Category archives: People

YST STORIES Student Spotlight: YST Student Creates International Trombone Festival People Since his third year at YST, trombone student Pradch Limvoranant has wanted to bring an international trombone festival to his native Bangkok in order to inspire low-brass players throughout Southeast Asia. Now in his fourth year, Pradch – under the leadership of the Thailand […]

YST STORIES Alumni Centre Stage: Monique Lapins People A student of Professor Qian Zhou, Monique graduated from YST in 2014 before winning a position in the Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra in Japan. Fast forward two years, she is now back Down Under (albeit not in her home country) working professionally as the 2nd violinist […]

YST STORIES Student Spotlight: Ho Qian Hui People Ho Qian Hui, a third year BMus student was the Grand Prize Winner of this year’s annual Conservatory Concerto Competition. Accompanied by the Conservatory Orchestra led by Principal Conductor Jason Lai, Qian Hui performed Alfred Schnittke’s Viola Concerto (1985). Henk van der Meulen, principal of the Royal […]

YST STORIES Alumni and Student Resonances People YST Conservatory students and alumni have been carving successes and making an impact in the region this past week. Congratulations to everyone! Lien Boon Hua (BMus ’11) has been announced as a candidate for the 1st Hong Kong International Conducting Competition, which will take place from 10 – […]

YST STORIES New Full Time Appointments People As part of our drive to position excellence in collaborative music-making at the heart of the Conservatory’s evolving identity, the YST Conservatory is pleased to announce three new full-time faculty appointments: Associate Professor Brett Stemple, Head of Brass Associate Professor Zhang Jinmin, Head of Woodwinds Mr Lim Yan, Senior […]

YST STORIES 5 Things You May Not Have Known About Qin Li-Wei People One of the key highlights in the Conservatory’s calendar this season will be Associate Professor Qin Li-Wei alongside the Conservatory Orchestra and Guest Conductor Yang Yang next Thursday 13 April at the Esplanade Concert Hall. We learn five things you may not […]

YST STORIES Ten Things You Need To Know About Les Art Florissants People 1. What does the name mean? “The Flourishing Arts”. 2. Where does the name come from? The name comes from the title of an opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, first staged in Paris in 1686.  The opera concerns the arts (Music, Painting, Poetry […]

YST STORIES YST Violist Wins Music Tech Grand Prize People YST viola major Mervin Wong’s (BMus Year 3) has been awarded the Grand Prize in an international competition organised by MusicTech Magazine and audio company Output. The Signal Showdown competition requires contestants to download the SIGNAL software and create a track with it. Mervin (under […]