Wang Zheng-Ting
Wang Zheng Ting is a composer and master performer of the sheng (Chinese mouth organ). He graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and had performed with many leading Chinese orchestras before migrated to Australia in the late 1980s.
Working as a freelance artist, Ting has lectured and performed widely in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, North America and Europe. He is the founding member and director of the Australian Chinese Music Ensemble. He has also been very active in collaborations with non-Chinese musicians to create Australian cross-cultural music. His book Chinese Music in Australia: Victoria, 1850s to mid-1990s was published by the Australia Asia Foundation in 1997. He has recently completed a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology at the University of Melbourne.
Wang Zheng-Ting is featured on the following titles
Scent of Time
Six Australian composers take Asian instruments and voices beyond their own traditions. From dan tranh and sheng to shakuhachi and erhu, the programme is cross-cultural concert music at its most exploratory.
Composer
Wang Zheng-Ting also appears on
The Marvellous World of George Dreyfus, Vol. 2
The second volume of marvellous music from one of Australia’s favourite composers, George Dreyfus. The programme ranges across folk ballads, choral suites, film and television themes, chamber works and solo showpieces, and gives a clear view of his many-sided craft.
Wang Zheng-Ting is a member of
Australian Chinese Music Ensemble
Comprising Wang Zheng-Ting (sheng), Dong Qiuming (dizi), Tao Wennliang (erhu), and Gu Chuen (yangqin) and founded in 1989, the ensemble's musical skill and mastery of both traditional and contemporary Chinese music has taken it to many festivals throughout Australia.