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Die Walküre – An Interview with Christopher Cheong, Orchestra of the Music Makers
Posted on November 28, 2019 | No Comments5 Jan 2020 will see the Orchestra of the Music Makers (OMM) perform the Singapore premiere of Wagner’s epic Die Walküre at the Esplanade. Aileen Tang talks to Christopher Cheong, Chairman of OMM’s Artistic Development Committee to find out when the ‘outlandish thought’ of premiering […] -
Interview/Preview – TFI interviews Jonathan Shin
Posted on October 4, 2019 | No CommentsA founding member of Singapore’s very own Lorong Boys, award-winning composer-pianist Jonathan Shin is known for his wit as much as his talent, as demonstrated through his growing body of work. This October will see the premiere of Shin’s 1819 Suite for Small Orchestra, written […] -
Interview – TFI speaks to Dick Lee about The Mad Chinaman – Sep 2019
Posted on September 9, 2019 | No CommentsThis year marks the 30th anniversary of Cultural Medallion winner Dick Lee’s iconic album The Mad Chinaman and he’s celebrating it with a very special concert with Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra and The Joy Chorale, conducted by Adrian Tan and with special guests Denise Tan […] -
Interview: TFI talks to Maestro Lü Shao-Chia and Christopher Cheong of the Orchestra of the Music Makers
Posted on August 9, 2019 | No CommentsAileen Tang talks to Maestro Lü Shao-Chia, Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, and Christopher Cheong, Chairman of the Orchestra of the Music Makers’ (OMM) Artistic Development Committee, ahead of OMM’s upcoming concert of Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra and William Walton’s […] -
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – An Interview with Jeong Ae Ree and Jeremy Chiew of New Opera Singapore – Aileen Tang
Posted on July 29, 2019 | No CommentsAileen Tang from The Flying Inkpot speaks to New Opera Singapore’s Artistic Director Ms Jeong Ae Ree and Assistant Artistic Director Mr Jeremy Chiew about New Opera Singapore’s upcoming production of Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” The Flying Inkpot: Tell us more about New Opera’s […]