In early 1978 he received a letter from the vice premier of Singapore asking him if he wanted to serve as the general director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
還不是希望有朝一日機會來了，有人找我去管理樂團，我可以一展身手。」這天終於來了。一九七八年初，朱暉在希臘收到一封當時新加坡副總理吳慶瑞寄的信，信裡問他願不願意出任新加坡管弦樂團總監之職。