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BIOGRAPHIES
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Harry Fehr
Harry Fehr studied philosophy at the University of Nottingham and was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden.
He has directed, among others, The Elixir of Love (English National Opera), Orlando (San Francisco Opera / Welsh National Opera), Tosca (Dutch Touring Opera), L’elisir d’amore (Danish National Opera), Falstaff (Shanghai Opera House), Ariodante, Der fliegende Holländer, The Secret Marriage & Cinderella (Scottish Opera), Craig Armstrong’s The Lady from the Sea (Edinburgh International Festival), Roberto Devereux (Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe), Così fan tutte (Opera Holland Park) and La sonnambula, I Capuleti e i Montecchi & La finta giardiniera (Buxton Festival).
He works frequently with students and has directed productions for British Youth Opera, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Dutch National Opera Academy, the Opera Academy Copenhagen, and all the major UK conservatoires.
Plans include The Cunning Little Vixen for the Royal Northern College of Music.
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Nancy Yuen
One of Asia’s most outstanding and exciting singers, Nancy Yuen made her debut upon graduation from the Royal Academy of Music, London, with the Welsh National Opera, singing the title role of Madama Butterfly to great critical acclaim.
She has performed in numerous Singapore Lyric Opera productions, such as Aida, Violetta (La Traviata), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Mimi (La Bohéme), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Antonia (Les Contes D'Hoffmann), Liu (Turandot), Gilda (Rigoletto), Tytania (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Leonora (Il Trovatore), Thaïs and Countessa (Le Nozze di Figaro). Other starring operatic roles include Romilda (Xerxes), Tosca, Liza (The Queen of Spades), Jenny (Mahagony Songspiel) and Micaela (Carmen).
A celebrated recitalist and versatile concert artist, she performs regularly with major orchestras and choral societies. Her appearances have included performances with Christopher Hogwood, Trevor Pinnock, Richard Armstrong, Carlo Rizzi, Tsung Yeh, Helmuth Rilling and Somtow Sucharitkul.
Nancy gives regular vocal masterclasses in the region. She was adjudicator for the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival in 2007 and 2013; one of the panel judges for the "Competizione dell'Opera" organized by Opera Bremen, Germany in 2009 and International Vocal Competition presented by Opera Siam in 2013. As an opera director, she has staged Salieri's Prima la Musica, Mozart's Cosi fan tutte and numerous opera scenes.
Nancy is currently the artistic director of Singapore Lyric Opera and has been a member of the Artistic Committee of Opera Hong Kong since 2013. Nancy was the Head of Vocal Studies at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore from 2003 to 2010. She is currently the Head of Vocal Studies at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts since March 2010. In September 2018, Nancy was appointed Professor of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
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Edward Kim
Edward Kim, baritone, is an opera singer and educator based in Singapore. Originally from South Korea, he has performed leading and featured roles across Europe and Asia.
With Singapore Lyric Opera, his roles include Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Silvio in Pagliacci, Dan Cairo in Carmen, and Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly. His repertoire also includes the title role in Don Giovanni and Oreste in Iphigénie en Tauride with The Opera People; Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, Guglielmo in Le Villi, and Count Formaggio in La Pizza con Funghi with New Opera Singapore; and Medico in Macbeth with Lirica Arts. In the UK, he performed Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen with Hampstead Garden Opera, Vater with Opera Holland Park, and Dandini in La Cenerentola for a Welsh National Opera gala conducted by Carlo Rizzi.
He has appeared at the Verbier Festival (Atélier Lyrique), the Oxford International Song Festival, and the Voices of Singapore Festival. His awards include the Sir Ian Stoutzker Prize, the Osaka International Music Competition, the Antonina Campi Special Prize, and the Concert Artists Competition in New York.
He holds a Master of Performance with Distinction from the Royal College of Music and is a full-time faculty member at Capital College of the Arts, Management and Technology.
Daniela Leska
Daniela Leska is an Australian soprano with Polish heritage who has worked in the global professional music industry for almost two decades. Daniela is delighted to be a principal soloist with Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO) again, after performing in “Puccini’s Women” and for the Singapore Yacht Festival. In the role of Pamina with Opera Australia, she was reviewed as “creating a beautiful sound that expresses both great joy and also deep sorrow”. Inspired by the likes of Mirella Freni and Anna Moffo, Daniela has loved performing as a soloist on operatic, music theatre and concert stages in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, China and Singapore.
Daniela has performed opera excerpts as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Mimì and Musetta in La Bohème; Liù in Turandot; Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi; Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief; Micaëla in Carmen; Zerlina in Don Giovanni; Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare; and Gilda in Rigoletto. Her staged full-roles include Pamina, Papagena and a Sprite in The Magic Flute; Annina in La Traviata; Despina in Così fan tutte; Sophie in Werther; Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro; Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas; The Tailor and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew; Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods; and Beth Moss in The Tender Land.
Daniela has collaborated with SLO, Opera Australia, the State Opera of South Australia, Lyric Opera of Melbourne, Australian International Opera Company, Adelaide Chamber Singers, Co-Opera Inc., Opera Projects Sydney, Australian Global Entertainment, Lieder Society of Victoria and Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist on the concert platform, Daniela has sung Messiah (Handel), Requiem (Mozart) and her audiences have included dignitaries such as the President of the Republic of Poland, Mr Andrzej Duda and former Australian Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd.
A featured artist on ABC Classic FM and SBS Polish Radio, she is the recipient of two prestigious George Boland Scholarships and a fully-funded Young Artist Program with Pacific Opera.
Daniela is a peripatetic singing teacher at the Australian International School, with Evolve Arts and runs a private studio in Singapore. She incorporates a passion for yoga, acting and dance; each being important for instrument awareness and maintenance.
Daniela holds a Graduate Diploma at Western Australia’s Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and a Bachelor of Music with First-Class Honours at Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium.
Shawn Liew
Shawn Liew has been honored to develop his career as a bass-baritone across Southeast Asia's vibrant classical music scene. He has had the privilege of collaborating with leading ensembles, including the Aula Simfonia Jakarta, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallelujah Oratorio Society (Singapore), Bachfest Malaysia, Jakarta Oratorio Society, Kuala Lumpur City Opera, The Opera People, Singapore Lyric Opera and New Opera Singapore, among others.
As a sought-after soloist, Shawn has delivered acclaimed performances in major works from the oratorio and symphonic repertoire, including:
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J.S. Bach: Magnificat (2013), St. John Passion (as Pilate, 2015), B Minor Mass (2025)
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Mozart: Requiem, Mass in C Minor (2014)
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Malaysia, 2017; Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand, 2019), Missa Solemnis (2024)
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Haydn: Nelson Mass (2022), The Creation, The Seasons Pt.1 (2024)
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Fauré: Requiem (2023)
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Handel: Messiah Pt.1 (2024)
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Bizet: Excerpts from Carmen (as Escamillo), in his debut with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (2025)
A career highlight was his performance as bass soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Jakarta's historic 2019 Monas Concert – Indonesia's first large-scale outdoor classical event – before an audience of 25,000. In 2025, Shawn made his Taiwanese debut with a solo recital presented by YinQi Culture & Music Foundation and debuted with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in excerpts from Carmen as Escamillo. He also returned to his roots with a charity concert for a children's home in East Malaysia.
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Shawn has also garnered praise for his compelling operatic portrayals with The Kuala Lumpur City Opera, The Opera People, Singapore Lyric Opera and New Opera Singapore, including:
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Puccini's La Bohème (Schaunard, 2016) by Kuala Lumpur City Opera (Malaysia)
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Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment (Sulpice, 2017) by Kuala Lumpur City Opera (Malaysia)
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Puccini's Madama Butterfly (Sharpless, 2018) by Kuala Lumpur City Opera (Malaysia)
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Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Theseus, 2019) by New Opera Singapore (Singapore)
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Bizet's Carmen (Escamillo, 2022) by Kuala Lumpur City Opera (Malaysia)
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Bellini's La Sonnambula (Rodolfo, 2023) by The Opera People (Singapore)
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Mozart's Don Giovanni (Commendatore, 2024) by The Opera People (Singapore)
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Mozart’s Magic Flute (The Speaker, 2025) by Singapore Lyric Opera (Singapore)
Yuka Kobayashi
Graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music, and then as a post-graduate. Completed training at the Nikikai Opera Studio. Studied in Italy through the Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. At the Nikikai Opera, has performed as Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Idamante in Idomeneo and Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, at Biwako Hall as Maddalena in Rigoletto and Emilia in Otello, among others. Her repertoire at the New National Theatre, Tokyo includes the Boy in Silence, Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor, Flora Bervoix in La Traviata, Sacerdotessa in Aida, Hyppolita in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nicklausse, La Muse in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly for the Educational Programme for High School Students and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro in the Programme’s Kansai region performances. In 2022, appeared as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier to great acclaim after her sudden casting. A member of the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation.
Martin Ng
Martin Ng, born in Singapore and trained in Voice at the Conservatorio dall’Abaco di Verona, has developed an extensive international career as a baritone across opera and concert stages in Europe and Asia. He made his professional debut at the Florence Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen (Sleep and Corydon) and quickly established a broad repertoire of leading roles spanning Italian, German, French, and 20th-century works.
Early engagements included the title role in Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis at Teatro Rosetum in Milan, Silvio in I Pagliacci at Teatro Sociale di Trento, and baritone soloist in Mozart’s Mass in C minor with the Accademia Filarmonica di Verona. He has since performed core operatic roles such as Dulcamara (L’elisir d’amore), Amonasro (Aida), and Escamillo (Carmen), the title role in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer; and Germont (La traviata); Klingsor (Parsifal) and Scarpia (Tosca).
Martin’s versatility extends to modern and contemporary repertoire: he appeared as Nick Shadow in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress with New Opera Singapore, served as baritone soloist in ENO’s staging of Britten’s War Requiem, and sang Videra in Somtow’s Madana with Opera Siam. Additional notable operatic roles include Marcello (La bohème) with the Singapore Musicians’ Initiative, Bartolo (The Barber of Seville) at the National Taichung Theatre, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus with Singapore Lyric Opera, and Ping in Turandot at the National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts.
Recent seasons demonstrate sustained international activity. In 2023 he sang Kaspar (Der Freischütz) with the National Kaohsiung Centre and Taipei Symphony Orchestra; Vodnik (Rusalka) with New Opera Singapore; Alfio (Cavalleria rusticana) and Tonio (I Pagliacci) with Singapore Lyric Opera; and Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) in Phnom Penh with the Cambodia Opera Project. In 2024 he performed Rigoletto (title role) with New Opera Singapore and under Royal Patronage in Bangkok performing excerpts from La traviata, La Gioconda and Madama Butterfly as part of the “1907 Rama V European Operatic Journey.” In 2025 he performed Telramund (Lohengrin) at the National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, Somtow’s Madana with Opera Siam, and Schumann’s Dichterliebe in Phnom Penh. His 2026 plans include Phi Maak in Somtow’s Mae Naak (Opera Siam), Verdi’s Macbeth (title role) with Lirica Arts, Alfio with the Siam Society, and Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder at the Phnom Penh European Music Cultures Festival.
As a concert soloist, Martin’s repertoire ranges from Baroque to Romantic and modern—Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Faure’s Requiem, Bach’s Magnificat and St John Passion, Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri, Mozart’s Masses and Requiems, and Schubert’s Winterreise.
Samy Camps
Nominated for the Victoires de la Musique Classique in the Lyric Revelation category in 2015, Samy Camps trained at France's most prestigious institutions: a resident of the Royaumont Foundation and the Aix-en-Provence Festival Academy, the Nice-born tenor joined the Lyon Conservatory (CNSMD) in Françoise Pollet's class. He works with directors such as Olivier Py and Damiano Michieletto, as well as with conductors Carlo Rizzi, Michele Spotti and Anthony Hermus.
Passionate about the French repertoire, he toured with the Palazzetto Bru Zane from 2017 to 2019 in Hervé's Mam'zelle Nitouche (Champlâtreux). In 2023, he sang Offenbach's Orpheus (Orphée aux Enfers) in Lausanne, directed by Oliver Py. In 2024, he made his debut in the role of Rodriguez in Massenet's Don Quichotte at the Paris National Opera before singing Don José (Carmen) at the Singapore Lyric Opera.
He stands out in the Italian repertoire: Alfredo (La Traviata) in Tallinn, Macduff (Macbeth) in Saint-Etienne, Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi) in Dijon, as well as in Viennese operetta: Camille (The Merry Widow) in Avignon and Nice, but also the title role of Lehár's Paganini and Guy Florès (L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc) in Marseille.
He also embraces modern and contemporary repertoires, with numerous creations: the leading role of Antoine in the adaptation of Ramuz's Derborence (Daniel Andrés) in Biel/Solothurn, as well as the multiple parts of the Commissioner, the Postman, the Forest Ranger and the Dream Bureau Employee in Martinů's Juliette ou la Clé des Songes in Nice, unanimously praised by critics. Finally, he became the first French singer to embody the title role in Pelléas et Mélisande in Estonia (Tallinn, Estonian National Opera).
In 2025/2026, he opens the first edition of the Seville Opera Festival in Philip Glass's Les Enfants Terribles after Cocteau (role of Gérard), before making his debut in the Wagnerian repertoire as Loge in Das Rheingold at the Marseille Opera.
Photography credit: Cléa Margaret
Lien Boon Hua
Singaporean conductor Lien Boon Hua champions Asian voices on the global stage. His work bridges Eastern and Western musical traditions through a repertoire spanning symphonic literature, contemporary works, Chinese orchestral music, and opera. He has conducted over 50 professional orchestras across 22 countries and serves as Associate Conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Conductor of the Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra. Since founding Wayfarer Sinfonietta in 2021, Lien has built the ensemble as one of Singapore's most adventurous musical forces, recognised for artistic excellence and bold programming.
In 2022, Lien led the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Singapore Symphony Choruses in Esplanade's 20th anniversary gala concert, premiering a commissioned work for this landmark cultural celebration at Singapore's national performing arts centre. Recent highlights include conducting the world premiere of A Bridge Across the Sea by Jonathan Dove, one of Britain's most performed living composers, with Resound Collective in Singapore, and leading the closing gala concert of the 14th China–ASEAN Music Festival in Nanning, presenting premieres of new works alongside contemporary compositions by leading composers from Singapore, Thailand, and China.
Lien's 2025/26 season includes debuts with the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Guangxi Symphony Orchestra, Resound Collective, and Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra, alongside continued collaborations with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and Sichuan Symphony Orchestra.
Lien’s international career extends across three continents. In Europe, he has conducted the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Polish Baltic Philharmonic, Kraków Philharmonic, Pannon Philharmonic, and Transylvania State Philharmonic. In North America, he has appeared with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and The Syracuse Orchestra. His Asian engagements also include the Bangkok Metropolitan Orchestra and Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra. He has performed at festivals including the Shenzhen Belt & Road International Music Festival, IntAct Festival, Thailand International Composition Festival, Gdańsk Music Festival, International Mozartiana Festival, and Singapore International Festival of Arts. His operatic work includes productions for Singapore Lyric Opera, Kuala Lumpur City Opera, The Opera People, and Lirica Arts.
Lien's artistic development was shaped by his tenure as Assistant Conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (2016–2018) under Music Director Alexander Liebreich, and through the Peter Eötvös Foundation Mentoring Program (2019–2020), working closely with Peter Eötvös, Heinz Holliger, and Kaija Saariaho. He is a prize winner at the Antal Doráti International Conducting Competition (Second Prize, 2018) and the Grzegorz Fitelberg International Conducting Competition (Second Distinction, 2017). Selected for prestigious programs including the Tanglewood Music Center, the Lucerne Festival Academy, and the Mahler Conducting Fellowship at Colorado MahlerFest, Lien has studied with distinguished maestros including Bernard Haitink, Paavo Järvi, Cristian Măcelaru, and Tsung Yeh.
As an educator, Lien has served on the faculty of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music since 2019, where he teaches conducting and contemporary music performance. There, he directs OpusNovus, the conservatory's contemporary music ensemble, and has led tours to China and Australia. He joined the Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music in 2024 as Visiting Lecturer of Large Ensembles, and his educational work includes engagements with the ASEAN–Russian Youth Orchestra, Rondo Festival Orchestra, Hong Kong Children's Symphony Orchestra as well as lectures and conducting masterclasses in China, Taiwan and Thailand.
Lien holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Neil Varon and received the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize, Eastman's top conducting award. He also holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College–Conservatory of Music and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, with additional studies at the Peabody Conservatory.
Terrence Toh
Terrence Toh is a Singaporean choral director, music educator and chorus master. He holds a Master of Music from Boston University and has studied under Dr. André de Quadros, Dr. Owen Brian William and Dr. Diana R. Dansereau. His research interests mainly concern the transformative power of music, music education, and music-making.
He is the resident Chorus Master of the Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO) and has directed the chorus for SLO's productions of Pagliacci (2015, 2023), Turandot (2016), L’elisir d’amore (2017), Aida (2018), Carmen (2019), Die Fledermaus (2022) and Cavalleria Rusticana (2023). He currently directs the program for the three SLO choruses (Children, Youth, Adult) and also serves as a member of the SLO Artistic Committee.
Choral programmes under Terrence’s direction have consistently garnered gold awards and distinction certificates in the Singapore Youth Festival, and he has led choirs to success in international competitions in the Czech Republic, Malaysia, and Italy. He also regularly features in Esplanade’s Limelight concert series and actively participates in Esplanade’s Voices – A Festival of Song as a performer and clinician.
A lifelong music educator, he firmly believes in a progressive curriculum grounded in education ethics and realised through Critical Pedagogy, empowerment and transformative music.
Yeo Hon Beng
Yeo Hon Beng is an experienced arts practitioner whose career spans directing, lighting and set design, and technical/production management across Singapore’s leading theatre and arts companies. He has helmed productions for Ageless Theatre, Church of Our Saviour Singapore, and Little Red Shop, and contributed as a lighting designer to works with Singapore Lyric Opera, TheatreWorks, Maya Dance Theatre, and more. His technical and stage management expertise includes collaborations with Drama Box, Practice Performing Arts School, Singapore Grand Prix (F1), The Necessary Stage, and Toy Factory Productions.
A dedicated drama educator, Yeo Hon Beng has mentored students at institutions including the National University of Singapore, NAFA, Singapore Polytechnic, and School of the Arts Singapore, CHIJ Katong Convent, St. Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School, St. Andrew’s Junior College and more, guiding students in directing, lighting, and production management. Since 2013, he has been actively involved in Ageless Theatre, a non-profit theatre group for seniors where he serves as Artistic Director and leads engaging theatre workshops and activities, intergenerational programmes and volunteering work with St Luke’s ElderCare, Kallang Community Club and Feiyue Community Services.
He holds a BA in Sociology and Theatre Studies from NUS and is committed to nurturing emerging talent. His initiatives include setting up Detention Barracks and CultureCave, platforms supporting young artists and collaborative projects. Yeo Hon Beng’s passion for arts education and community outreach continues to inspire the next generation of theatre practitioners.
Jonathan Mark MacPherson
Described as “an intelligent and expressive singer,” lyric tenor Jonathan Mark Macpherson began his musical journey at age seven, learning the cornet in his primary school brass band. He holds a Diploma in Music from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours from the Royal College of Music.
Jonathan has appeared in numerous operatic productions, notably in the Singapore Lyric Opera’s performances of Le Nozze di Figaro (Basilio/Don Curzio), Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio), and Così fan tutte (Ferrando), The Opera People’s production of Dido and Aeneas, The Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s production of Die Fledermaus (Alfred) as well as Lirica Arts’ production of MacBeth (Malcolm). In 2020, he founded the early music a cappella ensemble 5AM.
Jonathan has studied with soprano Dr. Jessica Chen, tenor David Rendall, and he was a trainee in the Singapore Lyric Opera’s Leow Siak Fah Artist Training Programme from 2018 to 2022.