Ik Peng Ting
Standard
Violin & Viola
Available
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Spoken Languages
English & Malay
Lessons via : Face2Face & Online
Ik Peng Ting started learning the violin at the age of 9. At the age of 16, he attained the Associate Diploma in Violin Recital, with distinction, and from the Trinity College of London. He was under the tutelage of Yap Ling, Malgorzata Potocka, Liu Jian, former co-concertmaster of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO), and Xiaoqing Yu, concertmaster of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra at Lee University (USA).
In 2006, he was successfully selected as a member of the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra under the baton of Kevin Field. Since then, he has performed in all the concerts held by MPYO including the national tour in major cities in peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak and also in Singapore. In 2010, he was selected as 2nd violin co-principal.
Being a versatile string player, he also picked up the viola and in 2011 he was selected as viola principal in MPYO. In December 2011, he was one of the 15 musicians selected from the MPYO to play side by side with the MPO under Claus Peter Flor, principal conductor of the MPO. Besides, he was a founding member of Kuala Lumpur String Project, a string ensemble led by MPO musicians.
Most recently, he had participated in Brevard Music Center during the summer in 2012 and was under the coaching of Dr. Maria Sampen.