Renowned for his exceptional musicianship, cellist Pei Sian is one of the most outstanding musicians of his generation, winner of the coveted Gold Medal and First Prize at the 55th Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition in London and Commonwealth Musician of the Year 2007. Since 2010, he has served as Principal Cellist of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

He has performed concertos in Europe, Asia and with major Australian symphony orchestras. Notable collaborations include Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger Cello Concerto with the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra under the baton of the composer, as well as Sollima’s “Violoncelles Vibrez!” for two cellos with Yo-Yo Ma and chamber performances with Renaud Capuçon, Alina Ibragimova, and Cho-Liang Lin.

​Born in Sydney in 1984, he studied with Barbara Yelland in Adelaide and Janis Laurs at the Elder Conservatorium of Music before winning the prestigious Elder Overseas Scholarship to study at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Pei Sian’s studies under Ralph Kirshbaum culminated in the RNCM Gold Medal, the college’s highest honor.

Pei Sian performs on a rare cello by Francesco Goffriller “ex-Daniel Müller-Schott”, Udine, c. 1720 and also on a cello by Paolo Vettori “David”, Florence, 2020.