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Kee-Yong Kam |
 Biography |
KAM KEE YONG (b. Penang, Malaysia, 1938) is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London, England, where he won honours for both violin performance and composition. He is also an artist, with several solo exhibitions to his credit. He has performed in England, Australia and throughout Asia, playing both classical and traditional Chinese selections for enthusiastic audiences. Mr. Kam was the leader of the Singapore String Orchestra for close to two decades and is the author of a highly successful ballet, The Five Sentiments, commissioned by the Singapore Arts Festival in 1982. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion of the Singapore Government in 1984 for his contributions to the musical life of the country. His compositions have been performed by the TOKK ensemble (Tokyo), the Seoul Philharmonic (Korea), the Petra Quartet (Australia) and the Delos Quartet (England).
Daniel Foley, 1998
