Recipient of a Conducting Fellowship with the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen (AACA) in 2013, Johnny Ng made his debut with the AACA Orchestra in July the same year. He is currently serving as the Assistant Music Director & Conductor for the Hong Kong Children’s Symphony Orchestra; and Guest Conductor for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Orchestra and Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra.
A graduate from the Eastman School of Music in New York, Ng studied viola performance under the tutelage of George Taylor and received his Master of Music degree in 2012. Ng also holds a Performer’s Certificate from the John J. Cali School of Music, where he studied with violist Li Honggang from the Shanghai Quartet. In March 2013, he made his appearance with the Shanghai Quartet at the Carnegie Hall in New York.
As a versatile musician, Ng is also an avid conductor and his teachers include Robert Spano, Ken Lam and Mark Scatterday. In March 2012, he was invited to participate in the Conductors Guild’s Conductor Training Workshop at the Cleveland Institute of Music to study with Carl Topilow and Theodore Kuchar. He has served as the Assistant Conductor for the Pasadena Young Musicians’ Orchestra and the Music Director for the San Gabriel Valley Alliance Church in California. He also served as the Assistant Conductor to Ken Lam in Montclair, New Jersey in 2012-2013.