[2] However, in 1966, his studies were interrupted by the Cultural Revolution, during which both of his parents were detained by authorities due to suspicions that they were foreign spies, as they could speak English and had acquaintances from the west.

[2] In 1979, after watching concerts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic, Yeh decided to return to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music to study conducting.

[5] After he completed his studies in the conservatory, Yeh won a scholarship in for the Mannes College of Music in New York City, and graduated in 1983.

[9] Yeh was appointed the music director of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in January 2002, despite still being based in America.

[8] Yeh, along with conductors Hu Bing Xu and Choo Hoey, conducted a special performance to commemorate the Singapore Chinese Orchestra's 20th Anniversary.

[22] Yeh is married to Wong Sau Lan, whom he first met in the 1980s, and together they have three children, named Mona, Melina and Joseph.

[24] In 2016, after leaving the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, he and his family moved to Tanjong Pagar in Singapore.