Jeffrey Ching

Who is Jeffrey Ching?

Jeffrey Ching is a British contemporary classical composer, born in the Philippines of Chinese parentage. His rich and complex musical language, irreducible to a single style, explores the correspondences and contradictions between the traditions of Europe and Asia, and between the music of past centuries and the present. His most recent large-scale work was Das Waisenkind, which was premiered in 2009 in Theater Erfurt, the most modern opera house in Germany. This opera won the Zuschauerpreis for Best Opera Production of 2009-2010, a rare triumph for a contemporary composition, and also earned unanimous praise from European critics.