earlier i spoke to lee chin siow.first performance. it is very exhilarating to be performing at carnegie hall. i am so excited to be here, to play with, to calibrate with, my fellow musicians. it is incredible platform for any musicians —— collaborate with. it is incredible platform for any musicians -- collaborate with. this incredible piece of music you are playing is called chinese rhapsody, thatis playing is called chinese rhapsody, that is what we heard earlier. tel isa that is what we heard earlier. tel is a little bit about it, and how unusual is that that it was composed bya unusual is that that it was composed by a singaporean composer? well, i have been delving into the music of my roots more and more. and the idea of this concert was to present masterpieces of the west alongside contemporary composition. so this timei contemporary composition. so this time i am premiering two works, one by kam kee yong, a singaporean composer, and another by a chinese composer, and another by a chinese composer who wrote a

earlier i spoke to lee—chin siow.xcited to be here, to play with, to collaborate with, my fellow musicians. it is incredible platform for any musicians. this incredible piece of music you are playing is called chinese rhapsody — that is what we heard earlier. tell us a little bit about it, and how unusual is that, that it was composed by a singaporean composer? well, i have been delving into the music of my roots more and more, and the idea of this concert was to present masterpieces of the west alongside contemporary composition. so this time i am premiering two works, one by kam kee yong, a singaporean composer, and another by yao chen, a chinese composer, who wrote a solo violin piece for me. when i first heard kam kee yong‘s music, i was immediately drawn to it. it has beautiful impressionistic colours, and it celebrates, you know, characteristics of resilience, perseverance, joy. and i thought the timing was perfect to bring this to carnegie hall. what better way to usher in the new year than to bring the music o

and we speak to the singaporean violinist lee—chin siow who is in new york ahead of her performance atingapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday.