Lynnette Seah Mei Tsing

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Currently the Co-Leader of the SSO, Lynnette is widely recognised by her colleagues for her professionalism and musicality. She is also looked upon as a mentor and role model.

Through the years, Lynnette has won international acclaim as an outstanding violinist. Despite such success, Lynnette chose to remain in Singapore and be part of the development of the local music scene.

Lynnette has performed as a soloist with numerous famous orchestras, including the Zurich Symphony (Switzerland), Orebro Chamber (Sweden), Teplice Symphony and Janacek Philharmonic (Czechoslovakia). In 1995, Lynnette was invited to perform at the Bergen International Music Festival (Norway). A year later, she represented Singapore as Assistant Leader of the World Philharmonic Orchestra, which consisted of accomplished musicians from top orchestras all over the world. In June this year, she again represented Singapore in the World Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris.

In 1997, the Composers' Association of Singapore conferred on Lynette the Excellence Award in recognition of her contribution to Singapore's classical music scene.

Lynnette is the first Singapore violinist to have a concerto specially written for her. T he work, composed by Singaporean physicist-composer Professor Bernard Tan, received its world premiere this year at the Esplanade Concert Hall. Lynette herself performed this concerto with the SSO. Outside her work with the SSO, Lynnette is an active recitalist and chamber music promoter. She founded the Jade Quartet and led the group on numerous successful performances in Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Indonesia.

As an educator, Lynnette has shared her experience gener_ously with young local talents. She is a member of the Ministry of Education's Arts Education Committee, which oversees various arts institutions such as the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory and LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts. She also served as a member of the National Arts Council's 2005 National Piano and Violin Competition advisory committee.

Whether as mentor, role model or performer, Lynnette is unanimously recognised by her colleagues for her integrity, musicality and professionalism.

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