About the speaker

Goh Lih Tat is a fourth-generation inheritor of a five-generation Teochew performing arts family in Penang. A versatile musician and performer, he plays the yangqin and drums while singing and is admired for his vivid elder male and comic roles. Since 2008 he has led the Kim Gaik Low Choon Teochew Puppet Troupe, safeguarding his family’s music, vocal traditions and iron-rod puppetry through performance and mentorship.