01 Kane Teo Yude · 张育德
About
Kane Teo Yude (张育德) is a Singapore choral conductor, tenor and voice coach. He has conducted Catholic High School's Edward Becheras Choir since 2016 and its primary choir since 2023, has been Music Director of The Vocal Consort since 2017, and is Assistant Conductor at Victoria School. He also conducts the APSN Chao Yang School choir, and is Conductor and Vocal Coach of Singapore Choral Artists. He teaches voice for The NUSChoir and Singapore Raffles Music College, and was General Manager of Konzert Pte Ltd from 2014 to 2025.
Under Kane, Catholic High's secondary choir (odd years) and primary choir (even years) have earned SYF Arts Presentation Distinctions in 2019 and every year from 2023 to 2026. Victoria School's choir earned Distinctions in 2023 and 2025. Kane conducted Catholic High's secondary choir to Grand Champion and Category Champion at the 1st International Grand Prix Choral Competition in Vietnam (2023), and the choir was Category Champion at the 1st Singapore International Choral Cantat (2024). In 2026 it gave an Esplanade Limelight concert and sang at the opening concert of the 10th Singapore International Choral Festival. Kane conducted The Vocal Consort to the 2017 Grand Prix at A Voyage of Songs, in a Choral Showcase at the Esplanade's Voices – A Festival of Song (December 2025), and to a Silver Diploma in the Sacred Music category at the 15th Cracovia Cantans in Kraków (2026). At Asia Cantate he won Gold Awards with the Anderson Junior College Choir (2016) and the Anderson Serangoon Junior College Choir (2018). He led the APSN choir at the Istana National Day Observation Performance and Purple Parade (both 2025).
After an ATCL in Voice with Distinction, he earned a BMus (Honours) and an MMus in Performance at the London College of Music, then an MA in Music Performance at the Royal Academy of Music under Ryland Davies. In 2018 he received the Licentiate Diploma in Choral Conducting (LLCM) from the London College of Music.
As a tenor, Kane sang Remendado in Bizet's Carmen with Singapore Lyric Opera (2019). The Flying Inkpot called its gypsy quartet, in which he sang, “the sleeper hits of the production”. In Royal Academy of Music Opera Scenes he sang Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (2016) and Lensky in Eugene Onegin (2014). He was tenor soloist at the Singapore Choral Festival in 2015 (SG50) and 2025 (SG60). He sings in seven languages and speaks English and Chinese.