Quek Ling Kiong is the first Principal Conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) to have been born and bred in Singapore. Widely hailed as the “People’s Conductor”, he has more than 25 years of professional musical experience under his belt. He assumed the role of Principal Conductor in 2023, after a decade as its Resident Conductor.

Maestro Tsung Yeh began his tenure at the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) as Music Director in 2002. Under his leadership, SCO expanded its repertoire with ground-breaking works such as Marco Polo and Princess Blue — A Symphonic Epic (2002), and Admiral of the Seven Seas (2005) and Awaking (2008). In 2013, Tsung Yeh was awarded the Cultural Medallion; the highest accolade in the arts.

Hailed by The Straits Times as an “excellent young conductor”, Moses Gay’s conducting journey began at age 16, when he earned high praise from renowned Chinese conductor Ku Lap-man, who called him “a rising star of the conducting world”, while conducting Phoon Yew Tien’s The Forge Ahead. He graduated with First Class Honours from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and obtained a Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the China Conservatory of Music, both on full scholarship.

Lien Boon Hua is a conductor celebrated for his artistic versatility and emotional depth, commanding a repertoire that spans contemporary works, symphonic literature, Chinese orchestral music and opera. He currently serves as Associate Conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Conductor of the Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra, recent appointments that underscore his commitment to championing Asian music on the international stage.

WANG Chenwei is the Composer-in-Residence of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, adjunct faculty at the National Institute of Education (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, as well as a council member of the Singapore Chinese Music Federation. As the Head of Research and Education at The TENG Company, he is the main co-author of The TENG Guide to the Chinese Orchestra (2019), a 624-page book on instrumentation and orchestration.