Left on the picture: Kelsey Wong Yan Yun & right on the picture: Ashley Ng Rui En
Ashley Ng Rui En, 12, aspires to be a pianist. She is a multiple award winner in piano competitions and has performed in numerous piano festivals held in Poland, Hungary and Singapore. Ashley is under the tutelage of Ms Christine Gan.
She is a First Prize winner and was invited to perform in Rome, Italy (at Auditorium Parco della Musica) and Vienna (at Glaserner Saal, Musikverein).
She will be performing at Carnegie Hall New York for the Winners Recital in coming Dec 2019, being chosen as a First Place Winner of the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition Spring 2019.
Ashley debut Mozart piano concerto no.1 in A major KV414 with the Festive Chamber Orchestra from Lublin Philharmonic under Conductor Professor Kazimierz Brzozowski in Poland in July 2017 and performed with Dohnanyi Erno Symphony Orchestra in Hungary in June 2019. Other performance venues include invitation to perform in Singapore National Museum in April 2019 and Singapore National Gallery in Feb 2017.
Ashley performed in the Piano Marathon 2017 fundraising event organized by Steinway Gallery Singapore, which this event officially achieved the Longest Piano Performance in the Singapore Book of Records.
She also enjoys performing in projects such as Bach in the Subway and STMA Music platform at Yong Siew Toh Music Conservatory. She gives back to the society by performing at the Alexandra Hospital Singapore for the staff and patients.
Wong Yan Yun Kelsey 12, learning the piano at the age of 6. She wishes to be a fine pianist to help raise fund for less fortunate children. In June 2014 she performed at the Singapore-Beijing SMART Recital. In August 2014 she participated in the Asia Arts Festival and won Silver Award. In November 2014, she got Gold Certificate when she performed at 3rd Arts NOVA Festival and perform at Gala Concert in December 14. She performed at the prize winners’ concert in early February 2015 at the Library @ Esplanade. In February 2015 she won the 1st prize ‘Grand Prize Virtuoso’ UK.
She performed her recital at Carnegie Hall in New York on July 2015 when she was awarded the first-place winner of her American Protégé International Music Talent Competition Spring 2015. After back from New York, she participated in Asia Music Competition in July 15 at Taiwan and manage to get bronze in her category. In August 2015, she represented Park View Primary School at the East Zone Music Competition 2015 and won 2nd place Silver award. She had her recitals at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, NUS on November 2016 and Kawai Recital Hall, Singapore on December 2016. She had also performed in National Gallery Singapore: Resonates with Steinway Rising Star Series in Feb 2017 and participated in Bach in the Subway in Mar 2017.
She got Second Prize Winner in Best Brahms Performance with her Duo Partner Ashley Ng in May 2017 and First in Best Grieg Solo performance as well as first in Artist of the Year (1st Edition, Season 2016/17) in June 2017, held by Great Composers Competition. She also participated in International Music Festival where she performed duet in Brahms Hungarian dance no. 1 and Moszkowski Spanish dance no. 2, together with 2 solo pieces of Sunflower and Mozart 12 variations K265, and performed Haydn Concerto in D major on the finale concert. The event was held from 18 to 28 July 2017 at Naleczow-Poland.
She also participated in the SPAF competition and clinched 3 gold awards for solo and two duets on 12th August 2017. She then represented Park View Primary School in the East Zone Music Competition and won 3rd prize on 25th August 2017. In October 2017, she participated in the Batam Piano Competition and clinched 4th place.
In January 2018, she took part in the Singapore Piano Island Festival (first edition). She then performed a Bach recital in Bach in the Subway on 24th March 2018.
