Germany & Malaysia Grand Concert Tour

Dr David Chin, Founder and Artistic Director, Bachfest Malaysia

24-May-24 14:00

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In June, Malaysia's Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra are set to be the first ensemble from Southeast Asia to be invited to perform in the most prestigious and important Bach landmarks in Germany: St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Bach Church in Arnstadt, as well as St. George's Church in Eisenach. The grand concert tour commences with two fundraising concerts right here in Kuala Lumpur. We catch up with Dr David Chin, the Founder and Artistic Director of Bachfest Malaysia, who is also the Director of the Bach Collegium and Music Professor at Augustana University in Sioux (SOO) Falls, South Dakota, and a Senior Fellow of the Bach Archive in Leipzig, Germany, to find out more about the programme in these fundraising concerts.

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs

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Categories: performing arts, music

Tags: the bigger picture, front row, bachfest malaysia, classical music concert, johann sebastian bach,

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