Heralded for his “powerfully expressive voice” (Washington Post, May 2009), Stephen Ng is known as an opera, oratorio, recital, and new music performer. On the operatic stage, he was featured as the tenor soloist with De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, in nine performances of the staged version of Stravinsky’s Threni, in which the renowned Peter Sellars was the director.

As a tenor soloist, Stephen has performed all the major works of J.S. Bach, Handel’s Messiah, as well as many major oratorios.  His portrayal of the role of Evangelist in Bach’s Passions has received much acclaim, and he has performed with major early music groups such as Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Washington Bach Consort, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Carmel Bach Festival, Amherst Early Music Festival, and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.  Stephen’s other engagements also include performing with Festival Internacional Cervantino (Guanajuato, Mexico), Theatre of Voices, Schönberg Ensemble (Amsterdam), Tanglewood Music Festival, Berklee College of Music, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hong Kong Sinfonietta, working with conductors such as James Levine, Nicolas McGegan, Paul Hillier, Reinbert de Leeuw, J. Reilly Lewis, Daniel Reuss, and Gennady Rozhdestvensky. With great interest in contemporary music, he was invited to perform in the Lucerne Festival Academy 2006, under the direction of Pierre Boulez, and has accepted an invitation for a return appearance at the Lucerne Festival Academy 2009 will he perform Sinfonia by Luciano Berio.

Stephen’s recording of Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Vanished was recently released by Clear Note Publications. Of this disc, Gregory Berg of Journal of Singing writes “Stephen Ng, a tenor with an impressively eclectic resume, is simply superb in every respect.  His voice is gorgeous and distinctive, and it rises to certain soft climaxes with impressive lyricism, yet when thundering high Cs are demanded in the climactic final song, those are delivered with unstinting vigor and freedom. He negotiates this complex score with rare assurance and musicality, and for the most part leaves the listener unaware of the vocal rigors that this score surely presents.”

In addition to his 2009 engagements which include performances with Berlin’s RIAS Kammerchor and Vocalconsort Berlin, Stephen Ng is the recipient of a Stetson University 2009 sabbatical and will be traveling throughout Germany and Austria pursuing various artistic opportunities. In 2008, he received an invitation to attend England’s prestigious Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme.  Part of the international Aldeburgh Festival, Stephen worked with the dynamic British conductor Richard Egarr and English counter-tenor Michael Chance.  Stephen also participated in Songfest 2008 at Pepperdine University, Malibu, California. As a ‘Stern Fellow’ selected nationwide for this vastly competitive summer program, he studied in classes and private coachings with Graham Johnson, John Harbison, and Martin Katz. As a 2007 Vocal Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Stephen worked with James Levine and Phyllis Curtin. 

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Stephen Ng began his vocal training at St. Paul’s College, Hong Kong as an active choir member, and graduated with First Class Honour at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Subsequently, he received his Master of Music at the New England Conservatory of Music and Doctor of Music at Indiana University.  Currently, he is Associate Professor of Voice at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. 

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