Lim Kwuan Boon

Erhu

Kwuan Boon picked up the Erhu when he joined Raffles Institution Chinese Orchestra in 2002. Kwuan Boon held several key positions in many orchestras, such as bowed string sectional leader and concert master, and is one of the founders and the Quartet Master of the Chinese string quartet, Stringanza. He was also the Associate Principal for Bowed Strings Section for Ding Yi Music Company from 2010 to 2016, as well as a member of the SAF Music and Drama Company. Kwuan Boon is currently a musician with The TENG Ensemble.

Under the tutelage of both Mr. Wong Sun Tat and Ms. Shen Qin, Kwuan Boon obtained his diploma in Erhu performance in 2007 and won the second prize in the biennial National Chinese Music Competition Erhu open category in 2010 and 2016. Currently, he has performed in more than 60 concerts, and has staged several solo and concerto performances with various orchestras. Notably, he staged his first recital together with two other musicians from Ding Yi Music Company in 2013 at the Esplanade Recital Studio. He has performed locally, as well as overseas in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Germany and Uzbekistan.

To date, Kwuan Boon has taught as a relief instructor in various Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Junior College, such as Catholic High Primary, Elias Park Primary, Nanyang Primary, Mee Toh School, Pei Chun Public School, East View Secondary, Bedok South Secondary, Anglican High School and many more. He is currently the Erhu instructor of Bukit Panjang Government High School, Greendale Secondary School, National Junior College and Singapore University of Design and Technology. Kwuan Boon has also coached students privately, with some of them obtaining up to grade 9 in Erhu performance in the grading exam organized jointly by the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing).