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May 7, 2020 at 11:09pm

As a mark of global solidarity during the Covid-19 outbreak, Singaporean conductor Wong Kah Chun has assembled local and overseas artists to put on a virtual performance of Beethoven's Ode To Joy.

The three-minute music video, aired on The Straits Times YouTube and Facebook channels at 7pm on Thursday (May 7), includes performances by members of music groups such as the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Dresden Boys Choir (Dresdner Kreuzchor) as well as local freelancers and musicians... See More

As a mark of global solidarity during the Covid-19 outbreak, Singaporean conductor Wong Kah Chun has assembled local and overseas artists to put on a virtual performance of Beethoven's Ode To Joy.

The three-minute music video, aired on The Straits Times YouTube and Facebook channels at 7pm on Thursday (May 7), includes performances by members of music groups such as the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Dresden Boys Choir (Dresdner Kreuzchor) as well as local freelancers and musicians.

Wong, 33, chief conductor of Germany's Nuremberg Symphony, conceived the idea for the project on an overnight flight from Nuremberg to Singapore in March.

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A virtual tribute to Ode To Joy
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December 31, 2019 at 5:28pm

Singaporean Wong Kah Chun was offered a place in Cambridge but decided to study music composition instead, to pursue his childhood dream of being a musician. He went on to become the first Asian to win the prestigious international Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition for young conductors.

Now one of Singapore's most prolific conductors, the 33-year-old is currently leading as the Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany.

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Singaporean Wong Kah Chun was offered a place in Cambridge but decided to study music composition instead, to pursue his childhood dream of being a musician. He went on to become the first Asian to win the prestigious international Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition for young conductors.

Now one of Singapore's most prolific conductors, the 33-year-old is currently leading as the Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany.

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