Jeffrey Ching

Jeffrey Ching (Chinese: 莊祖欣; pinyin: Zhuāng Zǔxīn, born 4 November 1965) is a contemporary classical composer. He was born in the Philippines, to Chinese parents. He is married to the operatic soprano Andión Fernández and has two children.

His opera The Orphan [de] was given in the Theater Erfurt in 2009.

Selected works

• Concerto da camera
• Horologia sinica
• Kunstkabinett
• Notas para una cartografía de Filipinas
• Terra Kytaorum
• Symphony No. 1 in C major (prem. 1981)
• Symphony No. 2, "The Imp of the Perverse"
• Symphony No. 3, "Rituals"
• Symphony No. 4, "Souvenir des Ming"
• Symphony No. 5, "Kunstkammer"

References

Further reading

• Hila, Antonio C. "Understanding the Early Music of Jeffrey Ching: An Erudite Composer", Unitas, Vol. 75, No. 3, Sept. 2002, pp. 454–75. ISSN 0041-7149
• Programme brochure for Weltblech concert, Berlin, 9 January 2001.
• Programme brochure for the Kammerorchester Berlin IV. Abonnementkonzert, Berlin, 1 March 2006.
• Xu, Jing (徐靜). "Zhuang Zuxin: Meilidi xuanlü rensheng" (庄祖欣: 美丽的旋律人生), Guangming ribao (光明日報), 15 September 2006.
• Orosa, Rosalinda L. "Ching Amazes", The Philippine Star, 28 October 2006.
• Programme brochure for Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra concert, Shanghai International Arts Festival, 17 November 2006.
• Orosa, Rosalinda L. "Jeffrey Ching: An Update", The Philippine Star, 28 July 2007.
• Programme brochure for the Modern Art Ensemble concert Soundbridges—Neue Musik: Südostasien und Taiwan, Berlin, 16 September 2007.
• Programme brochure for the concert "Zwischen Orient und Okzident: Musikalische Anverwandlungen (3)", Münster, 30 September 2008.

External links

• Official website