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Preview/interview with Martin Ng – artistic director of The Arts Place for Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
Posted on October 14, 2019 | No Commentsby Aileen Tang Imagine Donizetti’s Don Pasquale told in a mix of English and Singlish, and featuring characters that Singaporean audiences could very well see themselves in! The Arts Place presents a localised version of the Italian opera this month and I talked to Artistic […] -
From Singapore to Nuremberg – An Interview With Wong Kahchun
Posted on August 23, 2018 | No CommentsAn interview by Aileen Tang In the high-stakes, jet-setting world of international conducting, few have flown quite as high as Singaporean composer-conductor Kahchun Wong (b. 1986). After beating 13 other competitors to win the prestigious Gustav Mahler Competition in 2016 (its first winner was Gustavo […] -
Concert Review: Familiar Favourites: Pictures at an Exhibition (Singapore Symphony Orchestra), 20 July 2018
Posted on July 23, 2018 | No CommentsFamiliar Favourites: Pictures at an Exhibition BALAKIREV Islamey (orch. Lyapunov) MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov) BORODIN Polovtsian Dances and Chorus from Prince Igor MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) Singapore Symphony Orchestra Lan Shui, conductor Singapore Symphony Chorus […] -
Preview: Inkpot interviews Ng Pei-Sian and Igor Yuzefovich for OMMProm’s Phantasia
Posted on January 7, 2016 | 1 CommentCome 17 January, Singapore Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Igor Yuzefovich and Principal Cellist Ng Pei-Sian will perform Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantasia with the Orchestra of the Music Makers (OMM) led by Maestro Chan Tze Law in the 5th edition of OMMProm. Dubbed by the composer as […] -
Inktroduction to: Adam Gyorgy and His Vision
Posted on December 6, 2013 | No CommentsInktroduction to: Adam Gyorgy and His Vision by Soo Kian Hing “Competitions are for horses, not artists.” — Béla Bartók How fitting, then, that Hungary pianist Adam György, who attended the Bela Bartok Conservatory of Budapest before entering the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, subscribes to the […]