The Philharmonic Orchestra - About Us

Committee

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Chairman: Yeow Ching Shiong

Vice Chairman: Alma Yong

Secretary: Wang Siao Hua

Treasurer: Esther Lim Sze Ai

Public Liaison Officer: Fang Yi Yuan

Concert Master: Kathleen Koh

Webmaster: Ong Jiin Joo

Email: contactus@tpo.org.sg

Music Director - LIM Yau

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Singapore-born Lim Yau is Resident Conductor of Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Chorus, a dual appointment he assumed in January 2001. Previously, he served the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as Associate Conductor and the Chorus Master (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 which soon developed into an outstanding ensemble.

The Philharmonic Orchestra

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The Philharmonic Orchestra is a project initiated by Maestro Lim Yau in 1998. The orchestra comprises of young adults who have a keen and serious interest to learn, to develop, to train, and to perform, as ensemble musicians. Using insights from current research in ‘early music,’ and coupled with the orchestra’s factual existence as a chamber outfit, this orchestral project seeks to breathe new life to musical works, exploring ‘sound-worlds’ that are very much neglected by big orchestras. It does this by a constant negotiation of canonic repertoire and contemporary works. It is as such that The Philharmonic Orchestra seeks to be a platform of chamber music playing of a high standard.