“...an avid storyteller... A formidable cellist..." -- Benjamin Zander
Stephen has performed extensively and internationally across 3 continents as a cellist.
He was the recipient of two chamber music awards, namely at the
Festival des Arcs in France, and the Ipoh Music Festival,
and an alumnus of the Scandinavian Cello School and UCSI Institute of Music.
A native of Kota Kinabalu, he has performed with the American Festival,
the International Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and the National Symphony
Orchestra of Malaysia, among many others. Having studied and attended masterclasses
with cellists Julie Dessureault, Asier Polo, Jacob Shaw, Leonid Shukaev, Thomas Duran,
Thomas Loewenheim, and the late Alexander Buzlov, Stephen was greatly influenced
to be a great enthusiast of various genres and soundscapes.
His 2022 season featured concerts with the Denver Philharmonic and
the Chor der Bayerische Philharmonie at the Herkulessaal in Munich, Germany;
Disney in Concert 2022 (Malaysia); a concert tour with Lay Zhang in Singapore and Malaysia;
cello-bass recital with Giacomo Banella; as well as his engagement with the big band
Tarakucha! featuring singers Sean Ghazi and Ida Mariana.
Notable projects in 2023 will include his engagement at the
Mas Palou Artist Residency 2023, Spain, curating interdisciplinary artistic projects
with German pianist Daniel Bucurescu, Disney in Concert 2023, as well as tours with
his piano trio (Jonathan Kuo, Giovani Biga) and piano quintet (P’ng Tean Hwa,
Lee Sing Hong, Wani Ismail, Cheryl Choi) in Malaysia and Indonesia.
As a performer, he favours creative communications between artistic hive minds to generate exhilarating experiences for attending audiences. Stephen is currently the chairperson for Kamerata Kuala Lumpur and is an adjunct lecturer at both UCSI Institute of Music and Sunway University.
Stephen performs on a 2014 Han Zhao-sheng cello.
“...熱情以音樂講述故事... 和令人敬畏的大提琴手..." -- Benjamin Zander
鄒子傑，來自馬來西亞沙巴州，音樂啟蒙於十二歲。
2012 年，赴吉隆坡思达雅大學音樂學院修讀音樂學系，主脩大提琴演奏。
2016 年，他獲得古典音樂榮譽學士學位。同年，他獲得思达雅大學全額獎學金，
繼續深造音樂表演學，並於 2018 年獲得碩士學位。曾師事 Julie Dessureault 及 Thomas Duran、
衛奇塔州立大學的 Leonid Shukaev 教授、加州州立大學弗雷斯諾分校的弦樂主任 Thomas Loewenheim 教授
，以及已故著名的大提琴獨奏家 Alexander Buzlov, 從而受益於不同音樂風格與背景的影響。
作為一名大提琴演奏家，鄒子傑熱衷和其他藝術家和音樂家進行集體創作和思維交流。
他也熱衷於創造獨特的視覺和聽覺效果，並使用獨特的音樂技巧或表演方式，以激發聽眾的觀賞體驗。
擁有樂團與室內樂演奏經驗豐富的他，曾獲得法國阿爾卑斯山音樂節以及怡保音樂節的室內樂演奏比賽榮獲優等獎。
此外，曾多次遠赴於歐洲、美國以及亞洲各地參與樂團及室內樂演出，其中包括美國節慶管弦樂團、
美國丹佛愛樂樂團、國際青年交響樂團等。 2022 年，參與德國慕尼黑音樂巡演、迪士尼管弦樂團音樂會、
張藝興新馬巡演、及於意大利大提琴家 Giacomo Banella 的獨奏音樂會擔任大提琴協演。
2023 年，遠赴西班牙參與 Mas Palou 藝術家駐村計劃，以及於馬來西亞各地和遠赴印尼鋼琴三重奏和鋼琴五重奏巡演。
除了熱愛演出，鄒子傑也熱衷投入於音樂相關行政與教育。
除了大提琴教學，他也是思达雅大學音樂學院和雙威大學音樂系的兼任講師。
同時，他也於吉隆坡 Kamerata 弦樂團擔任主席一職。
鄒子傑目前使用著名制琴師——韓兆生老師於 2014 年所製的大提琴。