David Chin

David Chin is the founder and Artistic Director of Bachfest Malaysia, and the conductor of the award-winning Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra. He has conducted all the major works and motets by J.S. Bach, and more than three dozen Bach cantatas. In addition, he has led choirs and orchestras around the world in numerous major works by composers ranging from the Renaissance era to the 21st century, and in world-premieres, a capella to choral-orchestral works, and standard repertoire to vocal jazz and Broadway musicals. He has performed and taught throughout the United States and Malaysia, as well as in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, and Italy.

Besides maintaining a vibrant performing career, David is equally active in the fields of education and musicology. He is currently a long-term Visiting Professor of Music at Augustana University in the United States, where he directs inaugural Augustana Bach Collegium and the Bach Cantata Series, as well as conducts various ensembles, and teaches conducting and music history. He was named as a Senior Fellow of Bach-Archiv Leipzig in 2022, and became the fourth person to receive this honorary title since the founding of the institution in 1950. David translated renowned Bach scholar Michael Maul’s Bach: A Pictorial Biography from German into Chinese. In 2020, David produced Encountering Bach, a documentary film on the life and music of J.S. Bach, which was filmed exclusively in Germany. It is available in both English and Mandarin versions, and has drawn a large viewership from across the globe. He has served as Director of Choral Activities and Music Professor at multiple universities in the United States, and his conducting students have been admitted to graduate programs at prominent institutions.

David studied conducting with renowned conductor and pedagogue William Weinert, who has been his mentor since 2010. He holds both Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he was the recipient of the Charles W. Kennett Scholarship and the Herman Genhart Choral Conducting Scholar Award, in addition to full scholarship to pursue both degrees. His motto is Philippians 4:13.

Website: www.davidchinmusic.com