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Interview with Concordia Quartet
Posted on January 23, 2020 | No CommentsINTERVIEW WITH CONCORDIA QUARTET The newly-formed professional quartet, Concordia Quartet, play their first concert on 1 Feb 2020 at the Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre at Funan Mall in a program of Schubert, Beethoven and Haydn. Aileen Tang interviewed them to find out why it takes […] -
Interview with Igor Yuzefovich and Pei-Sian Ng | The Flying Inkpot
Posted on January 10, 2020 | No CommentsIgor Yuzefovich, former concertmaster of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and joint concertmaster of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Ng Pei-Sian, principal cellist of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra play together again for one night with re:Sound in a program of Janáček’s Idyll for String Orchestra, Carl […] -
Die Walküre – An Interview with Edith Podesta, director
Posted on December 14, 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. In this feature, Aileen Tang speaks to director, Edith Podesta, to learn more about this semi-staged production. The Flying Inkpot: What is […] -
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 with Singapore Dance Theatre’s Janek Schergen, Kwok Min Yi, Satoru Agetsuma and Joshua Tan
Posted on November 20, 2019 | No CommentsThis December’s Swan Lake will be Singapore Dance Theatre’s (SDT) third production with live music provided by Metropolitan Festival Orchestra. What is the symbiotic relationship between dance and music, and what are the challenges for both dancers and musicians? Aileen Tang has a chat with […]