Preview: Follow the Leader • Richard Tognetti presented by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Violinist, arranger and conductor Richard Tognetti will lead the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in a concert in which French masterpieces take centre stage. The programme includes Debussy’s The Girl with the Flaxen Hair and works by Ravel uniquely arranged for orchestra by Tognetti, who will be leading the SSO. The concert closes with Mozart’s final symphony: the magnificent ‘Jupiter’. Richard Tognetti is Artistic Director of the … Continue reading Preview: Follow the Leader • Richard Tognetti presented by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Preview: Kahchun Wong & Karl-Heinz Schütz presented by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

The Vienna Philharmonic’s Principal Flute, Karl-Heinz Schütz, takes on the role of soloist in the beautiful Flute Concerto by 19th-century German composer Carl Reinecke. Singaporean conductor Kahchun Wong continues to make great strides internationally, as Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany, and debuting with such illustrious names as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and St Petersburg Symphony Orchestras. Kahchun returns … Continue reading Preview: Kahchun Wong & Karl-Heinz Schütz presented by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Preview: Concerts for Children – Emily Saves the Orchestra by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

A clever 10-year-old needs the audience to help outsmart the horrible monster, Cacopholous, who is scheming to silence music forever. In this mesmerising children’s concert, drama, dance, dazzling masks and costumes are woven together with orchestral music in a story about bravery and hope. Audiences across the globe have fallen in love with this production which features excerpts from some of history’s most beloved pieces, … Continue reading Preview: Concerts for Children – Emily Saves the Orchestra by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

The Mad Chinaman: In Conversation with Dick Lee On His Life, His Music, and His Continued Relevance

Perhaps more than anyone else, Dick Lee is the foremost pioneer and pillar of the Singapore music scene. And of all people, he’s certainly an icon. Best known for composing everyone’s favourite National Day Parade song ‘Home’, Dick has had an illustrious career with over 20 albums to his name. Even now, in his 60s, Dick certainly isn’t resting on his laurels, and is still … Continue reading The Mad Chinaman: In Conversation with Dick Lee On His Life, His Music, and His Continued Relevance

Preview: SSO Gala -Vladimir Ashkenazy & Gautier Capuço

Explore the dark poetry of Schumann’s Manfred Overture, the impassioned Cello Concerto and the fiery heart of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. The internationally celebrated conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy returns in an unmissable pairing with the illustrious French cellist Gautier Capuçon in this concert of arch-Romantic fervour. One of the few artists to combine a successful career as a pianist and conductor, Russian-born Vladimir Ashkenazy first came to … Continue reading Preview: SSO Gala -Vladimir Ashkenazy & Gautier Capuço

Preview: Dick Lee’s The Mad Chinaman 30th Anniversary Concert

Following last year’s SingaPOPera concert celebrating the musicals of Dick Lee, the Mad Chinaman returns to the Esplanade Concert Hall this September for a one-night only concert! The Mad Chinaman 30th Anniversary concert will naturally, feature Dick Lee himself, alongside the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra. Under the baton of Music Director Adrian Tan, this special pop-classical crossover celebrates the 1989 release of Dick’s seminal work, The Mad Chinaman, often considered … Continue reading Preview: Dick Lee’s The Mad Chinaman 30th Anniversary Concert

Preview: President’s Young Performers Concert 2019 by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Get ready to witness some of Singapore’s best rising talent as the Singapore Symphony Orchestra presents Kevin Loh at the President’s Young Performers Concert this September! This time around, they’ll be featuring the young but already international award-winning Singaporean guitarist Kevin Loh, who was talent-scouted by The Yehudi Menuhin School via his YouTube Channel when he was only 12 and subsequently awarded a grant by … Continue reading Preview: President’s Young Performers Concert 2019 by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Preview: Stephen Hough – Egyptian Piano Concerto by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Familiar friend of the SSO, distinguished British pianist Stephen Hough, is back this September to perform Saint-Saëns’s picturesque Egyptian Piano Concerto. This all-French programme directed by SSO Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Litton also features a rare opportunity to hear one of the finest examples of symphonic tradition from the hands of the French – the shimmering majesty of César Franck’s only Symphony. One of the … Continue reading Preview: Stephen Hough – Egyptian Piano Concerto by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Review: Hossan-AH 50! – Love You LEONG Time! by Double Confirm Productions

A last hurrah for the Singapore Boy in this sincere celebration of a life in entertainment. Surefire ways to tell you’re getting on in age – when people call you ‘lao ban’ (boss) instead of ‘xiao di’ (little boy), and when you realise it’s probably more appropriate to call the taxi driver ‘brother’ instead of ‘uncle’. Where these might spark a mid-life crisis in some, … Continue reading Review: Hossan-AH 50! – Love You LEONG Time! by Double Confirm Productions

Preview: The TENG Ensemble Presents Heirlooms 《传承》 – Reimagining the Sounds of our Chinese Forefathers

If you know next to nothing about the music traditions of Chinese dialect groups, you’re not alone. But that’s precisely why local arts company TENG is here to educate you about them, with their brand new documentary-concert Heirlooms, that reimagines the sounds of Singapore’s Chinese forefathers on 11th October 2019. Playing at the Esplanade Concert Hall, in support of the Singapore Bicentennial, the one-night-only showcase will premiere … Continue reading Preview: The TENG Ensemble Presents Heirlooms 《传承》 – Reimagining the Sounds of our Chinese Forefathers