Eva Flute and Cello Duo

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 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.