Samuel King

Professional
Membership

Location:

Singapore
Singapore

Contact:

samuelkingchewleong@gmail.com

Additional Info:

Diploma of Music (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore), a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Piano Performance (Royal College of Music, UK), and Master of Music in Piano Performance awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Music (Oslo).

During his tenure at the academy, Samuel received the tutelage of Griegprisen and Steinway Award winner Håvard Gimse, Royal Northern College of Music professor and frequent Yo-Yo Ma collaborator Kathryn Stott, and Oslo String Quartet founder Are Sandbakken. Samuel has also been privileged to have studied under many other renowned teachers and performers over the course of his education and career, including Benjamin Loh, Nicholas Ong, Jens Harald Bratlie, Einar Henning Smebye, Bart van Oort, Nino Jvania, Grzegorz Niemczuk, Einar Smebye, Wolfgang Plagge, Michael Endres, Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, Kathron Sturrock, Niel Immelmann, Andrew Zolinsky, Gordon Fergus- Thompson, Dina Parakhina, Ng Chong Lim, Loo Bang Heam, Roger Muraro, Manfred Fock, Dennis Lee, Boris Kraljevic, and Rena Phua.

Samuel has taken every opportunity during his education to put his studies into practice. He was the resident pianist for the Vocal Department and Strings Department of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, and won the “Best Pianist Award” at the Tan Ngiang Kaw and Tan Ngiang Ann Memorial Vocal Competition in 2011. He also produced two opera performances with the Vocal Department as their répétiteur cum conductor in 2011 and 2012.

In Norway, he collaborated in a myriad of music projects including Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, Lyden av Musikkhøgskolen, Brahms’ Complete Piano Works Marathon, and Rachmaninov’s Complete Piano Works Marathon. He also led and performed in a number of music projects such as Our Journey Through Music (2016) Music and Words (Musikk og Ord, 2017) with an artistic spin that helped to redefine music presentation and concert appreciation. In 2018, he was invited to Oslo to perform in their city-wide music festival Kirkemusicfestivalen.

In 2018-2022, Samuel has collaborated and performed successfully in countless number of concert projects in partnership with various organisers and cultural art groups such as, Richard Wagner Association, Huaxia Cultural Hub, Singapore Repertory Opera, Hallelujah Chamber Orchestra, to name a few.

In addition to his piano specialisation, Samuel has studied and worked as a choral conductor under Anne Karin Sundal-Ask, Kjetil Almenning, Søren Kinch Hansen, and Grete Pederson.

Presently, Samuel is an adjunct piano lecturer at the Singapore Bible College and a private tutor to aspiring young pianists. He holds appointments as the choral conductor and music educator of the Hallelujah Oratorio Society and the International Christian Choral Conductor Society, as well as music instructor at Gan Eng Seng Secondary School Choir and Pioneer Primary School Choir. He remains an active and well sought-after pianist, joining fellow professional musicians, students, and choirs in concerts, competitions and recordings.