Neon Lights returns this November to Fort Canning Park! Taking place over a single weekend from 9th to 11th November, the family-friendly outdoor music and arts festival is set to once again present a stellar line-up of international and local music acts, alongside plenty of arts programmes and activities for all ages. This year’s edition of the festival will kick off on Friday, 9th November … Continue reading Event Preview: Neon Lights 2018
After a stunning midyear concert, the Orchestra of the Music Makers continues their 10th anniversary celebrations with the centre piece of the entire year – a performance of Gustav Mahler’s 2nd Symphony Resurrection. Mahler’s Second Symphony was known to have taken six years to perfect, changing the musical landscape forever on account of its scale and sheer ambition. Following a critically acclaimed 2010 performance of Resurrection, OMM is … Continue reading Preview: Mahler 2 by Orchestra of the Music Makers
Who says opera, art music and the theatre have to be stuffy affairs? After the success of Sure on this Shining Night last December, the same motley crew of musicians is back with an all new show to bring you joy amidst droll September! Titled Life is Ha-Ha-Happiness, opera singers Teng Xiang Ting (soprano), Michelle Tan (mezzo), Leslie Tay (tenor), Alvin Tan (baritone), and pianist Pauline Lee return to … Continue reading Preview: Life is Ha-Ha-Happiness – A Voice and Piano Recital For All
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
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
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
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
Singapore’s biggest free alternative festival is back this August! Once again, the Esplanade plays host to the annual Baybeats festival. Now in its 17th year, expect to hear the hottest up and coming local and regional bands come down for a weekend of nonstop musical action. Besides the gigs, this year’s Baybeats keeps things fresh with two brand new music experiences. First off, Baybeats and … Continue reading Preview: Baybeats 2018 presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
This August, the musicians of Ding Yi go on a trip down memory lane with Recollecting Melodies 《影视歌曲忆当年》 a free outreach concert at the Singapore Botanic Gardens’s Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage! With the newly launched Go Local! series, Ding Yi hopes to reach out to a wider audience and cultivate more appreciation for Chinese chamber music via accessible performances of familiar tunes in a community setting. In … Continue reading Preview: Go Local Series! Recollecting Memories《影视歌曲忆当年》by Ding Yi Music Company
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
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