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Bio

🎬Founder & Creative Director at The TENG Company 🇸🇬
🧑🏻‍🏫 Faculty at University at Buffalo-SIM
👨🏻‍🎓Dissertation Supervisor at Lasalle College of the Arts
📖 Author of three books
🎼 琵琶 Chinese Pipa Musician

Reimagining and Empowering with Chinese Music

I am the Co-Founder and Creative Director of The TENG Company, a not-for-profit Major Grant Arts Company in Singapore. TENG is one of the largest traditional arts companies in Singapore. I spearhead the company’s Performance, Academy and Research Divisions and re-invent the possibilities of Chinese music by fusing tradition, innovation and a unique Singaporean identity.

I obtained my PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Sheffield in 2009 where I was awarded dual scholarships from the Harry Worthington Foundation and the Hokkien Huay Kuan for my doctoral studies in music. My dissertation dealt with the social interactions of Chinese orchestras.

I am also author of the books “Impressions of a Pipa Player” (2003), “QI: An Instrumental Guide to the Chinese Orchestra” (2005) and co-author of “The TENG Guide to the Chinese Orchestra” (2019). My books are used as reference texts for the ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level Music Examinations in Singapore.

www.thetengcompany.com
LinkedIn.com/in/drsamwong