Hong Kong–born conductor Cheng Xin Ip is the Director of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble at the University of British Columbia, where he also serves as Sessional Lecturer in Conducting. He has served as Interim Director of Orchestras at UBC, leading the university’s orchestral program, and has taught conducting masterclasses and workshops in Canada and Hong Kong.

Ip is a member of the third cohort of the Orchestre Métropolitain’s Orchestral Conducting Academy, where he is mentored by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and regularly works with the orchestra as a Guest Assistant Conductor. He was a Conducting Fellow at the Domaine Forget de Charlevoix in 2023 and 2024, studying with Nézet-Séguin and Kensho Watanabe and assisting in performances with the Orchestre Métropolitain and the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. In 2024, he was invited to the National Orchestral Institute + Festival, where he collaborated closely with Marin Alsop and Mei-Ann Chen. He was subsequently selected as one of four finalists for the 2024/25 RBC Canadian Conductor Showcase, conducting the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra under the mentorship of Music Director Daniel Raiskin.

Ip completed his graduate studies in conducting at the University of British Columbia under the tutelage of Dr. Jonathan Girard in 2024. He has participated in workshops and masterclasses with Martyn Brabbins, Mark Heron, Toby Purser, and Clark Rundell. His conducting teachers and mentors have also included Ho-man Choi, Kelvin Ngai, Mark Heron, and Toby Purser. He has conducted and performed in major venues across Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Canada.

An accomplished percussionist, Ip earned a Master of Music in Timpani and Orchestral Percussion Performance from the Royal Northern College of Music in the United Kingdom, where he was awarded the Southern Percussion Prize. He previously earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, receiving the Parsons Music Foundation Scholarship twice as well as the Chung Chi Departmental Prize. He was later named one of 60 Distinguished Alumni of the CUHK Department of Music and one of 25 Distinguished Alumni recognized by the La Salle College Music Board. In 2019, he was named an RTHK Young Music Maker by Radio Television Hong Kong, leading to appearances in magazines, television, and radio, as well as solo recordings for broadcast and CD release.