Ng Pei-Sian was Commonwealth Musician of the Year in 2007, winner of the Gold Medal and First Prize at the 55th Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition, London. He has performed concertos with many orchestras in Europe and Asia, including the major Australian symphony orchestras. Pei-Sian performed Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger Cello Concerto with the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra under the baton of the Academy Award-winning composer and has also performed with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Cho-Liang Lin and Renaud Capuçon.
Born in Sydney in 1984, he began studies in Adelaide with Barbara Yelland and later with Janis Laurs at the Elder Conservatorium of Music before winning the prestigious Elder Overseas Scholarship to study at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Pei-Sian's studies under Ralph Kirshbaum culminated in his award of the RNCM Gold Medal, the college's highest prize.
Pei-Sian is currently Principal Cellist of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and performs on a 2020 Paolo Vettori “David” cello, Florence.
