Lim Kiong Pin

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Lim Kiong Pin

 

Lim Kiong Pin is a Diyin Sheng player in the Singapore Chinese Orchestra. His areas of expertise include performance, conducting, coaching, and composition. He learnt to play the Sheng during his secondary school years, with Mr. Ng Tok Tsai as his mentor. He also studied Suona performance with Mr. Lee Heng Quee, Mr. Jin Shiyi, and Mr. Ding Huaicheng. Since the age of 15, he has performed regularly with the People's Association Chinese Orchestra (predecessor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra). He became a full-time member of the People's Association Chinese Orchestra in 1996 and joined the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in 1997.

For music composition, he studied harmony with Mr. Phoon Yew Tien and Mr. Tan Chan Boon. His notable composition works include Dark Sky Blues (wind and percussion ensemble), Rhythm of Drums (2001 National Day Parade), Overture 2004 (SCO’s Mega Concert), Bali Dreams (ensemble), Summer Rain (ensemble for plucked-strings, harp and cello) among others. In 2002, he received a cultural scholarship from the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan to attend a conducting workshop in the Czech Republic, where he studied under mentors such as Tsung Yeh, Johannes Schlaefli, and Kirk Trevor.

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