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Andy Ng - Senior Violin, Viola and Cello Tutor Andy Ng holds a Masters of Music Degree in Violin Performance from The University of Redlands, California where he received a full scholarship to pursue his studies. On completion he remained in the US and has played with many professional orchestras including the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra and the Redlands Symphony Orchestra. Andy enjoys teaching all ages from two year olds to senior citizens and in group sessions as well as private coaching. He has been teaching since the surprisingly young and tender age of 14 using the widely acclaimed Suzuki Method and even his first students gained distinctions in their music exams. Andy is very much looking forward to working with many of the ensembles at BMA in both a playing and a coaching role.
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Jessica Ding - Violin Tutor Although Jessica Ding only recently graduated from Universiti Malaya with a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Music), she has long been in demand as a violinist of outstanding talent. At the age of only 17, she was awarded an Associate Trinity College London and at 15 a performance certificate on Piano. A very busy session and chamber musician, Jessica is also currently a member of the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. She performed with the Bentley Repertoire Orchestra at the gala concert and official opening of Bentley Music Academy and is looking forward to teaching at BMA and communicating her passion for music to students young and old.
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Jessica Lim - Violin Tutor Beginning her music studies at the age of 5 with the piano, and later the violin, Jessica Lim was awarded a scholarship in 2008 to pursue her Bachelor of Music in Violin performance at University College Sedaya International (UCSI), where she is currently a final year student. Besides her involvement in various chamber music, orchestral, and concert showcases of the school, she has been featured on the Faculty's Dean's List and is also a recipient of the university's Tan Sri Ahmad Razali Merit Award. A member of the Malaysian Youth Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of conductor Kevin Field, she has also performed with various other ensembles including the KL Performing Arts Centre Orchestra and the National Youth Symphony Orchestra, a collective experience which has granted her the opportunity to work with diverse and esteemed names such as Yossif Ivanov, Randy Brecker, Cesario Costa, and Warren Mok.
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Elizabeth Chua - Violin Tutor Elizabeth Chua began her musical journey at an early age with her first piano lesson at the age of 7 and obtained her ABRSM Grade 8 in piano at the age of 16. In 2011, she graduated from UCSI University with a Bachelor of Music - Classical (Hons) Degree in piano performance. In 2011, Elizabeth presented two solo piano recitals and one chamber concert featuring her talents as a pianist, soprano and violinist. Apart from being a solo pianist, she also performs actively as an accompanist. In November 2010, she accompanied a well known violinist at the Pope’s Messenger Arrival Ceremony at The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Additionally, she accompanied violinists in the Opening Ceremony of The International Chopin Piano Competition in 2010 and frequently accompanies instrumentalists for their diploma examinations. Elizabeth started violin classes at the age of 19 and remarkably took only three years to obtain her ABRSM Grade 8 in Violin. She performs actively in public and at private occasions and has been a member of the KLPAC Orchestra since 2010. .
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Florian Antier - Senior Cello Tutor Born in France in December 1982, Florian Antier began his musical studies at the young age of 5 and made quick progress which led him to win a unanimous First Prize in cello performance at Aix-en-Provence Darius Milhaud Conservatory as well as a First Prize at the Vatelot-Rampal competition at 16 years of age. He was subsequently admitted into the Superior Conservatory of Paris as a pupil of Dominique de Willencourt (cello) and Paul Bouffil (chamber music) and concurrently obtained an Art and Music history, theory and cello performance baccalaureate from La Fontaine College in Paris. At age 17 he was admitted, after winning a first place at the auditions, into the National Superior Conservatory of Music in Paris where he furthered his studies with, to name a few, Roland Pidoux and his assistant Xavier Philips, both internationally renowned cello solo performers and teachers, which allowed him to deeply immerse into the long complex and significant tradition of the well respected French Cello School founded over centuries by cello legends such as the Duport Brothers, Pierre Fournier, Andre Navarra, Maurice Gendron, Paul Tortelier. With a rich instrumental technical background and a great musical sensitivity along with 22 years experience playing the cello in a wide variety of professional level solo, chamber music and orchestra repertoires, he now enthusiastically shares his in-depth knowledge of the cello with pupils of all ages and aspirations in Malaysia, as well as doing replacements at the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, performing as a chamber music musician and accompanying local variety artists.
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Chia E Man - Cello Tutor Chia E Man graduated from the Malaysian Institute of Art with a Diploma in Music in 2002 and is now an active performer and Cello Instructor for Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA), ASWARA AKEDEMI and University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He has played for almost every professional orchestra in Malaysia including the National Symphony Orchestra, RTM and DBKL and is in constant demand as a session musician for radio, television and touring with well known artistes. He also travels regularly to both Singapore and Indonesia to perform.
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Eugenia Lou - Senior Double Bass Tutor The double bass is not always everyone's first choice of instrument but to Eugenia it is her passion. She studied under Wolfgang Steike, formally of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and currently Principal Bass of Malaysian Philharmonic and was Principal double bass of the MPYO herself for many years. She also played with the Asian Youth Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia. Many of Eugenia's students initially took up double bass as a second instrument and many, particularly pianists who have limited performance opportunities, continue to do so. It is much easier to master than the violin and is an instrument as easily at home with jazz as on a classical stage.
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