Conductor Biography
Yuki Goh
Yuki is currently in his first year of the Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of Melbourne. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 2024, majoring in Composition, as well as a Diploma in Languages in 2023, majoring in Latin. He was the recipient of the Catherine Grace McWilliam Prize and the IgniteLAB Faculty of Fine Arts and Music Award in 2024, awarded to outstanding students in the final year of the Bachelor of Music. He is currently the conductor of the Melbourne University Biomedicine Students’ Orchestra (MUBSO), the Old Scotch Symphony Orchestra (OSSO), the Melbourne Beethoven Orchestra (MBO) as well as the Assistant Conductor of the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra.
Yuki’s musical journey began in classical instrumental performance, having attained proficiency in piano, viola, and harp. He commenced his studies in orchestral conducting in 2019 under the tutelage of Dr John Ferguson. That same year, he made his debut at a combined schools orchestra charity concert, a concert organised by students which raised over $4000 for the Skyline Foundation. He has been involved in conducting engagements with other student orchestras ever since. His other mentors include Nicholas Bochner, Christopher Kopke, and Rick Prakhoff.
As a former composition student at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Yuki is the composer of over 40 works. He has studied under the tutelage of Stuart Greenbaum, Melody Eötvös, Miriama Young, Timothy Dargaville, and Christine McCombe. Notable premieres of his works include that of his first orchestral piece After Rain Comes the Rainbow, performed by MUBSO in 2022, his percussion ensemble piece Time Stop, performed by the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Percussion Ensemble in 2022 under the direction of Brent Miller, and his piano trio Trio of Ice, performed by the Ice Cube Trio in 2024. His latest orchestral work The Ascent was premiered by the Old Scotch Symphony Orchestra in March 2025. He has also had the privilege of workshopping and recording his mixed sextet Where the Quiet Things Are with the Syzygy Ensemble in 2022.