Soprano: Wai Hang Vivian Ng
A native of Macau, Vivian Wai Hang NG is a young conductor, classical soprano and pianist with strong interests in sacred music and advocacy of the arts. Starting her musical training at the age of five at the Academia de Mùsica de S. Pio X in Macau with Ms. Lei Van Han and Ms. Lei Vai Fan, she later continued her piano studies under the tutelage of Prof. Eleanor Wong and studied composition with Ms Poly Ng at The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts’ Junior Music Programme. Ng’s achievement as a pianist was recognized at the 33rd Macao Young Musicians Competition in 2015, where she was the recipient of the highest honor of the competition, the “Cultural Affairs Bureau Prize”, and made her debut as a piano soloist with the Macao Orchestra later that year.
As a classical soprano, her most recent engagements include a solo voice recital “Sings she of Love!” at the Macau Clube Militar as part of their Young Musicians’ series, and featuring as one of the soloists at the 22nd Macao New Generation Musicians Concert with the Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra. In May 2023, she presented a sacred music recital of Marian vocal works organized by the Macao Catholic Culture Association, during which she performed the world premiere of renowned Hong Kong composer Dr. Viola Yuen’s commissioned setting of Stabat Mater Dolorosa.
Ng is a recent graduate of the University of Oxford. Her enthusiasm as both a solo singer and choral musician has been evident since her undergraduate years, during which she had sung in choirs including Somerville College Choir and Oxford Schola Cantorum, and had served as conductor of Oxford University Chorus. She had also worked as Organ Scholar (Chorister Assistant) of Frideswide’s Voices (girls’ liturgical choir at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford), mainly assisting with the rehearsals of the probational choristers. Her outstanding musical achievements had earned her performance and conducting scholarships at her own college, St Anne’s, during the final year of her undergraduate studies.
Ng is currently pursuing a Master of Sacred Music with a full scholarship at the University of Notre Dame, where she studies choral conducting with Dr. Mark Doerries and voice with Dr. Stephen Lancaster. She is the Artist-of-Residence of Hong Kong-based choral group Vox Antiqua.
