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<p>A family-friendly concert specially designed for the children, where they will meet<br />
and interact with &ldquo;Mr. Bach&rdquo; through storytelling and live music performance. There will also be opportunity for games and photos with &ldquo;Mr. Bach&rdquo; after the concert.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&ldquo;巴赫先生&rdquo;將在這一場專門為兒童而設的親子音樂會中給大家分享他的故事和音樂。觀眾也有機會在音樂會之後參與遊戲環節並與&ldquo;巴赫先生&rdquo;合照留念。</p>

<p>--<br />
Members of Malaysia Bach Festival Choir &amp; Orchestra&nbsp;<br />
David Chin, Artistic Director (as &ldquo;Mr. Bach&rdquo;)</p>

<p>馬來西亞巴赫慶典合唱與管弦樂團的成員<br />
陳子虔 |藝術總監（飾&ldquo;巴赫先生&rdquo;）<br />
&nbsp;</p>

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Bachfest Malaysia

Hello Mr. Bach

KuAsh Theatre @ Creative Centre for Children, Kuala Lumpur

David Chin is the founder and Artistic Director of Bachfest Malaysia, and the conductor of the award-winning Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra. He has conducted all the major works and motets by J.S. Bach, and more than three dozen Bach cantatas. In addition, he has led choirs and orchestras around the world in numerous major works by composers ranging from the Renaissance era to the 21st century, and in world-premieres, a capella to choral-orchestral works, and standard repertoire to vocal jazz and Broadway musicals. He has performed and taught throughout the United States and Malaysia, as well as in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, and Italy. 

Besides maintaining a vibrant performing career, David is equally active in the fields of education and musicology. He is currently a long-term Visiting Professor of Music at Augustana University in the United States, where he directs inaugural Augustana Bach Collegium and the Bach Cantata Series, as well as conducts various ensembles, and teaches conducting and music history. He was named as a Senior Fellow of Bach-Archiv Leipzig in 2022, and became the fourth person to receive this honorary title since the founding of the institution in 1950. David translated renowned Bach scholar Michael Maul’s Bach: A Pictorial Biography from German into Chinese. In 2020, David produced Encountering Bach, a documentary film on the life and music of J.S. Bach, which was filmed exclusively in Germany. It is available in both English and Mandarin versions, and has drawn a large viewership from across the globe. He has served as Director of Choral Activities and Music Professor at multiple universities in the United States, and his conducting students have been admitted to graduate programs at prominent institutions.

David studied conducting with renowned conductor and pedagogue William Weinert, who has been his mentor since 2010. He holds both Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he was the recipient of the Charles W. Kennett Scholarship and the Herman Genhart Choral Conducting Scholar Award, in addition to full scholarship to pursue both degrees. His motto is Philippians 4:13. 

Website: www.davidchinmusic.com

David Chin

Okawa Tan

“Lively, very modern, very self-confident… delicate, immaculately intoned, clearly articulated, smoothly phrased and as intelligent as it is boldly dynamic… a first-class concert”. 
-	Leipziger Volkszeitung 
(Leipzig People’s Newspaper) 2024

Bachfest Malaysia was founded by Artistic Director David Chin in 2015. Its inaugural performance was the Malaysian premiere of St. John Passion by the Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra. Since then, they have performed Mass in B minor, St. Matthew Passion, numerous cantatas, motets, and instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach. They recently performed several Bach cantatas and motets at the St. Thomas Church during the renowned international Bachfest Leipzig in Germany, and received raving reviews and extended standing ovation. They also performed at the St. George’s Church in Eisenach and the Bach Church in Arnstadt. 

In their home country, the Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra have performed in Kuala Lumpur, Muar, George Town, Sibu, Bintulu, and Kota Kinabalu. Their performances of Bach's music have been repeatedly recognized at the BOH Cameronian Arts Awards, winning "Best of 2019" and "Best Choral Ensemble Performance" for St. Matthew Passion in 2020, and "Best Ensemble Performance" for "Prelude" from Orchestral Suite in C in 2019. That same year, David Chin's performance of Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in D major also received "Best Solo Instrumental Performance”. 

Bachfest Malaysia has been creating excellent music-making opportunities for young local talents. Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra consists some of the best musicians in the country, which include leaders and principals from prominent ensembles such as the National Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Virama, Young Choral Academy, KL City Opera, Wicked Music People, VerSes, YinQi Choir, Klpac Orchestra, to name a few. Apart from the music of J.S. Bach, they have also performed works by composers such as Byrd, Victoria, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, and Dan Forrest, as well as a new commission by Malaysian composer Caeleb Tee.

Hello Mr. Bach

RM68.00, RM88.00

RM68.00

RM68.00, RM88.00

RM68.00

Performers & Creatives

David Chin

Okawa Tan

Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra

Ticketing

3:00PM (GMT+8)

7:00PM (GMT+8)

3:00PM (GMT+8)

7:00PM (GMT+8)

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