Yondani C. C. Butt is an orchestral conductor. He was born in Macao

Mação

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 of Chinese parentage. He studied music at Indiana University

Indiana University

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 and the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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. He also has a PhD

PHD

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 in chemistry, on which subject he has published numerous research papers, particularly on polyene

Polyene

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 photochemistry

Photochemistry

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As founder of Symphonie Canadiana, he has led the orchestra on major tours throughout North America. Since 1983, he has held the position of Resident Conductor of the Victoria International Festival. Butt has recorded and performed in the US, Canada, Latin America, Asia and Europe. He has led the Philharmonia Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra

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 of London, London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

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, Royal Philharmonic, the American Symphony (with which he performed a Brahms cycle in New York), Hamilton Philharmonic of Canada, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de Mexico, Singapore Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Japan Gunma Symphony and Het Gelders Orkest, amongst many others. Works he has recorded included the First Symphony of Mahler, the Glazunov

Alexander Glazunov

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor...

 Third, the Saint-Saëns Second, and much more.

He received the MRA Gramophone Award in 1986 and 1995.