Cheng Jin Koh
Writing music characterized by “lyrical centers,” that “channeled spirituality” and “vehemence” (The Straits Times), composer and yangqin performer Cheng Jin Koh strives to transcend cultural boundaries with imaginative storytelling and music making. She was recently a grant winner of the New York State Council on the Arts and commissioned composer for the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art centennial celebrations and Singapore International Violin Competition. Her collaborators include the Central Conservatory of Music in China, Singapore Symphony Orchestra , Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Ding Yi Music Company, American Guild of Organists, Verona Quartet, Bergamot Quartet, among many others. Some of her most significant accolades are a BMI Foundation Young Composer (William Schuman) Prize, an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Palmer Dixon and Gena Raps Chamber Music Prizes (both from Juilliard), and the Society of New Music Brian Israel Prize. Festivals that have featured her music include the Singapore International Festival of Arts and Singapore International Piano Festival. Having completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at Juilliard, she is currently a PhD MacCracken doctoral fellow at New York University (GSAS).
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