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About the Festival
Richard Tang Yuk, Artistic Director
Richard Tang Yuk, Artistic Director and a founder of The Princeton Festival,
was Chorus Master, Associate Conductor and later Assistant Artistic Director at the Opera Festival of New Jersey, where he worked on over 29 productions of opera.
Dr. Tang Yuk is a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (UK) and holds degrees in Conducting from The Mannes College of Music,
and the Indiana University, School of Music.
As an Associate Instructor at the IU Opera Theatre he was responsible for musical preparation for several operas there, including The Devils of Loudon, The Bartered Bride, Falstaff, The Love for Three Oranges, Rigoletto and Orfeo. He was Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Trinidad for several years and resident Conductor for Trinidad Opera Company before coming to the United States. He has conducted Messiah for the National Choral Council at Lincoln Center.
He is currently on the music faculty at Princeton University where he is Director of Choral Music, and Associate Director of the Program in Musical Performance. He teaches classes in Conducting, Vocal Performance and conducts the Princeton Opera Theater productions.
He has appeared with several orchestras including The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, The Richardson Chamber Players, the Brno Philharmonic in the Czech Republic, The Princeton Festival Orchestra and the Princeton University Orchestra. His performances of the major choral-orchestral literature have received critical acclaim.
He is from the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.