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Photographs from BARCLAYS ASIA TROPHY 2015 FINAL
So we've reached the final day of the Barclays Asia Trophy, and Arsenal have a chance of escaping serious injury thanks to Everton beating Stoke City on penalties in their earlier match. Which means...
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SSO CONCERT: WALTON'S CELLO CONCERTO / Review
WALTON'S CELLO CONCERTOSingapore Symphony OrchestraEsplanade Concert HallFriday (17 July 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 20 July 2015 with the title "Sparks fly in fast romp".The...
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FRANCK'S PIANO QUINTET / VCH Chamber Series / Review
FRANCK'S PIANO QUINTETVCH Chamber SeriesSunday (19 July 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 21 July 2015 with the title "An edgy and lyrical afternoon of chamber music".There are so...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, July 2015)
MARTHA ARGERICH & FRIENDSLIVE FROM LUGANO 2014Warner Classics 0825646134601 (3 CDs)Â *****The one defining feature of the Lugano Festival's Martha Argerich Project besides the legendary Argentine...
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ORCHESTRE DES CONTINENTS / Review
ORCHESTRE DES CONTINENTSEsplanade Concert HallWednesday (22 July 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 24 July 2015 with the title "Cross-continental orchestra serve a treat".Orchestre...
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SSO CONCERT: TRANSFIGURED NIGHT / Review
TRANSFIGURED NIGHTSingapore Symphony OrchestraVictoria Concert HallThursday (23 July 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 25 July 2015 with the title "SSO returns to chamber music...
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SYMPHONIC GIFTS / Singapore National Youth Orchestra & Singapore Youth...
SYMPHONIC GIFTSSingapore National Youth Orchestra &Singapore Youth Chinese OrchestraEsplanade Concert HallFriday (24 July 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 27 July 2015 with...
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ELIZABETH BASOFF-DARSKAIA Violin Recital with JONATHAN SHIN (Piano) / Review
ELIZABETH BASOFF-DARSKAIA Violin Recital with JONATHAN SHIN, PianoLee Foundation TheatreSunday (26 July 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 28 July 2015 with the title "Violinist and...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, July 2015)
IDIL BIRETLP ORIGINALS EDITIONIdil Biret Archive 8.501402 (14 CDs)Â ****1/2The Turkish pianist Idil Biret (born 1941) was a child prodigy student of Nadia Boulanger, Alfred Cortot and Wilhelm Kempff,...
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Photos from Book Launch of FROM CLEMENTI TO CARNEGIE, Autobiography of...
Singaporean virtuoso violinist Siow Lee Chin's autobiography From Clementi To Carnegie was officially launched today (Friday, 31 July 2015) at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. It was already on sale last week at...
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SG50 CONCERT / Hua Xing Choir Society / Review
SG50 CONCERTHua Xing Choir SocietyWang Ya-Hui (Conductor)Victoria Concert HallFriday (31 July 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 3 August 2015 with the title "Treats from...
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN'S THE TURN OF THE SCREW / New Opera Singapore / Review
BENJAMIN BRITTEN'STHE TURN OF THE SCREWNew Opera SingaporeVictoriaTheatreSunday (2 August 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 4 August 2015 with the title "New Opera Singapore turns...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, August 2015)
TIMELESSBRAHMS & BRUCH Violin ConcertosDAVID GARRETT, ViolinIsrael Philharmonic / Zubin MehtaDecca 4701071 / ****1/2After several years of successfully dabbling in crossover and pop music, the...
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HENRY WONG DOE Piano Recital / Review
HENRY WONG DOE Piano RecitalEsplanade Recital StudioTuesday (4 August 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 5 August 2015 with the title "Piano notes that sound like tinkling...
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Photographs from SING50 CONCERT at the National Stadium
Has there been a bigger concert of Singapore music than the Sing50 Concert held on Friday 7 August 2015 at the National Stadium? Presented by The Straits Times and Business Times as a gift to the...
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Photographs from SINGAPORE CHINESE ORCHESTRA CONCERT BY THE BAY
It seemed that every group in Singapore was getting to do its SG50 celebration and bit of history. The Singapore Chinese Orchestra performed a wonderful concert at the Marina Bay Sands Waterfront...
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CD Reviews (The Straits Times, August 2015)
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV Symphony No.1Singapore Symphony / CHOO HOEYNaxos 8.573508 / ****The name of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) survives on the strength of his Procession of the Sardar (from...
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SSO CONCERT: SCOTTISH FANTASY / Review
SCOTTISH FANTASYSingapore Symphony OrchestraVictoria Concert HallFriday (14 August 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 17 August 2015 with the title "Music keeps Choo Hoey young".The...
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YELLOW RIVER! / Singapore Chinese Orchestra / Review
YELLOWRIVER!Singapore Chinese OrchestraSingapore Conference HallSaturday (15 August 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 17 August 2015 with the title "Yellow River legends live...
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PIANO CONCERTO FESTIVAL / ADDO Chamber Orchestra / Review
PIANO CONCERTO FESTIVALADDO Chamber OrchestraSchool of the Arts Concert HallSunday (16 August 2015)This review was published in The Straits Times on 18 August 2015 with the title "Momentous, but not...
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