Malaysian-born David Quah has always been
passionate about music. As well as singing in local church choirs, he was
also a church pianist. At the age of 21 he was offered a full scholarship to
study at the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts.
He then completed a Bachelor of Music
Degree at Queensland Conservatorium in 1966 and while there entered and won
the Mathy. David also took a postgraduate course at the Guildhall School of
Music in London. He has won several prizes and was made a Fellow of Trinity
College, London in 1993.
He has performed opera roles at the Hong
Kong Arts Festival, in Singapore, France, London and Australia, as well as
his native Malaysia. Concert performances have taken him to England,
Australia, USA and Hong Kong.
David is now teaching at the Academy or
Performing Arts in Hong Kong.
"He is the fortunate possessor of a
lyric tenor of intrinsic loveliness and agility."
- The Australian
