Le violon de Les Six

Lee Shi Mei was the second prize winner of the National Piano and Violin Competition in 2007 under the Violin Artist Category. She has also appeared as soloist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, The Chamber Players and the award-winning local animated film The Violin by Ervin Han. Shi Mei holds a Master of Music with Distinction by the Longy School of Music (USA), and Bachelor of Music in Violin and Piano Performance by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (USA). She is also a recipient of the National Arts Council Arts Bursary (2007, 2009-2011). Shi Mei currently teaches violin at School of the Arts Singapore and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.

Lim Yan is an alumnus of Chetham’s School of Music, Royal Northern College of Music and University of Manchester. He counts amongst his most important mentors Lim Tshui Ling, David Hartigan and Ronan O’Hora, whose collective wisdom he hopes to impart in his capacity as senior lecturer at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music and adjunct faculty at School of the Arts Singapore. Yan is also the current artistic director of the Singapore International Piano Festival.