M’sian bags US orchestra award

Accomplished musician: Lim says orchestral programming is an art.

GEORGE TOWN: Penang-born and United States-based musician Jason Lim has added another feather to his cap, this time winning the American Prize in Orchestral Programming, or better known as the Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award – professional division.

The award honours the award’s Lithuanian namesake who was music director of the Lithuanian State Opera, and for nearly 35 years, the director of orchestral activities at the Hartt School of Music at University of Hartford in the United States.