Wong Foo Jeng (b.1997, Malaysia) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist whose music incorporates elements of contemporary composition, improvisation, and electro-acoustics. His works engages with the concept of erasure, using acoustic filtering and electronic manipulation to articulate abstracted experiences of sound.
He has been commissioned by contemporary music ensembles and organizations including New Thread Quartet, Orchestra Q, New Chamber Ballet, Chaospace, Noise Catalogue, BeComEnsemble, and Dice Trio. His work has also been presented by andPlay, Clark Art Institute, Concours International De Piano D’Orléans, Asian American Arts Alliance, Ilham Gallery, ArtsBasel, Yarn/Wire Institute, and St Petersburg International New Music Festival.
He is the winner of the El Paso Original Music/New Ideas Competition, and a finalist of the American Prize in Composition.
As a performer, he’s been featured at National Sawdust, OPERA America, Mise-En Place, DiMenna Center, Scholes Street Studio, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center, Time Is Art Festival, and the Borneo Jazz Festival. He is also a founding member of the experimental noise duo Translasi.
Foo Jeng graduated from the Manhattan School of Music with a Masters of Music in Composition, where he is the recipient of the Giampaolo Bracali Award and Special Project Residency. He earned his Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance from Berklee College of Music.
