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Yeh Tsung: Transforming SCO into a world-class orchestra
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Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s music director Yeh Tsung celebrates his 20 years in SCO this year. He has transformed SCO into a formidable force.
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SINGAPORE – A Western-trained musician who had never led a Chinese orchestra appointed as music director of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) – this was a most controversial appointment 20 years ago.
With it, Shanghai-born Yeh Tsung became the world’s first music director to lead a symphony orchestra and a Chinese orchestra across two continents concurrently.
