The Presenters of the Atelier IZMIR 2011: Ching-Lee Goh

Ching-Lee Goh is the Executive and Artistic Director of CultureLink Singapore. She joined the team of mentors of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in SINGAPORE 2011 and now for the second time, in Izmir. In this role, she shares her year-long expertise in festivals making with the Atelier participants: “A festival is not just buying the shows and presenting them in turn. Rather, it is really a platform to try to deepen the audiences’ understanding of the arts, to keep abreast with what’s happening in the world and, very importantly, to develop our artists,” Ching-Lee stated in an interview to Performing Arts Network Japan in 2006. Ching-Lee Goh is recognised as a key personality behind the arts renaissance in Singapore. She directed the Singapore Arts Festival for a decade from 2000-2009 where her innovative approaches established the Festival as one of the leading Festivals in Asia. She has been noted for her efforts in bridging artistic work and professional networks between Asian and European artists and festival producers. She initiated and co-founded the Association of Asian Performing Arts Festivals and served as its first chair from 2004 to 2009. She also developed Singapore Season, a programme showcasing Singapore's arts overseas which was first launched in London in 2005 and later in China (Beijing, Shanghai) in 2007 and Edinburgh 2009. In 2009, Ching Lee was made Officier dans l'Orde des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister for Culture and she is also the recipient of the Public Administration Medal (Silver) from the Singapore government in 2005. In 2009, she founded the arts management and consultancy agency CultureLink. In her various capacities as programme consultant, curator, producer, and artist representative, she has collaborated with organisations and artists like Napoli Teatro Festival Italian, Edinburgh International Festival, New Visions Festival, National Museum of Singapore, National Forum of Music (Poland), European Festivals Association, La La La Human Steps, Tang Quartet, TheatreWorks and Melvyn Tan, among others. Ching Lee is also an Associate Director at Festival and Events International, and holds a Bachelor of Arts (History Hons) from the National University of Singapore, and a Masters of Arts Management from the City University of London. Ching-Lee is one of eight renowned festival managers from all over the world participating in IZMIR 2011. Under the coordination of Hugo De Greef (Belgium) they will guide the participants throughout the seven days of the Atelier. In the run-up of the Atelier we have already presented you Robyn Archer (Australia), Hugo De Greef (Belgium)and Rose Fenton (United Kingdom), and will tell you more about: Nele Hertling (Germany), Michal Merzcyński (Poland), Jonathan Mills (United Kingdom), and Fruzsina Szép (Hungary). Keep an eye! More info on the Atelier IZMIR 2011 at: http://efa-aef.eu/en/activities/atelier/izmir/