Conductor David Chin is the founder and Artistic Director of Bachfest Malaysia and a Senior Fellow of Bach-Archiv Leipzig. In addition to his home country Malaysia and the United States, David has been invited to teach and perform in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, and Italy. David has conducted all the major works by J.S. Bach and more than three dozens of his cantatas. He has also led choirs and orchestras around the world in numerous major works by composers ranging from the Renaissance era to the 21st century and world-premieres, a capella to choral-orchestral works, and standard repertoire to vocal jazz and Broadway musicals. Recently, he has translated Maul’s latest Bach Pictorial Biography, the Bach database website jsbach.de, and produced Encountering Bach, a documentary filmed in Germany. David holds Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Conducting from the Eastman School of Music in New York.  

指揮家陳子虔是馬來西亞巴赫節的創辦人與藝術總監以及德國萊比錫檔案館的資深院士。除了活躍於祖國馬來西亞與北美洲，陳氏也經常被邀請到不同的國家指揮與執教，足跡遍布新加坡、印尼、越南、香港、泰國、紐西蘭、加拿大、德國與意大利。他近年指揮了巴赫所有的大型作品以及將近40部的清唱劇。此外，還有從文藝復興時期到二十一世紀多位作曲家的作品，其中包括無伴奏合唱、神劇、彌撒曲、交響曲以及室內樂等，曲風涵蓋經典作品以及爵士音樂與百老匯。陳氏近期翻譯了茂爾的《巴赫圖文傳記》以及萊比錫巴赫檔案館的龐大的巴赫網站，同時也在德國拍攝了《追踪巴赫》紀錄影片。他榮獲芥菜種基金頒為榮譽會員，亦榮獲美國紐約伊斯曼音樂學院所頒發的全額獎學金順利完成指揮碩士與博士學位。

David Chin

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