Preview: At Every Stage – Hong Kong Arts Festival 2019

In a little over six months, the city of Hong Kong will come alive once again with majestic orchestras, stunning theatre and electrifying dance numbers as the Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF) returns for its 47th edition next February. Running from 21st February to 23rd March 2019, Hong Kong Arts Festival 2019 takes on the theme of ‘At Every Stage’ and will feature over 20 exciting … Continue reading Preview: At Every Stage – Hong Kong Arts Festival 2019

Preview: Joshua Bell and SCO – Butterfly Lovers

A classically trained violinist and a Chinese Orchestra may seem like an odd fit, but you’d be surprised at the sheer quality of the music they can produce together. This August, watch as Grammy Award winning violinist Joshua Bell returns to perform with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra! On the repertoire, Bell and the SCO will come together to perform one of the most famous works in … Continue reading Preview: Joshua Bell and SCO – Butterfly Lovers

Preview: Jazz It Up with Gershwin! by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of orchestral jazz at the Esplanade Concert Hall this August! Conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Litton, prepare to get your body jivin’ and groovin’ along to a repertoire comprising Gershwin and Shostakovich. Here, you’ll be treated to some of the most soulful of blues, the glitziest of jazz and wry humour from two composers worlds apart, yet somehow, with … Continue reading Preview: Jazz It Up with Gershwin! by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Preview: SSO National Day Concert – A Singaporean Showcase

This National Day holiday, come on down to the Esplanade Concert Hall to revel in the nation’s birthday in style with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s National Day Concert. Conducted by Suchuan Symphony Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Darrell Ang, the concert will showcase of Singaporean songs from six homegrown composers, ranging from veteran pioneers Leong Yoon Pin and Phoon Yew Tien, to rising names Wang Chen … Continue reading Preview: SSO National Day Concert – A Singaporean Showcase

An Electrifying Hyperplay 2018 Wraps Up With High Energy Concert and Thrilling Esports Finale

Hyperplay, ASEAN’s first integrated esports and music festival took place last weekend, with youths from all 10 ASEAN countries competing in the first ASEAN League of Legends competition at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The festival was also accompanied by a line-up of stellar music performances in their MTV Spotlight segment, with both regional and international superstars taking to the stage. Over the weekend, Hyperplay certainly lived … Continue reading An Electrifying Hyperplay 2018 Wraps Up With High Energy Concert and Thrilling Esports Finale

Preview: Faith & Freedom – The Music of George Michael by BASE Entertainment Asia

The world lost a star when George Michael passed away in 2016. Not only was he the hugely successful frontman of 80s music duo Wham!, George Michael went on to become one of the most hugely successful solo figures in pop, with a string of top hits at every step of his career. In Faith & Freedom, the George Michael story is brought to life in a fully-narrated … Continue reading Preview: Faith & Freedom – The Music of George Michael by BASE Entertainment Asia

Preview: From Russia With Love by Yuri Bashmet and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia (NUS Arts Festival 2018)

First established in 2012, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia already started off as a massive project, with 90 young musicians aged 10 to 22 years old from 40 Russian cities, sourced from a competition between classical music performers. Since then, the orchestra has produced countless professional musicians both renewing and preserving the cultural music of Russia, and has gone on to play at huge events, being the only … Continue reading Preview: From Russia With Love by Yuri Bashmet and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia (NUS Arts Festival 2018)

MTV Spotlight at Hyperplay 2018 to Feature K-Pop Superstar CL and ASEAN Acts Slot Machine, Afgan and The Sam Willows

Hyperplay, ASEAN’s first integrated esports and music festival takes place this August. Besides the first ASEAN League of Legends competition seeing youths from all 10 countries compete at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, an entire lineup of electrifying music acts are set to light up the stage and add more hype to your play. The first wave of performers for the MTV Spotlight concerts have just been … Continue reading MTV Spotlight at Hyperplay 2018 to Feature K-Pop Superstar CL and ASEAN Acts Slot Machine, Afgan and The Sam Willows

Preview: Music From Turn of the Century by Ding Yi Music Company

After a rousing concert in June at the Singapore Conference Hall, Ding Yi Music Company returns this July with a far more intimate affair at the Esplanade Recital Studio with Music From Turn of the Century.  In this concert, for the first time ever, Singapore’s foremost Chinese Chamber Music company will be led and conducted by Cultural Medallion recipient and Singapore Chinese Orchestra Music Director Tsung Yeh. This … Continue reading Preview: Music From Turn of the Century by Ding Yi Music Company

Review: ‘A Song of Life’ Concert by Sachiyo

There’s something about the Esplanade Recital Studio that is so special, given the intimacy it affords. This intimacy is what gives rise to the power of Japanese singer songwriter Sachiyo Nakagaki’s beautiful voice, crisp, sensual and chic as it wafted through the Recital Studio in her ‘A Song of Life’ concert last Wednesday (27th June). Sachiyo’s voice lends itself perfectly to the kind of music … Continue reading Review: ‘A Song of Life’ Concert by Sachiyo