YPAW 61: Kevin Loh - "There is more to life than music", The Importance of Family Support, Performing in a Refugee Camp, Fortunate to have music as a career, Identifying one's motivation

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I am back after a 3-week hiatus with superstar guitarist, Kevin Loh. Kevin was spotted at the age of 12 by the Yehudi Menuhin School in the UK through his YouTube channel which he still keeps up to date till this day with over 300 videos and over 4 million views! He has since went on to win competitions, premiered concertos and has garnered international repute within guitar scene. Kevin is currently a student at the University of Cambridge is one of the leading young guitarist in the international guitar scene. He was generous enough to take time out to speak with me and in this episode we spoke about:

1. Performing for a learned audience and revisiting Concierto de Aranjuez

2. Moving to the UK at the age of 12 to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School

3. Defining family support in his early musical developments and how music became a family bonding activity.

4. The importance of consistency and compounding progress.

5. Performing alongside his father and how it helped to working through his performance anxiety.

6. His time spent in the refugee camp in Calais, France and the profound impact music has on people and different communities.

7. His quote “There is more to life than Music” and how it has informed him on his decision making.

8. His hopes for future contribution towards the Singapore guitar development.

9. How we are fortunate to be working as musicians.

10. Identifying the motivation behind music.

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