Leslie Tan
Leslie Tan, a founding member of the T'ang Quartet, has performed to critical acclaim in major venues and festivals worldwide. These include the Tanglewood and Aspen Festivals in the USA; the Melbourne and Port Fairy Festivals in Australia; the New Zealand Festival; the Hong Kong Arts Festival; and the Prague-Vienna-Budapest Sommerakademie and the Edinburgh Festival in Europe
A graduate of the Trinity College of Music in London at 19, Leslie returned to Singapore and embarked on a career with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. In Singapore, He established himself, in a career as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, and pedagogue, as the pre-eminent cellist of his generation.
He continued his studies in the USSR, at the Tchaikovsky-Moscow State Conservatory with Natalia Shahkovskaya; and in the USA, working closely with chamber music experts Paul Katz and Norman Fischer; and with historical performance specialist, Kenneth Goldsmith.
In a career that has spanned 35 years, ranging from orchestral to chamber and solo concerts; from contemporary and cross-disciplinary works to historically informed performances, Leslie is sought after both as a pedagogue and concert artiste.
Leslie is a champion of outreach activities, and musical and transformative education in the ASEAN region, teaching in different festivals and projects in Thailand, where he is a member of the Glom Ensemble; and in Myanmar, working with Gitamet, an arts and culture NGO, and co-directing the Music Society of Myanmar. In Indonesia, where he works frequently with young musicians from Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya, he has also just started a program with the Singapore International Foundation to work with Afghan refugees.
He is a citizen ambassador for the Singapore International Foundation.
Through his latest initiative, ProjectArtitude, he hopes to enrich the lives of the underprivileged and the disenfranchised across Asia.
A graduate of the Trinity College of Music in London at 19, Leslie returned to Singapore and embarked on a career with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. In Singapore, He established himself, in a career as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, and pedagogue, as the pre-eminent cellist of his generation.
He continued his studies in the USSR, at the Tchaikovsky-Moscow State Conservatory with Natalia Shahkovskaya; and in the USA, working closely with chamber music experts Paul Katz and Norman Fischer; and with historical performance specialist, Kenneth Goldsmith.
In a career that has spanned 35 years, ranging from orchestral to chamber and solo concerts; from contemporary and cross-disciplinary works to historically informed performances, Leslie is sought after both as a pedagogue and concert artiste.
Leslie is a champion of outreach activities, and musical and transformative education in the ASEAN region, teaching in different festivals and projects in Thailand, where he is a member of the Glom Ensemble; and in Myanmar, working with Gitamet, an arts and culture NGO, and co-directing the Music Society of Myanmar. In Indonesia, where he works frequently with young musicians from Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya, he has also just started a program with the Singapore International Foundation to work with Afghan refugees.
He is a citizen ambassador for the Singapore International Foundation.
Through his latest initiative, ProjectArtitude, he hopes to enrich the lives of the underprivileged and the disenfranchised across Asia.