biography
an elcectic composer
Jun An Chew, a native of Singapore is well-versed with music from both the East and West. Being exposed to ethnic music from a young age, Jun An seeks to present music that exemplifies his diverse influences. Jun An's works is comprised of an eclectic variety of instrumentations; from a piece for tabla and Chinese mandolin ensemble, pieces for the Chinese ethnic orchestra to a piece for symphony orchestra.
Jun An's pieces were played in China, Indonesia, Singapore and the United States. In 2007, Chew Jun An was commissioned by ICO Music and Culture Consultancy Pte Ltd and was the first and only person outside China to have written for the experimental Xi’an Conservatory of Music's Oriental Symphony Orchestra. Jun An has been appointed by the Ding Xiao Yan Ruan Ensemble, Singapore Ruan Ensemble and ICO music and Culture Consultancy Pte Ltd as their young composer-in-residence since 2009 and currently still involved in active collaborations with these groups. In 2012, Jun An collaborated with the Nanyang Ensemble, premiering the Chinese chamber orchestra "Layang-layang" and went on to hold a position on their artistic board since 2015. Jun An was recently conferred the Youth-Prize in the Singapore International Competition for Chinese Orchestral Composition 2015 for his piece "Bale Bengong".
Jun An started his composition studies under the tutelage of Singaporean composer, Mr. Law Wai Lun. Jun An is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in composition at the Peabody Institute under the tutelage of Michael Hersch, having also studied with Amy-Beth Kirsten and Jason Eckardt.
biography
an elcectic composer
Jun An Chew, a native of Singapore is well-versed with music from both the East and West. Being exposed to ethnic music from a young age, Jun An seeks to present music that exemplifies his diverse influences. Jun An's works is comprised of an eclectic variety of instrumentations; from a piece for tabla and Chinese mandolin ensemble, pieces for the Chinese ethnic orchestra to a piece for symphony orchestra.
Jun An's pieces were played in China, Indonesia, Singapore and the United States. In 2007, Chew Jun An was commissioned by ICO Music and Culture Consultancy Pte Ltd and was the first and only person outside China to have written for the experimental Xi’an Conservatory of Music's Oriental Symphony Orchestra. Jun An has been appointed by the Ding Xiao Yan Ruan Ensemble, Singapore Ruan Ensemble and ICO music and Culture Consultancy Pte Ltd as their young composer-in-residence since 2009 and currently still involved in active collaborations with these groups. In 2012, Jun An collaborated with the Nanyang Ensemble, premiering the Chinese chamber orchestra "Layang-layang" and went on to hold a position on their artistic board since 2015. Jun An was recently conferred the Youth-Prize in the Singapore International Competition for Chinese Orchestral Composition 2015 for his piece "Bale Bengong".
Jun An started his composition studies under the tutelage of Singaporean composer, Mr. Law Wai Lun. Jun An is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in composition at the Peabody Institute under the tutelage of Michael Hersch, having also studied with Amy-Beth Kirsten and Jason Eckardt.
biography
an electic composer
Jun An Chew, a native of Singapore is well-versed with music from both the East and West. Being exposed to ethnic music from a young age, Jun An seeks to present music that exemplifies his diverse influences. Jun An's works is comprised of an eclectic variety of instrumentations; from a piece for tabla and Chinese mandolin ensemble, pieces for the Chinese ethnic orchestra to a piece for symphony orchestra.
Jun An's pieces were played in China, Indonesia, Singapore and the United States. In 2007, Chew Jun An was commissioned by ICO Music and Culture Consultancy Pte Ltd and was the first and only person outside China to have written for the experimental Xi’an Conservatory of Music's Oriental Symphony Orchestra. Jun An has been appointed by the Ding Xiao Yan Ruan Ensemble, Singapore Ruan Ensemble and ICO music and Culture Consultancy Pte Ltd as their young composer-in-residence since 2009 and currently still involved in active collaborations with these groups. In 2012, Jun An collaborated with the Nanyang Ensemble, premiering the Chinese chamber orchestra "Layang-layang" and went on to hold a position on their artistic board since 2015. Jun An was recently conferred the Youth-Prize in the Singapore International Competition for Chinese Orchestral Composition 2015 for his piece "Bale Bengong".
Jun An started his composition studies under the tutelage of Singaporean composer, Mr. Law Wai Lun. Jun An is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in composition at the Peabody Institute under the tutelage of Michael Hersch, having also studied with Amy-Beth Kirsten and Jason Eckardt.
biography
an eclectic composer, educator and researcher
Immersed in cultural diversity, Jun An Chew seeks to seamlessly assimilate his experiences to present a unique voice in his eclectic body of works. He started his musical journey as a Chinese Dulcimer player and began writing music while exploring the synergistic possibilities between distinct musical styles through collaboration. His music exemplifies his influences by drawing inspiration from his wide-ranging artistic interests. Recent premieres include his piano solo piece Hyetal Days at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and his first opera scene, A Madman’s Diary, in collaboration with the Peabody Opera Department and producer Tony Arnold. 2015, he won the Youth Prize in the Singapore International Competition for Chinese Orchestra Composition. In 2018, his voice and electronics piece Hear the Forest Sing was accorded second prize in the Prix d’Ete Competition, and later that year, he was conferred the Otto Ortmann Award in Composition. Jun An’s research interests are equally as eclectic and span from Josquin’s chanson-motets Lacanian feminism in Mozart’s Don Giovanni to topics on the Nanyang style. His current research project is developing a music analytical paradigm using Jungian psychoanalysis. He was appointed Composition Subject Leader and Lecturer at the Singapore Raffles Music College.
Jun An holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Conservatory under the tutelage of Oscar Bettison, having previously studied with Law Wai Lun, Michael Hersch, Felipe Lara, Amy-Beth Kirsten and Jason Eckardt.
works
Title | Instrumentation |Year
Solo
Senate of Birds IV: Part 2 | Saxophone and Dancer | 2021
To Not Dissolve | Guitar| 2021
Hyetal Days | Piano | 2018
Inscape| Bassoon | 2018
Drifting in the Foam| De-tuned Violin| 2016
Time Shards | Organ | 2016
Susurrus of the Night-timed Sky | Flute| 2016
Down the Inevitable Path | Bassoon| 2014
In the Wind, a Lonely Leaf |Violin| 2014
Onerica |Piano| 2014
Electroacoustic
No Body Escapes Falling | Falling Objects | 2020
Vanished Before Dawn | Piano and Electronics | 2020
First Light of a Melancholic Sunset | Viola, 2 Guitar and Sinewave Oscillators | 2020
i know what starts to follow home | Toy Piano and Electronics | 2018
Hear the Forest Sing | Voice and Electronics | 2016
Opera
A Madman’s Diary |12 Singers and Ensemble | 2019
Song Cycles
Traverse: Migrant Stories | Soprano, Cello and Piano | 2023
Ode to the Nightingale | Baritone and Piano | 2018
Chamber
Senate of Birds IV | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Organ and Narrator | 2021
Reflected Upon a Broken Glass | Harp and Violin | 2019
Chatoyant Twilight | 2 Saxophones, Trombone, Electric Guitar, Piano and Percussion | 2017
Waxing Moon | Flute, Bass Clarinet, Erhu, Pipa and Cello | 2017
In the Light of the Setting Sun | Flute and Electric Guitar | 2017
Memory Traces | Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano | 2017
Lepidopteran Dances | 2 Detuned Ruan and 2 Erhu | 2017
Perpetual Blooms | Piano Trio | 2016
The Skies are Falling | Three Violins | 2016
Clouds Ethereal | English Horn and Bassoon | 2015
Lucid Dreamer | Violin and Piano | 2015
Paces | Oboe, Clarinet, Trumpet and Guitar | 2015
Time Destination; Destination | Violin and Cello | 2015
It is an Awfully Long Walk If You Cannot Fly | String Trio | 2014
Layang-Layang | Chinese Chamber Ensemble | 2012
Symphony Orchestra
Ephemera | Soprano and Chamber Orchestra |2023
Umbra | Chamber Orchestra | 2018
Wails of a Distant Lullaby | Symphony Orchestra | 2015
Chinese Orchestra
Of Ash and Moonward Flames |2018
Fabric of Colours Woven | 2017
On a Midnight's Stroll | Chinese Mandolin Concerto | 2016
Bale Bengong | 2015
Yu Ya | 2011
Silhouettes | 2010
Xi | Chinese String Orchestra | 2013
New Beginnings (revision) | 2009
Mood of the Moment | Tabla and Chinese Mandolin Ensemble| 2008
Experimental Oriental Orchestra
New Beginnings | 2008
press
Reviews / Articles
Stunning pipa virtuosity showcased at concert of Chinese orchestral music prize winners published on The Straits Times, November 22, 2015.
"Chew Jun An's Bale Bengong, winner of the Young Singaporean Composer Award, was a more static work that dealt with the generation of ideas and fantasies. Its title refers to the Balinese "pavilion for day-dreaming", where a complex counterpoint became a hotbed for themes and motifs to arise, all accomplished while seemingly fomenting in an arak-induced stupor." [view full article]
"Promising musicians win awards" published on The Straits Times, November 23, 2015.
"Mr Chew, an undergraduate at Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in the United States and a finalist in the 2011 edition of the competition, won the Young Singaporean Composer Award, which is for those below age 30.
He won with a Chinese orchestral piece fused with strong Indonesian gamelan music elements, named Bale Bengong, after a type of traditional pavilion found on Bali.
"I am happy to win this time and I will work harder to come up with more Nanyang-inspired works," said the budding composer who started writing music at 15." [view full article]
皮博迪深造7本地年轻音乐人 9作品献给新加坡 published on 联合早报，December 12, 2015.
周俊安也交出两部作品：《风中孤单的叶》与《清梦者》。前者采用华族传统音乐的五声音阶，后者则倡议拥抱创意，无惧于特立独行。
他说，所谓新加坡风格，应该鉴别于每个个体，他们如何吸取不同音乐类型，集体表现出一种风格，一如新加坡社会如何接纳世界各种不同文化。[view full article]
Recent Releases
New Spotify Release: Bale Bengong 《梦亭》
recordings
albums
SG-Inspirations
featuring Alan Choo, Violin / Lin Hengyue, Piano
and compositions by Chen Zhangyi, Wynne Fung, Phang Kok Jun, Tan Yuting and Chew Jun An
