Dora Lim

Dora is a graduate of the prestigious Royal College of Music in London, where she completed her Master of Music in Performance and her Bachelor of Music (Hons).

Since her return from the United Kingdom, Dora has established herself as a music teacher in Singapore, having close to 7 years of full-time teaching experience now. She teaches the harp to a range of students from children to seniors. She is passionate about sharing and teaching the harp to more people in the Singapore community, be it for professional pursuit or personal fulfilment.

About Dora

Dora is one of the pioneering Singaporean harpists to have pursued a music degree in London. She studied with Daphne Boden, Rachel Masters and Imogen Barford while at the Royal College of Music (UK). While at college, Dora had opportunities to undertake projects featuring contemporary music which includes Boulez's Sur incises that is part of RCM's 'New Perspectives' concert series. In addition to being a soloist, Dora also performs works for harp and flute as part of the Reiphos duo. The pair has won second prize in the Enkor International Music Competition in the Chamber Music category.

Since learning the harp at age 13, Dora has given solo, ensemble, chamber and orchestral performances around the world, including Singapore, France, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Some of the notable venues include the Esplanade, The Arts House, University Cultural Centre, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Concert Hall, Singapore Arts Museum, the Shaw foundation Symphony Stage, National Concert Hall (Taiwan), the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall (UK) and the Britten Theatre in the Royal College of Music. She has also played in several harp festivals in Singapore as well as the Camac 40th anniversary celebrations in Théâtre Quartier Libre (France).

Prior to her education in the UK, Dora was a student at Anglo-Chinese Junior College, where she was awarded the ‘Young Performer Award’ in 2011. She was given the opportunity to perform as a soloist in Mozart’s Concerto for flute and harp with the school’s string orchestra, and also at the biannual National Music Elective Programme concert ‘Snapshots’ organized by the Ministry of Education (Singapore) in 2011.

Dora has gained invaluable experience and coaching from playing in masterclasses from renowned harpists Marisa Robles, Isabelle Moretti, Isabelle Perrin, Florence Sitruk, Catherine Michel, Sivan Magen, Sylvain Blassel, Gabriella Dull'Olio and Ann Yeung.

Other passions:
Dora has a passion to mould her young students into well-rounded young adults. Besides being a harpist, Dora has had lessons on the piano, in which she has achieved a ABRSM Grade 8, organ and guzheng. She was a competitive swimmer in her schooldays, having represented PLMGS (Primary), MGS and ACJC in the National Schools Swimming Championships.

'She plays with great musicality and produces an excellent sound'.

- Daphne Boden

Harp professor at the Royal College of Music (London)

FRCM, HonRAM, ARCM, Premier Prix Brussels Royal Conservatoire

'What you hear and see in Dora's beautiful playing, is her great love of music and the harp, and nothing getting in the way of that.'

- Judith Kleinman

Alexander Teacher at the Royal College of Music,

Co-author of The Alexander Technique for Musicians

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“Faith received her grade 4 results today, she did very well with a distinction and we are very pleased. Thank you for your guidance and teaching."

- Mrs Wong

"As an adult learner, I always thought that learning a new instrument will definitely be tough, especially the harp which at first looks incredibly complex! But Dora's patience and constant encouragement ever since the beginning has made the journey so much easier. What I enjoy most about her lessons is that we are taught to understand the music and convey those feelings to others.

Dora tailors her teaching to fit her students' needs, making every lesson enjoyable. Looking back, I managed to see my progress and how much l've learnt!"

- Zavier