439 Künsche bei Lüchow (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Chagraveäll and Bocchecasso (from Trittico criptico) Matias de Oliveira Pinto, violoncello 11 May 2018 | 7.30pm | Atelier Anna Wiesinger | Kulturelle Landpartie Wendland 2018 | StudioRUBIN, Lucieweg 15, 29439 Künsche bei Lüchow (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Chagraveäll and Bocchecasso (from Trittico criptico) Matias de Oliveira Pinto, violoncello 7 May 2018 | 7.30pm | Konzertsaal der Musikhochschule Münster (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar (world premiere of complete work) Jeffrey Ching: Bocchecasso (from Trittico criptico) for solo cello (world premiere) Reinbert Evers, guitar Matias de Oliveira Pinto, cello 24 March 2018 | 6.00pm | Chiesa della Crocelle al Chiatamone | Naples (Italy) Jeffrey Ching: Corde Natus (from Qi-cento) Jeffrey Ching: Sonata domenica (sopra due sonate di Domenico Scarlatti) (Italian premiere) Andión Fernández, soprano Alberto Urroz, piano 7 January 2018 | St Bernhard’s Church | Berlin-Dahlem (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Corde Natus (from Qi-cento) Andión Fernández, soprano Jeffrey Ching, organ 2017 13 December 2017 | 7.00pm | Special Concert to celebrate 70 years of Spanish-Philippine relations | Instituto Cervantes, Rosenstr. 18-19, Berlin Jeffrey Ching: Cuatro Haikus Madrileños Jeffrey Ching: Sonata domenica (sopra due sonate di Domenico Scarlatti) (German premiere) Andión Fernández, soprano Alberto Urroz, piano 27 November 2017 | 7.00pm | Richard-Wagner-Verband Berlin-Brandenburg | Tertianum-Residenz, Passauer Str. 5-7, Berlin Jeffrey Ching/Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Sonata for voice, viola, and piano (German premiere of version with viola) Jeffrey Ching: Kundiman ni Schumann (Adagio und Adagio nach Robert Schumann) for voice, viola, and piano (arrangement with soprano obbligato of Schumann’s Op. 70/Adagio and Op. 73/No. 1) (German premiere of version with viola) Jeffrey Ching: Cuatro Haikus Madrileños (German premiere)* Andión Fernández, soprano Yossi Gutmann, viola Kiai Nara, piano *Jeffrey Ching, piano 12 November 2017 | 6.00pm | Musiksalon Friedenau, Bundesallee 76a, Berlin Jeffrey Ching/Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Sonata (German premiere of version with violin) Jeffrey Ching: Spohr’s Last Thoughts (German premiere of version for mezzo-soprano, violin scordatura, and piano) Jeffrey Ching: Fiori di Bulgari for unaccompanied violin (world premiere) Andión Fernández, mezzo-soprano Krassimira Jeliazkova, violin Patrick Walliser, piano 25 October 2017 | Edison Denisov Festival | Tomsk (Russia) Jeffrey Ching: Sonatas II, III, IV from Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar Reinbert Evers, guitar 9 October 2017 | 8.30pm | Igreja Matriz de Santo Antônio | Semana da Música de Ouro Branco (Brazil) Jeffrey Ching: Sonatas II, IV from Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar (South American premiere) Reinbert Evers, guitar 3 October 2017 | 6pm | 8. Hörfest Neue Musik 2017 | Hangar 21, Detmold (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Sonatas II, IV from Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar (German premiere) Reinbert Evers, guitar 3 October 2017 | 5.00pm | Ein Wochenende mit Gitarre/Abschluss- und Ensemblekonzert | Konzertsaal der Musikhochschule Münster (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Canon for the King of Zhou for eight groups of guitars (European premiere) 26 September-7 October 2017 | Asian Tour of the Mandelring Quartet (Manila - Hong Kong - Singapore) sponsored by Goethe Institut Manila, Goethe Institut Hong Kong, Goethe Institut Singapore, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Hong Kong Baptist University, the Singapore International Festival of Music (SIFOM) 2017, and LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore) 3 October 2017 | 7.30pm | LASALLE College of the Arts | Singapore International Festival of Music (SIFOM) 30 September 2017 | 7.30pm | University of Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery 29 September 2017 | 1.30pm | Hong Kong Baptist University 27 September 2017 | 7.30pm | Cultural Center of the Philippines Jeffrey Ching: Quartett-Dissonanzen (after Mozart's Dissonanzen-Quartett, KV 465) for string quartet (commissioned work of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and dedicated to the Mandelring Quartet) (world premiere) Mandelring Quartet Sebastian Schmidt, violin I Nanette Schmidt, violin II Andreas Willwohl, viola Bernhard Schmidt, cello 23 September 2017 | Renaissancesaal des Schlosses Erbhof | Bremen (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Adagio und Adagio nach Robert Schumann (arranged from Schumann’s Op. 70/Adagio and Op. 73/No. 1) (world premiere of version with alto saxophone) Asya Fateyeva, alto saxophone Matias de Oliveira Pinto, cello Risa Adachi, piano 22 September 2017 | 8.00pm | Special Concert on the Day of Foundation of the Staatskapelle Dresden | Palais im Grossen Garten | Dresden (Germany) W. A. Mozart/Jeffrey Ching: Sinfonia Concertante in A major for violin, viola, and violoncello (completion and adaptation by Jeffrey Ching on the basis of the fragments KV Anh. 104 (320e) and 72 (464a), and the Adagio in E, KV 261, by W. A. Mozart) (commissioned work of the Lady Fung Music Fellowship) Matthias Wollong, solo violin Sebastian Herberg, solo viola Norbert Anger, solo violoncello Staatskapelle Dresden Michail Jurowski, conductor N.B. This concert was broadcast live on MDR Kultur and MDR Klassik at 8.05pm CET 3 September 2017 | 7.30pm | Chengdu (China) Jeffrey Ching: Sonatas II, IV from Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar Reinbert Evers, guitar 25 August 2017 | 7.30pm | Closing Concert | Manila GuitarFest 2017 (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Canon for the King of Zhou for eight groups of guitars (world premiere) Alberto Mesa, conductor 23 August 2017 | 7.30pm | Manila GuitarFest 2017 (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Sonatas II, IV from Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar Reinbert Evers, guitar 21 August 2017 | 7.00pm | Gala Concert | Manila GuitarFest 2017 (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Sonatas II, IV from Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar Reinbert Evers, guitar 16 August 2017 | 7.00pm | Concert of the German Embassy Manila (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Sonatas II, IV from Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar (Asian premiere) Jeffrey Ching: Strange Songs for Children for voice and guitar (world premiere)* Andión Fernández, soprano Reinbert Evers, guitar *Jeffrey Ching, reciter 13 August 2017 | 6.00pm | Ayala Museum Manila (Philippines) Jeffrey Ching: Cuatro Haikus Madrileños (Asian premiere) Andión Fernández, soprano Dr. Abelardo Galang II, piano 6 August 2017 | 8.45pm | Mendigorría International Music Festival (Spain) Jeffrey Ching: Sonata domenica (sopra due sonate di Domenico Scarlatti) Alberto Urroz, piano 30 July 2017 | 8.45pm | Mendigorría International Music Festival (Spain) Jeffrey Ching: Ständchen, Erlchen, Gretchen (nach Franz Schubert) for voice and piano quintet (world premiere of commissioned work of the Mendigorría International Music Festival for the 220th birth anniversary of Franz Schubert) Jeffrey Ching: Erstes Gesang der Frühe (nach Robert Schumann, Op. 133/I) (world premiere) Andión Fernández, soprano Alberto Urroz, piano Cuarteto Diapente 24 July 2017 | 7.00pm | ICon Arts Festival Sibiu | Biertan, Transylvania (Romania) Jeffrey Ching: Sonatas II, IV from Sonaten nach Chaos for solo guitar (world premiere) Reinbert Evers, guitar 31 May 2017 | 7.30pm | Konzertsaal der Musikhochschule Münster (Germany) Jeffrey Ching: Celestial-Infernal Grand Nuptial Rite Andión Fernández, mezzo-soprano Matias de Oliveira Pinto, violoncello Ensemble der Musikhochschule Münster Valerio Sannicandro, conductor 26 May 2017 | 1.00pm | St John the Baptist Church, Wimbledon (UK) Jeffrey Ching/Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Sonata (UK premiere) Alexandra Weaver, soprano Krassimira Jeliazkova, violin Elizabeth Mucha, piano 8-9 March 2017 | Studio recording: Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore) Jeffrey Ching: Notas para una cartografía de Filipinas (world premiere CD recording) Albert Tiu, piano and mallet 11 February 2017 | Musikhochschule, Münster (Germany) Jeffrey Ching/Maurice Ravel: Habanera en forme de trialogue (world premiere of version for alto saxophone, violoncello, and piano) Asya Fatayeva, alto saxophone Matias de Oliveira Pinto, violoncello Risa Adachi, piano |
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. For the rest of Jeffrey's biography, click here VideosFor more videos from Jeffrey, click here
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 For a list of completed works, click here Images
Press Pack
For Jeffrey's press pack, click here
Contact |
T : +44 (0) 141 404 7444 M : +44 (0) 7841 582 851 | E : info@loganartsmanagement.com | W : www.loganartsmanagement.com
