Music Is: VCHpresents Baroque Festival – Orpheus of Rome by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)

This April, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra celebrates a golden age of music: the Baroque era. Leader of the famous Academy of Ancient Music, Bojan Cicic, directs this year’s Baroque Festival, which takes place on 11th and 12th April. Across two concerts he and musicians of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra will perform works by familiar names like Vivaldi and Corelli alongside works by composers whose music … Continue reading Music Is: VCHpresents Baroque Festival – Orpheus of Rome by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)

Art What!: Singapore Biennale 2019 – Every Step In The Right Direction

Singapore Biennale 2019 (SB2019) returns for its sixth edition, with 77 artists and art collectives from 36 countries and territories. Titled “Every Step in the Right Direction”, the international contemporary art exhibition invites the public to engage with the act of artistic exploration, drawing on the importance of making choices and taking steps to consider the conditions of contemporary life and the human endeavour for … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Biennale 2019 – Every Step In The Right Direction

Music Is: Another Journey Begins! – Debut Concert of the Concordia Quartet (Preview)

Resound Collective, Singapore’s first professional chamber ensemble, has announced the launch of a new string quartet – the Concordia Quartet. Comprising four prize-winning musicians – Edward Tan, Kim Kyu Ri, Matthias Östringer and Theophilus Tan, the quartet will be making their debut on Saturday, 1st February at the new Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre @ W!ld Rice. Widely regarded as the pinnacle of Western chamber music, … Continue reading Music Is: Another Journey Begins! – Debut Concert of the Concordia Quartet (Preview)

Preview: The Son by Pangdemonium!

Ass-kicking theatre company Pangdemonium! is back this February to start their 10th anniversary on the scene with Florian Zeller’s The Son (translated by Christopher Hampton). Following on from their sold-out production of Zeller’s The Father in 2018, The Son shifts the focus from mental illness in the aged to mental illness in the young, much like how they started with Late Company in 2019, which dealt with a teenage suicide. … Continue reading Preview: The Son by Pangdemonium!

Huayi 2020: An Interview with Kwok Wing Hong, Playwright of HKRep’s Principle, and Anthony Chan, Artistic Director of HKRep

When a new principal joins a school, she establishes her power with a host of new rules and an authoritarian leadership, forcing everyone to go strictly by the book. In contrast, her vice-principal stands as an advocate for compassion. As gossip swirls about the brewing tension between the two top dogs, a campus crisis is set to erupt as students and parents add to the … Continue reading Huayi 2020: An Interview with Kwok Wing Hong, Playwright of HKRep’s Principle, and Anthony Chan, Artistic Director of HKRep

Music Is: The Genteel Horn of Mr Han by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)

On Friday 13th March, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra celebrates its Principal Horn, Han Chang Chou, who is retiring from the orchestra this season. And to mark the occasion, they’ll be playing Mozart’s sparkling Horn Concerto No. 2. This much-loved Mozart work is sandwiched between two works inspired by Molière’s 1670 satire, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme. The play tells the story of Monsieur Jourdain, a middle-class man … Continue reading Music Is: The Genteel Horn of Mr Han by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)

Music Is: Concerts For Children – Journey Around The World by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra [CANCELLED]

Join conductor and host Jessica Gethin on a Journey Around the World in the next edition of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s (SSO) Concerts for Children series. Over four performances on 21st and 22nd March, Jessica and the SSO will explore soundscapes of music from across the globe. This interactive show will include some of the most popular classical music ever written, including Copland’s Appalachian Spring … Continue reading Music Is: Concerts For Children – Journey Around The World by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra [CANCELLED]

Huayi 2020: An Interview with Goh Boon Teck, Director and Playwright of Toy Factory’s 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove

In Chinese history, there existed a group of seven Chinese scholars, writers, and musicians of the third century CE. As the Jin dynasty came into being, the ‘Sages’ found their lives to be in danger, and their reactions to the changes expressed themselves in new ways. Some wrote poems criticizing the court and the administration, while others tried to negotiate their way through the difficult … Continue reading Huayi 2020: An Interview with Goh Boon Teck, Director and Playwright of Toy Factory’s 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove

Huayi 2020: An Interview with Star Pianist Tony Yike Yang

At the tender age of 16, Chinese-Canadian pianist Tony Yike Yang took the music world by storm when he became the youngest-ever laureate at the prestigious 2015 Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. Now, the young prodigy is set to make his Southeast Asian debut at the Esplanade, performing a solo recital as part of this year’s edition of Huayi – Chinese Festival of the arts. … Continue reading Huayi 2020: An Interview with Star Pianist Tony Yike Yang