Singaporean composer Ji Heng Lee began writing and arranging music for his peers in the Guitar ensemble (of which he was Music Director) and other student-run orchestras when he was studying in Raffles Institution (Singapore), where he read Music at the A-Level.

Since graduating, he has continued to compose pieces for school juniors, including a Quintet conducted by Peter Veale as part of a collaboration with the Cologne-based Ensemble musikFabrik, as well as a chamber piece, 听说… heard that…, performed by a combined (Western and Chinese) string orchestra under Wei Shing Chan.

In 2011, Ji Heng received the Singaporean Composer Award for his orchestral piece, 黑光 Dark Light, in the Singapore International Competition for Chinese Orchestral Composition. His piece was premiered by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra under the direction of Tsung Yeh, and has also been recorded as part of an album featuring winning pieces from the competition.

Under a teaching scholarship awarded by the Singapore Ministry of Education, Ji Heng read the Music Tripos at University of Cambridge (Girton College), and graduated in June 2017. He took composition lessons with teachers including Richard Causton, Jeremy Thurlow and Cheryl Frances-Hoad, and also academic lessons with Martin Ennis, Tim Watts and Gareth Wilson, along with several others.

He was involved in the College’s Chapel Choir and numerous recitals organised by the Music Society. In 2016, he was awarded the Sophia Turle Scholarship and Phyllis Tillyard Prize in recognition of his academic performance.

During his time at Cambridge, Ji Heng wrote for a diverse range of ensembles. Past projects include a prize-winning Advent carol Maranâ thâ premiered by Ely Consort under Matthew Rudd, a 短奏曲 ("Short Piece") for Cambridge University Chinese Orchestra, a setting of a poem The Ocean Breathes for twelve solo voices and three suspended cymbals, as well as Three Movements for Organ dedicated to Lucy Morrell, who was Senior Organ Scholar (2015-2018) at Girton College.

Ji Heng graduated from Royal College of Music (RCM) London with a Master of Music (MMus) in Composition. He studied with Jonathan Cole under a Leverhulme Arts Scholarship, supported by donors Ms Jean Cater and Professor Gordon Marshall.

During his time in London, his pe_ple_sc_ns was played in the Taylor-Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize Exhibition Concert at the National Portrait Gallery, along with pieces written by other RCM composition students in response to selected portraits. Collaborations with musicians associated with RCM also brought forth pieces such as repose I, EXCITATIONS, and the caged bird sings…

Beyond college, his [ autofocus ] for string quartet was premiered by the Heath Quartet at Dartington International Summer School, and his aḍḍā আড্ডা won two performances in the Diaphonia Edizioni Minelli-Dacey Duo ‘Flute-like-Voice’ Call for Scores, and has been published by Diaphonia Edizioni.

Presently, Ji Heng is teaching music in a junior college in Singapore, and seeks to keep on composing alongside his teaching job.

新加坡作曲家李智恒在莱佛士书院念书时担任学校吉他团的学生指挥，从而开始为团内外的朋友作曲、编曲。智恒在莱佛士书院选读了 A 水准音乐考试，毕业之后仍继续为学弟们写曲子，其中包括Quintet (作为书院与来自科隆的 Ensemble musikFabrik  的合作演奏曲，由 Peter Veale 老师指挥)，以及 听说… heard that…，由曾伟成老师指挥的西洋及华乐弦乐团联合演奏。

智恒在 2011年由新加坡华乐团举办的新加坡国际华乐作曲大赛获颁新加坡作曲家奖，获奖作品 黑光 Dark Light 由新加坡华乐团公演及录音 (叶聪老师指挥)，载入获奖作品专辑。

智恒之前获颁新加坡教育部教学奖学金，在剑桥大学 (格尔顿学院) 读音乐本科，毕业于 2017年 6月。他在剑桥的作曲教师包括 Richard Causton, Jeremy Thurlow 及 Cheryl Frances-Hoad。他也曾与 Martin Ennis, Tim Watts 及 Gareth Wilson 等教授上音乐学课程。

他曾经参加过格尔顿学院教堂合唱团以及学院音乐协会筹办的音乐会，以 2016年考试成绩获颁学院的 Sophia Turle 奖学金及 Phyllis Tillyard 奖。

就读剑桥大学期间，智恒尝试为各种乐器组合作曲，其中作品包括 Maranâ thâ 降临节颂歌 (由伊利合唱团演奏/Matthew Rudd 先生指挥)、为剑桥大学华乐团创作的 短奏曲 ("Short Piece")、 The Ocean Breathes (共十二声部和三面吊钹)，以及一首献给格尔顿学院风琴学者 Lucy Morrell 的 Three Movements for Organ 。