Music Is: SSO 2021/22 season to showcase local musical stars

Concert halls are set to reopen their doors for Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s musicians to take centrestage. As our nation sees COVID-19 restrictions ease gradually, SSO presents the opportunity to immerse oneself in the wonders of both live and online music with its upcoming July to September programmes. Featuring a myriad of performances, SSO’s July to September programme highlights include two  online concerts featuring South Korean violinist Bomsori Kim … Continue reading Music Is: SSO 2021/22 season to showcase local musical stars

Music Is: SSO nominated for Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year 2021 Award

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is one of the 10 orchestras to be globally nominated for Gramophone’s prestigious Orchestra of the Year 2021 Award. To support Singapore’s national orchestra in its exciting journey, SSO is seeking public support as the voting goes live on 1st July. The voting link will remain live until 3pm (SGT) on Monday, 13th September. Capturing the attention of the Gramophone’s editors and reviewers with the … Continue reading Music Is: SSO nominated for Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year 2021 Award

Music Is: SSO’s May and June concerts

Venue restrictions; prohibition of live bands and performances; proliferation of music streaming services — the list goes on as many might have forgotten what it feels like to partake in a live music experience. Though the indescribable bliss of partaking in a live concert seems like a distant past, Singapore Symphony Orchestra presents the opportunity to relive the joys of live music experience with its upcoming May … Continue reading Music Is: SSO’s May and June concerts

MICapella to launch new single in their biggest live concert at Sands Theatre

Vocal band MICappella has been making waves in the music scene over thepast few years – winning praise from American contemporary a cappella guru Deke Sharon, who is also the vocal producer for the hit musical film franchise Pitch Perfect, had their 2017 medley of National Day Parade songs shared on social media by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and hailed as one of Asia’s … Continue reading MICapella to launch new single in their biggest live concert at Sands Theatre

Preview: 27th Singapore International Piano Festival

The 27th edition of the annual Singapore International Piano Festival is back this June, with four virtuoso pianists performing a broad scope of musical works across just four days. Kseniia Vokhmianina, Churen Li, Nicholas Loh and Chang Yun-Hua will each perform solo recitals in the historic Victoria Concert Hall over the festival’s four nights. Lim Yan, Artistic Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival, said: “The 27th edition of the Singapore International Piano Festival … Continue reading Preview: 27th Singapore International Piano Festival

Music Is: Lionel Tan of T’ang Quartet launches new music collective, Tangent Moves

After nearly three decades, Lionel Tan, violist and founding member of Singapore’s acclaimed classical string ensemble T’ang Quartet, has moved on from the quartet – embarking on to another exciting phase. He is taking on the role of mentorship to a brand new music collective, Tangent Moves. It is a rotating group of exemplary young musicians who are focused on exploring groundbreaking ways of performing, mentoring … Continue reading Music Is: Lionel Tan of T’ang Quartet launches new music collective, Tangent Moves

Music Is: SSO Chief Hans Graf to conduct violinist Bomsori Kim in live April concert

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra continues to lift the nation’s spirits with the announcement today of a programme of live events to take place in April and May, including more live concerts featuring SSO Chief Conductor Hans Graf and performances by violinist, Bomsori Kim, SSO’s first international guest artist since the start of the pandemic. On 10th and 17th April, Chief Conductor Hans Graf is on the podium for a … Continue reading Music Is: SSO Chief Hans Graf to conduct violinist Bomsori Kim in live April concert

Music Is: SSO announces return of free live community concerts

SSO’s free community concerts are making a long-awaited return this March. The first SSO free concert to take place this year will be on 19th March at 12.30pm and 21st March at 4pm, at Victoria Concert Hall. Both concerts will be conducted by Joshua Tan and will include performances of works by Grieg and Tchaikovsky. Registration for the 150 tickets available for each performance will open on 5th March at 10am. Later in the year, … Continue reading Music Is: SSO announces return of free live community concerts

Music Is: Four Singapore artistes rally behind the “One Million Towards UTOPIA” movement

Four popular and award-winning Singapore artistes have banded together to support the “One Million Towards UTOPIA” movement incubated by Foundation for The Arts and Social Enterprise (“The Foundation”). The four – Aisyah Aziz, Joanna Dong, Charlie Lim and ShiGGa Shay — will feature in a video campaign for The Foundation, and have also been invited to re-imagine Singapore-inspired symphony UTOPIA in their own styles for … Continue reading Music Is: Four Singapore artistes rally behind the “One Million Towards UTOPIA” movement

Music Is: SSO announces live events in March and April

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) welcomes its Principal Guest Conductor back for two programmes taking place this March. On 5th and 6th March at Victoria Concert Hall, Andrew Litton joins musicians of the SSO on the piano to perform two great chamber works: Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Mahler’s rarely performed Piano Quartet. The concert marks the first time Maestro Litton is appearing with the SSO since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: … Continue reading Music Is: SSO announces live events in March and April