FEATURED REVIEWS
“The evening commenced with Koh Cheng Jin’s Midnight Visions, whose eerie nocturnal effects nearly presaged the black sabbath of the concluding Berlioz. Koh, who is still not yet 30, clearly knows how to get great effects out of the orchestra, and her work - which moved from crawling glissandi through lush, expressionist string textures to climax on a Shostakovich-esque rhythmic ostinato - was a masterclass in instrumentation.”
— The Straits Times, Singapore (6/2/2024) (Click here to read entire review)
“Koh’s work [Luciola singapura] - along with the SSO’s Beethoven - should have been the main event. She is a dazzlingly talented young Singaporean composer of striking aural imagination, and one looks forward to hearing more of her in the future.”
— The Straits Times, Singapore (10/18/2024) (Click here to read entire review)
Featured Interviews
[Local composer Cheng Jin Koh’s musical explorations— from fireflies to the Song of Everlasting Sorrow]
Exclusive interview on my music on Zaobao Singapore (9/27/2024)
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[Why Have Women Composers Been Largely Absent?]
Joint Interview with Dr. Joyce Koh on Zaobao Singapore (3/7/2022)
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[Musicians Couple Tengku Irfan and Cheng Jin Koh: We Don’t Write For Each Other ]
Joint Interview with Tengku Irfan on Zaobao Singapore (6/22/2023)
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[Commemorating the 40th Edition of Singapore Chinese Music Competition (SCMC): From the Cradle to A Large Family]
Joint Interview with past SCMC winners Moses Gay, Rit Xu, Ding Yi Company and Deqing Chen on Zaobao Singapore (12/14/2020)
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[2016 Zaobao New Artists: Arts Make Our Lives More Complete]
Joint Interview with other artists on Zaobao Singapore (12/31/2015)
Click here for PDF version on Cheng Jin’s segment