JEFFREY CHING | COMPOSER
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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 News & EventsSelected Highlights
For more details, click here 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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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
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