Pei Jee Ng
Australian cellist Pei-Jee Ng joined the RSNO as Principal Cello in May 2023. From 2015 to 2022 he was Co-Principal Cello of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He won the 2008 Young Classical Artists Trust auditions in London and was the 2001 Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year.
In addition to the six major Australian symphony orchestras, he has performed as soloist with Hong Kong Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony, National Taiwan Symphony, Oulu Symphony, Estonian National Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra and London Philharmonic.
In his debut season with the RSNO he performed Shostakovich’s Concerto No1 with Music Director Thomas Søndergård and followed it in the 2024:25 Season with Elena Langer’s ‘The Dong with a Luminous Nose’ and conductor Marzena Diakun.
Pei-Jee is cellist of the Fournier Trio, winners of the 2013 Parkhouse Award and 2nd Prize and Audience Prize at the 2011 Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition. His collaboration with pianist Chiao-Ying Chang garnered them the Libero Lana Prize in Trieste in 2011.
Pei-Jee began cello studies with Barbara Yelland and Janis Laurs in Adelaide before moving to the UK to study extensively with Hannah Roberts and Ralph Kirshbaum in Manchester. He completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Jo Cole, Sung-Won Yang and Thomas Brandis, receiving the Queen’s Commendation for Excellence upon graduation.
He has performed as guest principal cello with orchestras including New Zealand Symphony, Singapore Symphony, BBC Symphony, London Philharmonic and Australian World Orchestra.
Pei-Jee performs on cellos by JB Vuillaume and JF Wright (specially commissioned in 2020).