Ning Kam
Hailed by Strad magazine as a “strong artistic personality”, Singaporean violinist, Ning Kam has gone on to perform all over the globe both as soloist and chamber musician. She was the Second Prizewinner at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in2001 and was praised by Belgium’s De Standaard as “manifestly the best violinist of the competition”. She also won the Flemish Radio and TelevisionAudience Prize in that year. She has performed under the batons of conductors such as Yehudi Menuhin, Lorin Maazel, Okku Kamu, Lan Shui, Louis Langree and with orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, National Orchestra of Belgium, Liege Philharmonic, Singapore SymphonyOrchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic and City of London Sinfonia. Ning has also collaborated in chamber music with Yehudi Menuhin, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Marie Hallynck, Louis Lortie amongst many others.
As a recording artist, she has released Transatlantic under the Cypres label, Cicada, dedicated solely to the music of Kam Kee Yong and her recording of August De Boeck’s Violin Concerto with the Flemish RadioOrchestra conducted by Marc Soustrot, under the Etcetera label. In 2013, she released Road Movies with pianist Albert Tiu under the Meridian Records label and most recently released her latest recording, Works for Violin and Piano with pianist, Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort under the Etcetera label. Her recordings have been given rave reviews by American Record Guide,Fanfare and Crescendo magazines.
In October 2002, Ning was invited to perform at the National Inauguration of the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay Concert Hall inSingapore and has broadcasted on Singapore’s Symphony 92.4FM, BBC Radio 3,Klara and Musique 3 in Belgium and CBC Radio Canada. As a visionary artist with a reputation for musical integrity and imagination, Ning also has a particular love for contemporary music. Between 2011 and 2017, she was the ArtisticDirector of Het Kamerorkest Brugge, a conductorless chamber orchestra with a focus on 20th and 21st century music. Under her leadership and adventurous programming, the HKOB earned a reputation as an orchestra with innovative energy for a new generation in classical music. She also regularly guest directs the strings of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie. As an active chamber musician, Ning is part of the Kheops Ensemble. She is also a founding member of Loco Motive, a bluegrass, jazz and funk trio with cellist, Sebastien Walnier and bassist, LisaDe Boos.
Ning plays on a 1668 Nicolas Amati on generous loan from the Rin Collection, Singapore.