Hailing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pianist–composer Ng Chong Lim studied at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London under the tutelage of Professor Frank Wibaut. He continued his piano studies with Professor Elza Kolodin and subsequently with Professor Beat Furrer at the Universitat fur Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz, Austria for music composition.

Chong Lim has performed both as a soloist and chamber musician in many international venues, such as England, USA, Holland, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Ukraine, Brazil and Japan with recent appearances at ‘Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Project’ in Singapore and he was invited to "Opusfest" International Piano and Chamber Music Festival, Philippines. He performed at 2014 "21st New Music Festival" held in Almaty, Kazakhstan and 2018 International Taipei Piano Maestro Festival. Chong Lim has served as juror of international competitions, including The 5​th & 6​th ASEAN International Chopin Piano Competition in Malaysia, The Jakarta International Piano Competition held in Indonesia and National Music Competitions for Young Artists in Philippines.

A keen composer, Chong Lim has had his works commissioned by and premiered in various countries. Notable works include "Rimba", "Window" and "Xiang"(premiered by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006-7), "Amorphous" for String Orchestra (premiered at "Streams" New Music Festival in Brauweiler, Germany, 2010), "Footprints" for Piano Solo (premiered at "John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium, New Mexico, USA, 2011), "Shadows" for Piano and Malay Traditional Instruments (premiered at "International Festival Of Classical Music" Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2011).

For his great contribution to the Malaysian music scene, Chong Lim was awarded STM (Pingat Setiawan Tuanku Mukhriz - Associate-Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Mukhriz) by the Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia in 2011.