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Preview: Resounding Winds – Liu Chiang-Pin and SCO (吹管妙清商: 劉江濱与新加坡华乐团)

This January, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s concert hall will fill with sounds that are at once ancient and unmistakably modern. Think piercing suona calls, mellow sheng chords and rhythmic percussion, but also rap cadences, jazz harmonies and folk improvisations. This is Resounding Winds: Liu Chiang-Pin and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, happening on 17 January 2026, a concert that reimagines what Chinese wind music can be … Continue reading Preview: Resounding Winds – Liu Chiang-Pin and SCO (吹管妙清商: 劉江濱与新加坡华乐团)

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Music: Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra concludes Taiwan tour with resounding success

The Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra (SNYCO) has returned from a highly successful concert tour in Taiwan, marking an inspiring week of musical exchange from 9 to 17 December 2025. Performing to nearly 2,000 audience members across Taoyuan, Taipei and Hsinchu, the youth orchestra presented three collaborative concerts that celebrated cultural dialogue through Chinese orchestral music. Under the direction of Music Director Quek Ling Kiong, … Continue reading Music: Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra concludes Taiwan tour with resounding success

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SCO’s percussionist to play 14 instruments and recite Song poetry in Percussion Rhapsody concert

The Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) will present Percussion Rhapsody at the SCO Concert Hall on Saturday, 13 December 2025, at 7.30pm. The 1.5-hour programme is helmed by SCO’s multitalented Associate Conductor Moses Gay. Part of SCO’s “Metamorphosis” Season 25/26, curated by Principal Conductor Quek Ling Kiong in conjunction with Singapore’s 60th year of independence, Percussion Rhapsody takes audiences on a musical journey from folk-inspired soundscapes … Continue reading SCO’s percussionist to play 14 instruments and recite Song poetry in Percussion Rhapsody concert

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Arts, Concert, Music, Review, Singapore

★★★★☆ Concert Review: COMMISSIONS by SMU Chinese Orchestra

A hearty musical tribute to SMU’s contributions and support of local talent over the years. The SMU Chinese Orchestra’s concert for SMU25 and SG60 was a celebration of new beginnings, community, and inclusion. Featuring three world premieres alongside commissioned works from previous years, the evening showed how far the orchestra has come and where it hopes to go. The concert opened with Sulwyn Lok’s Spring … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Concert Review: COMMISSIONS by SMU Chinese Orchestra

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Music Is: SNYCO makes its long-awaited full comeback this July, after 2 years with full orchestra

Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra (SNYCO) will be making its first full orchestra comeback starting from this concert, where audiences will be able to watch over 80 members back in action together on stage after 2 years, since December 2019. Conducted by SNYCO Music Director Quek Ling Kiong, the Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra will present Tunes of Tomorrow concert on 30 July 2022 (Saturday), … Continue reading Music Is: SNYCO makes its long-awaited full comeback this July, after 2 years with full orchestra

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Huayi Festival 2019: Painted Skin by Singapore Chinese Orchestra (Review)

Western meets Chinese opera in a spectacle to remember. Inspired by the short story of the same name from Pu Songling’s Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai Ziyi), the Singapore Chinese Opera adapts Painted Skin for the stage as a 100 minute opera in concert. The classic tale follows a Chinese scholar when he comes across a beautiful woman crying in the rain, giving her an … Continue reading Huayi Festival 2019: Painted Skin by Singapore Chinese Orchestra (Review)

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Ding Yi and Joanna Dong Usher In the Lunar New Year with Jazz and Pizazz

Even though she’s seen a meteoric rise to fame after placing in the finals of Sing China! last year, Joanna Dong has remained incredibly humble and down to earth. “I’ve been getting so many opportunities to work with groups I never got a chance to before, and the only downside is that I’m so busy now, I wish I was able to work with some … Continue reading Ding Yi and Joanna Dong Usher In the Lunar New Year with Jazz and Pizazz

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