Full Biography
Yu Hng is an award-winning Singaporean composer whose music was performed in 18 countries across Europe, Asia, North America and the Middle East. His pieces bridges early music with contemporary soundscapes, weaving liturgical and folk traditions into pieces sensitive to historical inheritance.
Luna Collective - New Sounds Concert - Interview on Kintsugi (time track 1:11:18 - 1:24:52)
His works were described as "an almost dreamlike experience" (The Trombonist, summer 2025 issue), "full of clever concepts in structure and technique" (trans. Lianhe Zaobao, 29th Oct 2020) with his Cello Sonata described as "a beautiful addition to the cello repertoire... one bound to enter the canon" (Brian Patrick Bromberg, cellist, 2023 review).
Three Tree Tunes from the Garden City - Premiered and recorded by the Xin Saxophone Quartet at MusoSpace, Singapore.
Fragment of Sappho for Viol Consort and Narrator - Dartington Festival, Totnes.
He has also been programmed at numerous prestigious venues, festivals, and competitions, including: the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Schokland and Surroundings (Netherlands), the CEME International New Music Festival (Tel-Aviv, Israel); the 10th Singapore Saxophone Symposium and the IMPRINT concert at the Esplanade (Singapore); the Festival International de Guitare en Béarn des Gaves (Salies-de-Béarn, France); Fitzwilliam College Chapel, University of Cambridge; St. Giles Church, Oxford; Dartington Festival, Totnes (UK), the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg (Germany), the Miyoshimachi Cultural Center (Japan), at the Hochschule Luzern (Lucerne, Switzerland), the Sibelius Academy, for the Singapore Symphonic Orchestra Musical Soundbites Series (Helsinki, Finland), Conservatorio Alcalá la Real (Spain), Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts (Hong Kong SAR), the Tallinn College of Music and Ballet (Estonia), the Norwegian Academy of Music (Oslo, Norway), Mahidol University (Thailand), Bled Music Festival (Slovenia), the International Viola d'amore Congress (Palermo, Italy), Asian Composers League Festival (Kawasaki, Japan), among others.
I came I slept I departed, String Quartet, Asian Composers League (ACL) Asian Music Festival, Performers: Violin 1: Matsuoka Maiko, Violin 2: Kamei Yoshu, Viola: Sakota Kei, Cello: Takemoto Seiko, MUZA Kawasaki Symphonic Hall
He has also written music for ensembles, performers and organizations such as: the Fretwork Viol Consort, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, CoMA, Mivos Quartet, Black Pencil Ensemble, .abeceda New Music Ensemble, Wessex Baroque Collective, Deus Ex Musica, Meitar Ensemble, Lontano Ensemble, CHROMA, Sopriola, Hill Quartet, Sackbut Frenzy, Arquia Duo, George Fu, See Ning Hui, Brian Patrick Bromberg and Juan Aguilera Cerezo, among others.
Speak-un-Listen, Breath of Babel - Sopriola, Lunchtime Concert, St Olaves Church, London
She Gently Rocks the Cradle - Premiered at the Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, UK in Nov 2020.
He completed his Master's degree under Morgan Hayes at the Royal Academy of Music, supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust Scholarship. Previously, he studied composition with Edward Nesbit at King's College London, achieving the Purcell Prize in Music for academic excellence. Other teachers include Hans Abrahamsen, Eleanor Alberga OBE, Philip Cashian, Tansy Davies, Christopher Austin, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, Mr Phoon Yew Tien and Dr Zechariah Goh.
"The sonata includes moments of bursting light, and crushing darkness often set in close proximity. This is a piece that explores raw, unrestrained emotion in a way that few other pieces come close to."
Brian Patrick Bromberg - Sonata for Cello.
His works have been published or featured by NIBIUS Records (Spain), the Composers Society of Singapore and Contemporary Music for All (CoMA, UK). Yu Hng had also delivered composition seminars at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) the Composers Society of Singapore (CSS), and at the Stamford Arts Centre (Singapore).
"In all musical spaces, there are what I term ‘invisible lines’, barriers that may unintentionally cordon off a musical performance from being attended to by a larger audience."
UK classical music magazine The Strad -The Psalms Project: Contemporary Sacred Music for solo violin.
"As a composer keen on inclusivity, I’ve spent some months thinking about how to articulate sacred music such that all are welcome to the table, that all can participate in a musical conversation about sacred music regardless of background."