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FLUTIST

- ABOUT ME - 

​Often humorously likened to an inflatable tube man onstage because of her enthusiasm, passion, and physicality, all flutist Eva Ding ever wants to do is imbue in her audience the same sense of joy and richness music brings to her.  Most recently, Eva returned to her hometown of Auckland and gave the New Zealand premiere of a new, orchestral arrangement of Claude Bolling’s “Suite for Flute and Jazz Trio”. Her most interesting gig to date, however, has to have been when she was the opening musical number for pro-wrestler, Orange Cassidy, at Independent Wrestling TV’s “Family Reunion” match.

Eva made her concerto debut when she was 14 at the Meet in Beijing Festival. In 2017, Eva made her New York concerto debut with the Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra performing Honegger’s “Concerto da Camera”. She was invited back in 2019 to perform the New York premiere of Tailleferre’s “Concertino” for Flute, Piano, and Chamber Orchestra. An avid proponent of highlighting contemporary music, Eva gave the New Zealand premiere performance of “The Golden Flute” Concerto by Chinese-American composer Chen Yi to a full house at the Auckland Town Hall in 2016.

During the summer of 2019 Eva was an artist-in-residence with the Caroga Arts Collective and performed alongside soloists from the Metropolitan Opera at the Maverick Concert Series in Upstate New York. Having performed with the United Nations Chamber Music Society, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Auckland Chamber Orchestra, and Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra, she is also an accomplished ensemble musician. 

In recognition of her potential as a performer, she has received accolades and fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, New Zealand Symphony, Chamber Music New Zealand, and the Performing Arts Competitions ​Association of New Zealand. Eva was recognized as Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's 2017 Young Soloist of the Year and is a current fellow of bespoken NYC.

Eva is Shanghai-born, Auckland-raised, and New York-based. She received the Manhattan School of Music President’s Scholarship and completed a Master of Music with Robert Langevin, Principal Flute of the New York Philharmonic. Prior to that, she gained her Bachelor of Music with First Class Honors from the University of Auckland, under the tutelage of Professor Uwe Grodd. 

In her spare time, Eva plays with her poodle Chocco, who adores singing along to her flute practice. 

- UPCOMING EVENTS - 

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| D R E A M
Helen Rice Recital Room, The School for Strings
419 West 54th Street
New York, USA
Sarah Brownawell, Mezzo-Soprano
Emma Kato, Cello
Nely Burla, Piano

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GAUBERT: Soir Paeïn
GAUBERT: Sonata No. 3 for Flute & Piano
HEGGIE: The Deepest Desire


- intermission -
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LAITMAN: Four Dickinson Songs
RAVEL: Chanson madécasses

- PAST EVENTS -

2016
Sat 8 October 2016
| Auckland Youth Orchestra
Auckland Town Hall
Auckland, New Zealand

Chen Yi: "The Golden Flute" Concerto (soloist)
2017
Sun 19 March 2017
| Passio - Auckland Chamber Orchestra
For The Auckland Arts Festival
Auckland Town Hall
Auckland, New Zealand

Jack Body; David Farquhar; Ross Harris; Lissa Meridan; Michael Norris; Dame Gillian Whitehead
Thu 11 May 2017
​| Pushing Boundaries - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Auckland Town Hall
Auckland, New Zealand

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Sun 21 May 2017
| Magic Flutes Devonport Concert
Holy Trinity Devonport
Auckland, New Zealand

​Doppler: Chanson d'amour (soloist)
​Hirose: Songs of the Ocean
Kocher: Winter's Journey
Bozza: Jour d'été à la montagne 
Elmsly: From silvered tubes….
Mon 29 May 2017
​| Magic Flutes Concert
Music Theatre, University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand

Doppler: Chanson d'amour (soloist)
Kocher: Winter's Journey
Elmsly: From silvered tubes….
Sun 20 August 2017, 5pm
| Solo Flute Recital
Music Theatre, University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Kent Isomura, Piano

Mozart: Concerto in G Major
Enescu: Cantabile et Presto
M. Norris: Chrysalis
Fri 18 August 2017, 5:30pm​
| La Flûte Enchantée
Raye Freedman Arts Centre
Auckland, New Zealand
Clare Hood, Soprano
Rachel Fuller, Piano


Selection of solos and duets for flute and soprano including:
Enescu: Cantabile et Presto; Borne: "Carmen" Fantasie; Ravel: La Flûte Enchantée, Bach: St John Passion: No. 63 "Zerfliesse, mein Herze" 
Sat 18 November 2017
| An Evening of Cinematic Works
William Vale Ballroom
New York, USA
Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra

HONEGGER: Concerto da Camera
More info: 
https://www.thewilliamvale.com/calendar/2792/
2018
Sat 17 November 2018, 6:00pm | Sun 18 Nov, 2:30pm | Sun 18 Nov, 7:30pm
| Manhattan Symphony Orchestra
Neidorf-Kerparti Hall
New York, USA
Student and alumni musicians from the Manhattan School of Music

BEETHOVEN: Consecration of the House, Op. 124
BEETHOVEN: Fanstasia for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 80 ("Choral fantasy")
BERNSTEIN: Make Our Garden Grow from Candide
COPLAND: Simple Gifts from Old American Songs
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
2019
Saturday 9 February 2019, 7:00pm
| Songs from Home - Solo Flute Recital
Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music
New York, USA
William Woodard, Piano
Emma Kato, Cello

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FISHER: Te Tangi a Matui
CRUMB: Vox Balenae
HE ZHANHAO & CHEN GANG: Butterfly Lovers' Concerto (arranged for flute)
Tuesday 18 May 2019, 8:00pm
| Celebrating Women Composers
BAM Fisher
New York, USA
Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra

TAILLEFERRE: Concertino for Flute, Piano, & String Orchestra
Monday 15 - 29 July 2019
| Caroga Arts Collective 
Caroga Lake Area
New York, USA
Various Musicians

Chamber and orchestral works including Poulenc Sextet, Barber - Knoxville, Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals, Hummel Septet, & more. 
More info: http://carogaarts.org 
Saturday 24 August 2019, 6:00pm
| Maverick Chamber Orchestra
Maverick Concert Hall
Woodstock, USA
featuring: Elizabeth Bishop (Metropolitan Opera), mezzo-soprano & Barry Banks (Metropolitan Opera), tenor

​MAHLER arr. SCHOENBERG: The Song of the Earth
more info: 
https://maverickconcerts.org 
Sunday 27 October 2019, 2:00pm | Sunday 3 November 2019, 2:00pm
| Auckland Symphony Orchestra
Auckland Town Hall | Bruce Mason Centre
Auckland, New Zealand

BOLLING: Suite for Flute and Jazz Trio arr. for Orchestra

- MEDIA - 

Helen Fisher - Te Tangi a Te Matui
Crushing the Myth (Asian-American Speaker Series) - A Case Study of Debussy's "Syrinx"
George Crumb - Vox Balaenae 
Claude Bolling - Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio, VII. Vèloce

​See more on YouTube

- SHENG -

A Classical Pop Up Gallery Recital

  • CONCEPT
  • INSPIRATION
  • PROGRAM
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- THE CONCEPT -

SHENG is the phonetic spelling of both birth and sound in Chinese depending on the character written. In essence, SHENG is music reborn: a classical music experience unlike any that's been done before. SHENG wants to make classical music relevant, relatable, and accessible to people in our generation, or people who don’t usually attend classical music concerts, or perhaps, people that do go to concerts but feel alienated by the performer/audience divide. Everyone deserves a chance to be moved by music.

​SHENG hopes to break the mold by marrying the pop-up exhibit model with the museum model with live music. The program would consist of arranged and commissioned chamber music pieces in collaboration with up-and-coming visual artists, set, and lighting designers who would create different tableaux inspired by the story or mood that each particular piece evokes. The performers move to the corresponding set before playing each piece. During the performance, audience members are invited to listen and follow the performer through all the sets or they can wander around to the other unoccupied sets to explore the surroundings, take photos - be in a public space where they can be privately inspired.
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- INSPIRATION BOARD - 

- THE PROGRAM -

A Sample Program

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Mythology & Music
Debussy - Prélude à l'àpres-midi d'un faune [10'00"]
Rimsky-Korsakov - Selections from Scheherazade [15'00"]
Mussorgsky - Selections Pictures at an Exhibition [8'00"]
Griffes - Poem [10'00"]
​Jolivet - Chant de Linos [11'00"]

​Other Program Suggestions:
The New World: featuring pieces from immigrants inspired by their new environments
Dvorak - The "American" Quartet/New World Symphony arr. for smaller ensemble | Prokofiev - Flute Sonata

Elements: pieces inspired by fire, water, earth & air
Reinecke - Undine Sonata | Stravinsky - Firebird

To Be or Not To Be: featuring works inspired by The Bard - Shakespeare
Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream | Prokofiev - Romeo & Juliet | Schubert – An Sylvia

Creative Spirituality: pieces rooted in spirituality 
​Bach - Selections from St Matthew's Passion | Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time

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