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Yuen Yum San
Born in Shanghai, Yuen Yum was the first recipient of the
Hong Kong Government Music Scholarship to study at Wells Cathedral School, England, going on to graduate from the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama. In 1986 Yuen Yum joined the Orchestra of St John's Smith Square, touring both nationally and worldwide.
She has performed extensively with the London Wren Orchestra, the Bolshoi Ballet, the London Metropolitan Orchestra and the
Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra.
Yuen Yum has worked with musicians as diverse as Igor Oistrakh, the Amadeus
quartet and Quincy Jones. Yuen Yum's awards include the Somerset Violin Competition (UK), the Hong Kong Commercial Radio Prize
(Twice Winner) and the Hong Kong Concerto Prize. As well as performing, Yuen Yum has played an active role in educating young
violinists in London, Hong Kong and Australia. Fluent in three Chinese languages, she has also travelled widely in her capacity
as a concert manager and coordinated the 2005 Australian String Quartet tour of China and the 2007 Southern Cross Soloists
tour of Hong Kong and China. From 2010 she will be the Principal Music Educator of
the Hobart Young Conservatorium UTAS.
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