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MUSIC DIRECTOR

Mr. Lim Yau


Singapore-born Lim Yau is Resident Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Chorus, a dual appointment he assumed in January 2001.  Previously, he was the orchestra’s Associate Conductor and Chorus Master from 1981-1997.  He was also the Principal Guest Conductor of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus from 1993 to 1997. In 1997 he became Music Director of the Singapore Lyric Opera and in 1998, founded the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (known as The Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore today) which developed into an outstanding ensemble.

  
 
Notable recent performances include concerts and recordings with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of National Opera and Ballet, China, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, the Philippines Philharmonic, the State Philharmonic of Tirgu Mures, Satu Mare and Constanta in Romania, the State Symphony of Krasnayarsk, the Russian Philharmonic, The Philippines Madrigal Singers, the Lund University Male Chorus (Sweden), as well as the Latvian State Choir.

Besides regularly conducting orchestras and choruses in Europe and Asia, Lim Yau is also active in Singapore systematically promoting opera, ballet, contemporary music and choral excellence.  He has conducted no less than 20 opera and ballet productions for the Singapore Lyric Opera and Singapore Dance Theatre in works ranging from Britten to Verdi.  A keen advocate of Singaporean composers, he has given first performances of more than 30 new compositions for opera, orchestra, chamber ensemble and a capella chorus.  His passion and enthusiasm for choral music led him to the formation of The Philharmonic Chamber Choir (TPCC) in 1994, which has emerged as one of the most prominent chamber choirs in the region.

Lim Yau graduated from the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and also had the privilege of working under mentors such as Sergio Celibidache in Munich and Franco Ferrara in Sienna.

In recognition of his contribution to music in Singapore, Lim Yau was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 1990.