Born and raised in
Singapore, Kevin Loh is a recipient of the Fellowship of the Royal
Schools of Music, the 2018 Goh Soon Tioe Centenary Award and the 2010
HSBC Youth Excellence Award for Musical Excellence. He was
talent-scouted by The Yehudi Menuhin School via his YouTube channel when
he was only 12 years old and was awarded a grant by The Rolling Stones
to study at the prestigious music school as their first Asian guitarist.
Kevin
spent 7 years at the Menuhin School under the guidance of Richard
Wright, and through the school he received coaching from many of the
world’s leading guitarists and musicians, including John Williams, Paolo
Pegoraro, Tilmann Hoppstock, Pavel Steidl, Simone Fontanelli, Stephen
Goss & Jonathan Leathwood amongst others.
As
an active performer, he has performed all over the world, including the
Wigmore Hall in London, the Berlin Konzerthaus and the Suntory Hall in
Tokyo. He has been invited to many guitar festivals in London, Hong Kong
and Calcutta amongst others as a performing artist, giving
masterclasses as well as sharing his knowledge and experience on
developing as a musician. In addition, he has worked with various
orchestras including the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, with whom Kevin
gave the world premiere of the Guitar Concerto by Singaporean composer
Prof. Bernard Tan in 2013. More recently, he was named the 2019
Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s ‘President’s Young Performer’ and
performed the iconic Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo.
Kevin’s
extraordinary musicality has won him international accolades, winning
various 1st prizes from many of the world’s prestigious classical guitar
competitions, including the Open Category at the 34th Volos
International Guitar Festival and Competition. In 2020, Kevin won 1st
prize in the Cambridge University Musical Society Concerto Competition
and will perform with the Cambridge University Orchestra in 2022. Most
recently, he received the 1st prize in the London International Guitar
Competition 2020.
Besides being recognized
internationally as one of the finest young classical guitarists, what
sets Kevin further apart is his great passion, optimism, enthusiasm and
consistent efforts to inspire and to contribute to the local arts
community and around the region. Ever since he was six years of age,
Kevin started participating in many fundraising activities and outreach
programs to local institutions, the heartlands and around Asia. He
regularly visits schools to share more about the guitar and music
education. He also raises funds through his music in Singapore and in
the region for various charities and initiatives such as ChildAid, which
strives to provide opportunities for underprivileged children to have
exposure in the arts. In 2010, Kevin gave his solo debut concert at the
Esplanade Concert Hall and raised SGD$180,000 for The Business Times
Budding Artist Fund and The Straits Times Pocket Money Fund. In 2016,
Kevin joined students and staff of The Yehudi Menuhin School to help
transport supplies to “The Jungle” refugee camp in Calais, France and
performed for the refugees, migrants and volunteers.
Kevin
is now pursuing his undergraduate degree in Music at Girton College,
University of Cambridge as the College Music Scholar as well as a
scholar of the Loke Cheng-Kim Foundation.
Artist's Website: kevinlohguitar.wordpress.com/