Ding Sng is a multi-style violinist, composer and producer from Singapore.

Bio

Ding Sng is a multi-style violinist, composer and producer from Singapore. His music fuses his contemporary jazz and classical education with his cultural heritage: the folk melodies and polyphonic textures of Southeast Asian folk music.
As a soloist, bandleader and sideman, he has performed in diverse instrumentations at venues such as the Berklee Performance Center, Harvard CAMLAb Caves, Shalin Liu Performance Center, the University of Vermont and Boston University Agganis Arena, with esteemed artists such as NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron and jazz vocalist Lalah Hathaway, as well as toured with fiddle giants Darol Anger and Mike Marshall, in the United States.
As a composer, arranger and producer, he has received commissions for string orchestra, multi-media and fusion ensembles (“Black Coffee with a Hint of Sugar”  featuring Berklee faculty Jason Anick / "Displacement and Disappearance” for Berklee Malaysian Students’ Association / “Distant Green Valley” (Silkroad Ensemble) for the Berklee Global Strings Ensemble) which have premiered at the Berklee Performance Center in 2023 and Harvard CAMLab Cave in 2024.
He is a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music, where he was a Berklee World Tour Scholarship recipient and majored in Contemporary Writing & Production and Violin Performance (Jazz, Classical and World styles). He is fortunate to have studied under the tutelage of jazz violinists Jason Anick and Sara Caswell, violinist/violist Julianne Lee, esteemed cellist and conductor Eugene Friesen, composer and educator Richard Carrick and composer and producer Danny McIntyre.
March 7th, 2025 marks the release of his debut full-length album 「tell me a story」which fuses contemporary classical, jazz and rock with Southeast Asian folk melodies and textures. He is a firm believer in the future and the importance of traditional music in a contemporary setting.

PERFORMANCE REEL

Tell Me a Story   —   Live with Ding Sng (violin), Isaac Oksman (piano), Johnny Levine (bass) and Bota Chen (drums). Performed at Berklee Recital Hall 1A in Boston, 2024.
Sentimental Animal   —   Live with Ding Sng and Clara Chisholm (violin), Tao Zhengye (viola), Queralt Giralt (cello), Johnny Levine (upright bass), Isaac Oksman (piano) and Bota Chen (drums). Performed at Berklee Recital Hall 1A in Boston, 2024.
Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)   —   Live with Ding Sng (violin) and Clara Stein (vocals/guitar) in Singapore, 2024.
Improvisation   —   with Isaac Oksman on piano, commemorating our weekly ritual of improvising together during our time at Berklee College of music. Performed at Berklee Recital Hall 1A in Boston, 2024.

CONTACT

All scores are self-published and available directly from the composer.
Please email: dingdoesmusic@gmail.com
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