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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview

Preview: A Very Singaporean Celebration – A Bicentennial Tribute by re:Sound + An Interview with Ike See and Jonathan Shin

This October, in celebration of the Bicentennial, local music collective re:Sound is organising A Very Singaporean Celebration in the form of a concert at Victoria Concert Hall. The programme will feature up and coming young Singaporean musicians from the likes of violinist Ike See to pianist Jonathan Shin. Ike See is making waves down under in the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and will return to lead re:Sound in … Continue reading Preview: A Very Singaporean Celebration – A Bicentennial Tribute by re:Sound + An Interview with Ike See and Jonathan Shin

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Elgar Cello Concerto by Singapore National Youth Orchestra

Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Cellist, Ng Pei-Sian, joins the Singapore National Youth Orchestra as soloist in Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Written in 1919, the Concerto is one of Elgar’s best-loved works. Alongside the Concerto are two other stylistically distinct 20th-century masterpieces. Opening the concert is Malcolm Arnold’s Four Cornish Dances depicting the history, traditions and character of Cornwall, the southwesternmost region of the United Kingdom. Prokofiev’s … Continue reading Preview: Elgar Cello Concerto by Singapore National Youth Orchestra

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Music, Singapore

The Great Singapore Replay Returns: Aspiring young local music talents to collaborate with Charlie Lim, Joanna Dong, Kelly Pan, Sezairi and Shabir for Season 2

The Great Singapore Replay (TGSR) is back for a second season. Presented by Temasek, the biennial TGSR is about discovery and collaboration — discovery of Singapore’s rich music heritage and the collaboration between established artists and the next generation of aspiring young local talents to create original ‘Made-in-Singapore’ songs. Season Two offers 10 music talents the opportunity to be guided by Charlie Lim, Joanna Dong, … Continue reading The Great Singapore Replay Returns: Aspiring young local music talents to collaborate with Charlie Lim, Joanna Dong, Kelly Pan, Sezairi and Shabir for Season 2

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Arts, Music, Singapore

Music Is: Pentatonix -The World Tour Singapore 2020 presented by Hype Records (Preview)

You’ve heard them and broke the replay button. Seen their videos and went gaga over their performances. Now, get ready as global vocal sensation Pentatonix return to Singapore with their brand new world tour come February 2020! Having just wrapped up their 44-date North American run, the three-time Grammy® award-winning and multi-platinum-selling group are set to take Brazil, Mexico, Argentina as well as Asia-Pac cities … Continue reading Music Is: Pentatonix -The World Tour Singapore 2020 presented by Hype Records (Preview)

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Singapore

da:ns festival 2019: Princess by Eisa Jocson (Review)

Someday my prince will come. But not if you’re Pinoy.  Growing up on a steady diet of Walt Disney’s animated films, the current generation of young adults were almost certainly bombarded with a relentless insistence of happy endings and visions of the ideal woman as a svelte, prim and proper princess. The sad reality is, the Disney empire’s brand of happiness would apply only to … Continue reading da:ns festival 2019: Princess by Eisa Jocson (Review)

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Arts, Music, Preview, Singapore

LIVE In Concert: Stiff Little Fingers Comes to Singapore February 2020

Formed in 1977 in Belfast, Northern Island, Stiff Little Fingers were among some of the pioneers of punk rock, bringing in a new era of music and keeping that spirit very much alive even 42 years on. This is no doubt thanks to their debut album Inflammable Material, released on 2nd February 1979, with the legendary tracks ‘Suspect Device’ and ‘Alternative Ulster’, which celebrates its fortieth anniversary … Continue reading LIVE In Concert: Stiff Little Fingers Comes to Singapore February 2020

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Singapore, travel, travelXculture

Hotels & Holidays: Club Med Bali’s Eat, Play, Renew Returns For Second Year

Club Med, the leading pioneer of premium all-inclusive holidays is back with the second edition of their successful ‘Eat, Play, Renew’ programme, which features unique traditions and cultures of the beautiful island of Bali that will put families at ease and at peace through Club Med Bali’s specially curated activities. The programme will run from 8th to 29th October 2019. “Nestled within all the beauty … Continue reading Hotels & Holidays: Club Med Bali’s Eat, Play, Renew Returns For Second Year

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Arts, Concert, Esplanade Concert Hall, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: The Night Garden by Jo Anne Sukumaran

The Night Garden marks the debut concert of Singaporean-based, Swiss-trained bassoon soloist Jo Anne Sukumaran, celebrating the launch of her solo album of the same name recorded in Montesilvano, Italy in 2018. The Night Garden is set to be an exhilarating journey of discovery leading audienc members through the dusk, emerging into the light, a safe space for the heart and mind. In a chamber setting, a select … Continue reading Preview: The Night Garden by Jo Anne Sukumaran

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Arts, Opera, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Don Pasquale – An Italian Opera with Singlish by The Arts Place

Marking their debut on the local arts scene, new company The Arts Place opens with a quintessentially Singaporean production – their very own local take on traditional Italian opera Don Pasquale…with Singlish! Reimagining the commedia dell’arte in present-day Singapore with an original script, Don Pasquale features fresh dialogue in English and Singlish, and relatable characters modelled after familiar figures in Singaporean society. The plot follows a young couple in … Continue reading Preview: Don Pasquale – An Italian Opera with Singlish by The Arts Place

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Food, Interview, London, Singapore, travel, travelXculture

Familiar Faces In A Foreign Land: An Interview with Sandra Leong, Director of Old Chang Kee UK

LONDON – It’s not easy uprooting from one’s home and moving to a foreign country alone. If anything, it’s often the lack of familiarity and family that gets to you first, and even knowing full well the number of fellow Singaporeans in London, it’s hard not to miss home from time to time. That’s a feeling Ms Sandra Leong has encountered more than a couple of … Continue reading Familiar Faces In A Foreign Land: An Interview with Sandra Leong, Director of Old Chang Kee UK

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