Chong Lim relocated to Melbourne, Australia in 1977, where he attended Geelong College, and then completed a mechanical engineering course at the University of Melbourne from 1978 to 1981.
33 Facts About Chong Lim
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Chong Lim has toured and been music director and producer for Olivia Newton-John since 1998 and is patron of the Olivia Newton-John Foundation.
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Chong Lim is a consultant for the musical instrument company Roland Corporation, producer of an album for Tommy Emmanuel and wrote music for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, was musical director and composer for the closing ceremony of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
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Chong Lim was musical director for the stage version of Dirty Dancing, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush and Kylie Minogue's Intimate and Live Tour.
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Chong Lim composed several pieces of work for both the 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and the 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.
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Chong Lim composed "Nature", an opening ceremony piece, as well as "Journey of Angels", which was played during the placing of the flags.
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Chong Lim produced two works for the Opening Ceremony including "Heroes Live Forever", as well as "Dare to Dream", which was sung by Olivia Newton-John and long-time colleague and friend John Farnham.
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Chong Lim produced "We'll Be One", sang by Webster during the opening ceremonies, as well as arranging "Dancing Queen" sung by Kylie Minogue at the Closing Ceremony.
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Chong Lim was the musical director of the australian segment during the closing ceremony for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and directed the record of "Don't Dream It's Over" sung by Sarah Blasko and was produced by Paul Kelly at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
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Chong Lim composed musical scores for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha.
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From 2010 and the six years following, Chong Lim was the musical director for the Melbourne Cup Opening Ceremonies, and was the musical director of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in Melbourne.
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Chong Lim continued these successes globally, where was an arranger for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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Chong Lim began working for John Farnham in 1994, working as his musical director.
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Since this beginning, Chong Lim has been a long-standing band and crew member, musically directing almost every tour and event that Farnham has conducted.
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In 2016 Chong Lim produced John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John's Christmas album Friends for Christmas.
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From 1999 to 2008 Chong Lim was the musical director for the Australian Logie Awards, which is broadcast nationally each year.
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Since 2004 Chong Lim has worked as musical director for the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars, running for 15 consecutive seasons.
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Chong Lim musically directed for the Australian talent show It Takes Two, which ran for three seasons from 2006 to 2008 and has been music director of the Victorian Schools Spectacular since 2011.
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In 2020 Chong Lim musically directed and arranged for Amy Shark at the ARIA Music Awards.
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Chong Lim began his musical directing career in Australia in 1997, when he directed and composed a group of works for the opening of the Atrium Crown Melbourne, which still plays to this day.
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In 1998 Chong Lim co-produced the original I Still Call Australia Home Qantas Advertisements with Lindsay Field.
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In 1998 Chong Lim secured the role of musical director for Grease: The Arena Spectacular, which returned for a second season in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
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Chong Lim has continued to direct and compose in the Asia-Pacific region, including Citrawarna in Kuala Lumpur, Bali Agung for the Bali Marine and Safari Park, and Pearl of the Seas in the Jakarta Aquarium.
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From 2000, Chong Lim continued to direct shows in Australia, including the Motown Tour in 2009 to The Mission Estate Concert with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in 2014, Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage in 2015 to Disney Under the Stars in 2015.
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Chong Lim was the co-creator and musical director of Rolling Thunder the Musical.
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In 2017 Chong Lim directed his first Good Friday Appeal Super Show in Melbourne, becoming an annual occurrence.
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In 2001 Chong Lim produced Nikki Webster's "Strawberry Kisses", which peaked at number two on the ARIA Charts for seven consecutive weeks.
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Chong Lim went on to produce David Campbell's third and fourth studio albums The Swing Sessions and The Swing Sessions 2 in 2006 and 2007, producing Campbell's tenth studio album Back in the Swing in 2019.
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In 2011 Chong Lim Produced Sarah McKenzie's first and second studio albums Don't Tempt Me and Close Your Eyes, which were both nominated for Best Jazz Album at the ARIA Awards, with Close Your Eyes winning the ARIA for that year.
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Chong Lim produced her studio album Secrets of My Heart, which was recorded in New York.
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In 1998 Chong Lim was the musical director for Kylie Minogue's Intimate and Live tour in support of her album Impossible Princess.
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Chong Lim went on in 1999 to musically direct Olivia Newton-John's One Woman's Journey Tour in the United States.
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In 2015, Chong Lim was the musical director of the All You Need Is Love Tour, going on in 2017 to direct the Elvis The Wonder of You Tour in Australia.