Phang Thean Siong

Phang Thean Siong is a talented, homegrown dizi performer.

He joined the People’s Association Chinese Orchestra in 1983 and participated and performed in the Hong Kong Youth Music Camp in 1986. 

In 1988, he performed with renowned dizi maestro Yu Xun Fa in the Singapore Arts Festival, and won positive reviews.

Thean Siong was awarded a scholarship by the Singapore National Arts Council in 1993 and studied in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Maestro Yu Xun Fa.

He also performed in the Sixty Anniversary Celebration of the Conservatory as its guest soloist with the Shanghai Movie Orchestra.

Thean Siong performed the dizi concerto Love for the Eagle with the Keat Hong Chinese Orchestra and the Hong Kong Music Lover Chinese Orchestra in Hong Kong in 1994 and was well commended by the various Hong Kong Newspapers.