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 Maestro Tsung Yeh joined the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) as Music Director in January 2002. Under Yeh's vision, SCO's repertoire has undergone rapid expansion. He is credited with initiating and designing successful productions such as Marco Polo and Princess Blue- A Symphonic Epic, Instant is a Millennium-A Musical Conversation with Tan Swie Hian, The Grandeur of Tang, Thunderstorm and Admiral of the Seven Seas. These innovative pieces have brought Chinese orchestral music to a whole new level.Tsung Yeh was appointed as the Music Director of Singapore’s National Day Parade 2007, and he conceptualised a new presentation format for the music of the performance. Under Yeh’s baton was a 240-strong combined musical force comprising the SCO, Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO), Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Central Band, Malay and Indian ensemble, Nanyin ensemble and a chorus. Together, they performed to the cabinet, 27,000 enthusiastic audience and millions of viewers over live Television broadcast. As a true orchestral builder, Yeh's persistence and hard work on the orchestra's performance quality has produced audible results in rhythm, tone quality, dynamic range and musicality. Under Yeh’s baton, the SCO successfully toured Europe in March & April 2005 at Barbican Center in London, The Sage Gateshead and the Budapest Spring Festival. In October 2007, SCO performed at the Beijing Music Festival, China Shanghai International Arts Festival, Macau International Music Festival, as well as major concert halls in Guangdong, Zhongshan and Shenzhen. In addition to his appointment as SCO’s Music Director, Tsung Yeh is also the Music Director of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra in the United States, making him the first conductor to be appointed as the Music Director of both the Chinese orchestra and the Symphony orchestra simultaneously. In 1995, he and the South Bend Symphony Orchestra were honored with the ASCAP Award. Tsung Yeh was also the Music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. In April 1991, as part of Conductors' Mentor Programme sponsored by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, he worked closely with Music Director Daniel Barenboim and Principal Guest Conductor Pierre Boulez. He led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, successfully replacing the indisposed Barenboim at short notice. He was the former Music Director of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra and Exxon/Arts Endowment Conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. He served as Resident Conductor of Florida Orchestra and was also the Principal Guest Conductor of Albany Symphony Orchestra of New York. He has been the Principal Conductor of the Hua Xia Ensemble in Beijing and is one of the founders of the Shanghai New Ensemble. Having been studying piano since the age of five, Tsung Yeh began to learn conducting in 1979 at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and won a full scholarship to the Mannes College of Music in New York in 1981. Upon graduation he received the Academic Excellence Award. In 1983, he began to work towards a Master’s degree at Yale University under Otto Werner-Mueller. He also studied conducting with Max Rudolf, Leonard Slatkin, Murry Sidlin, Sidney Harth, Han Zhong Jie, Huang Yi Jun and Cao Peng. Tsung Yeh's past engagements in North America included the San Francisco, Tucson and New Haven Symphonies, the Calgary and Rochester Philharmonics. He is also a frequent guest conductor for orchestras in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Taipei and Taichung. In Europe, he conducted Ensemble 2e2m and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and orchestras in Poland, Russia and Czech Republic. Tsung Yeh was engaged to conduct the Shinsei Symphony Orchestra in Japan. In May 2001, he conducted the Paris-Shanghai Duplex Concert with the French National Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai Broadcasting Orchestra, which was broadcasted through the satellite TV with millions of viewers in both Europe and Asia. With a growing reputation in the conducting and teaching field, he has been one of the Artistic Directors of the Symphonic Workshop Ltd in the Czech Republic since 1992. He has also taught the Conductors Guild Workshops in Chicago and Indianapolis. Yeh has been teaching frequently at the Musik Hochschule in Zurich Switzerland. He has also made various recordings under Hugo and Delos.
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