Christopher Cheng

Hi I’m Chris! - Available for formal dinners, drink receptions, private parties, corporate functions, student events and May Balls; - Solo act as pianist, keyboardist and cellist. I improvise, often take song requests and accompany guests who would like to sing; - I like to bring friends into live sets; I run a successful modern string quartet (we arrange all our own music), an acoustic pop busking band, and am part of various rock-pop, jazz and world music initiatives; - Fitting this round being a junior doctor; I do this to support the bills, but also always down for a good time; - Lots of performance and depping experience as pianist, cellist, bassist, melodica & percussion in classical, live and spontaneous settings; - Always down for charity performances and care homes! - Classically trained with an LTCL in piano, ATCL in cello, Grade 8 in voice. Composer and MD for multiple theatre productions. Ex-Conductor for CUCOS; - Have a lot of equipment, but I do not drive. ---BIOGRAPHY--- Christopher is a multi-instrumentalist, improviser, arranger, composer and conductor, currently based in Cambridgeshire where he is a medical student at the University of Cambridge. Here, he is is excited to have co-found the Pegasus String Quartet, and Nigel, a functional four-part band. He is also delighted to be this year's conductor for CUCOS, an orchestra of the University of Cambridge. He held a Choral Scholarship at Robinson College, where he co-wrote a choral piece, premiered by the College Chapel Choir in 2019. Music has long been a large part in Christopher’s life. Christopher currently holds an LTCL in piano performance and an ATCL in cello performance, and plays with the Hong Kong Chordophonia. Within the last few years, Christopher has directed multiple instrumental, vocal and theatrical ensembles, written an album of original piano music, and performed as a chamber, choral and orchestral member around Italy, Portugal, Canada, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong, where he resides outside of term time. Christopher now enjoys performing at formal dinners, drink receptions, private parties, corporate functions and May Balls as a solo pianist, or as part of a string quartet. Common requests range from simply being the background and setting a certain mood, to taking and delivering live song requests. More creative requests include wedding proposals and flash mobs. Both offer a large versatile repertoire across multiple genres. Towards this end, Christopher is also an experienced arranger and would be delighted to transcribe and arrange any song or piece you have in mind. A list of example songs can be found below. Do get in touch to ask about availability and pricing. Christopher is available to fill in as a keys player for your band, a cellist for your ensemble, a bass/baritone singer for your choir, or a percussionist. Do get in touch to ask about availability and pricing. Christopher also enjoys busking, and contributing to charity concerts, charity music projects and good causes via musical comedy. Regarding Chinese Music, Christopher’s experience with it started at age 11 as a Gehu player in the highly-acclaimed La Salle College Chinese Orchestra and Hong Kong Junior & Youth Chinese Classical Orchestra, under the leadership of composer and conductor Maestro Ng Chiu Shing, who acted as a great mentor and inspiration over the years. He now conducts the Cambridge University Chinese Orchestra and will be able to arrange particular ensembles for particular events as required. Christopher is fortunate to have learned under pianists Mr David Wang, Ms Marie-Laure Müller & Dr Nicholas Salwey; cellists Mr An Yue, Mr Artem Konstantinov & Mr Lionel Handy; of singers Mr David Quah, Mr Simon Birchall & Mr Neil McKenzie; and of composers Miss Poly Ng and Mr Oliver Tarney. Other mentors include Mr Nicholas Wilks, Mr David Thomas, Mr Adrian Adlam, Mr Malcolm Archer and Mr Jamal Sutton.