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for alto flute, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass
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947:"2007 Winners – Classical Music Awards"
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524:for oboe, viola, cello, double bass
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31:. Lim writes concert music (
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382:Garden of Earthly Desire
133:Walt Disney Concert Hall
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102:Getty Research Institute
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44:Early life and education
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780:King's Birthday Honours
624:Australian Music Centre
473:Winding Bodies: 3 Knots
466:Tongue of the Invisible
317:for choir and orchestra
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66:University of Melbourne
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605:Awards and nominations
580:for solo alto trombone
452:City of Falling Angels
322:The Alchemical Wedding
149:Arditti String Quartet
145:BBC Symphony Orchestra
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800:"Lim's pulse of life"
770:Ecstatic Architecture
694:Don Banks Music Award
688:Don Banks Music Award
550:Philtre for Hardanger
508:In the Shadow's Light
329:Ecstatic Architecture
292:Glass House Mountains
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787:References
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