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THE WORLD CUP 2002 EXPERIENCE... SO FAR
THE WORLD CUP EXPERIENCE 2022... SO FAR Long before I really discovered classical music, I had been following football. My interest goes back to the mid-1970s when the Singapore national team competed...
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MOZART FLUTE & HARP CONCERTO / Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Review
MOZART FLUTE & HARP CONCERTOSingapore Symphony OrchestraVictoria Concert HallFriday 25 November 2022This review was published in Bachtrack on 28 November 2022 with the title "Singapore Symphony...
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SOUVENIRS DE FETE / SEIKA ISHIDA PLAYS MOZART / Review
SOUVENIRS DE FETEMiyuki Washimiya, Piano RecitalEsplanade Recital StudioTuesday (29 November 2022) SEIKA ISHIDA PLAYS MOZARTSingapore Symphony OrchestraVictoria Concert HallWednesday (30 November...
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SSO GALA: KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN IN CONCERT / Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Review
SSO GALA: KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN IN CONCERTSingapore Symphony OrchestraEsplanade Concert HallWednesday (7 December 2022)This review was published in The Straits Times on 14 December 2022 with the title...
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LUCAS DEBARGUE PIANO RECITAL / Review
LUCAS DEBARGUE Piano RecitalVictoria Concert HallFriday (16 December 2022) Completing a year of exciting pianism that saw the likes of Eric Lu, Kit Armstrong, Arnaldo Cohen, Yunchan Lim and Martha...
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SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION 2022 / GRAND FINAL / Review
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONALVIOLIN COMPETITION 2022: GRAND FINALVictoria Concert HallWednesday (14 December 2022) This review was published in The Straits Times on 21 December 2022 The third edition of the...
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HOMETOWN COMPANIONS. CONTEMPORARY VOICES / Ding Yi Music Company / Review
HOMETOWN COMPANIONS -CONTEMPORARY VOICESDing Yi Music CompanyEsplanade Recital StudioThursday (15 December 2022) One of the highlights of the Chinese music calendar is the annual three-day Chinese...
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JOHANN STRAUSS JR'S DIE FLEDERMAUS / Singapore Lyric Opera / Review
JOHANN STRAUSS JR’SDIE FLEDERMAUSSingapore Lyric OperaEsplanade TheatreSaturday 17 December 2022This review was published in The Straits Times on 21 December 2022 with the title "Soprano Joyce Lee Tung...
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IN DULCI JUBILO by Red Dot Baroque / CHRISTMAS WITH ROS by Resonance of...
IN DULCI JUBILORed Dot BaroqueChamber @ The Arts HouseSaturday (17 December 2022) CHRISTMAS WITH ROSResonance of SingaporeEsplanade Recital StudioTuesday (20 December 2022) This review was published in...
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KIDS' PHILHARMONIC 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT / Review
KIDS’ PHILHARMONIC10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERTVictoria Concert HallWednesday (23 December 2022) For those wondering how Singapore has so many good young orchestras, there is one consistent answer:...
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EVERYBODY LOVES A SOIREE: CHRISTMAS EDITION!
Its Christmas time, and this is no better time for friends to re-connect, make new acquaintances, enjoy a hearty meal and good music together in the company of comrades and loved ones. Our gracious...
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MADELINE GOH Violin Recital / STORIES FROM THE HEART by Voice of the Cello /...
MADELINE GOH Violin RecitalEsplanade Recital StudioWednesday (4 January 2023) STORIES FROM THE HEARTVoice of the CelloSchool of the Arts Concert HallSunday (8 January 2023) This review was published in...
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AN EVENING AT THE TEOCHEW OPERA / Er Woo Amateur Musical & Cultural Association
To be honest, I know next to nothing about Teochew opera. I remember being brought to the Teochew street opera in Georgetown, Penang at the age of seven by my grand-aunt (a Teochew lady herself). It...
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CHLOE CHUA PLAYS MOZART 4 / Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Review
CHLOE CHUA PLAYS MOZART 4Singapore Symphony OrchestraVictoria Concert HallThursday (12 January 2023)This review was first published in Bachtrack on 13 January 2023 with the title "More splendid Mozart...
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OMM GOES TO THE MOVIES IV / Orchestra of the Music Makers / Review
OMM GOES TO THE MOVIES IVOrchestra of the Music MakersEsplanade Concert HallFriday (13 January 2023), 7.30 pmThis review was published in The Straits Times on 18 January 2023 with the title "OMM...
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A PIANO RECITAL NOT TO MISS: THE MODERN CHOPIN by POOM PROMMACHART, Sunday...
Here is a piano recital not to miss: Thailand's finest young pianist Poom Prommachart performs an all-Chopin programme of his greatest music, the 24 Preludes (Op.28) and the Third Sonata in B minor...
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VIVA VIVALDI! THE LOST OPERAS / AN EVENING WITH MR JOE GREEN / Lirica Arts /...
VIVA VIVALDI! THE LOST OPERASLirica Arts & Red Dot BaroqueSchool of the Arts Concert HallSaturday (14 January 2023), 7.30 pm AN EVENING WITH MR JOE GREENLirica Arts & Beatrice Lin...
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MOMENTS MUSICAUX by ANTOINETTE PERRY / Navona Records / Review
MOMENTS MUSICAUXANTOINETTE PERRY, PianoNavona Records NV6442 / TT: 77’30” This album was taken from a 2014 live performance by American pianist Antoinette Perry at the University of Southern...
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MAHLER'S WUNDERHORN WITH HANS GRAF AND SUMI HWANG / Singapore Symphony...
This review was first published on Bachtrack on 24 January 2023 with the title "Heralding the Lunar New Year in Singapore". Classical concerts are not usually associated with the coming of the Lunar...
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ANOTHER PIANO RECITAL NOT TO MISS: CON FUOCO by NICHOLAS HO on 31 January 2023
Here is another piano recital not to be missed, by homegrown Singaporean pianist NICHOLAS HO, known for his transcendental keyboard virtuosity. He was a student of Ong Lip Tat, Tedd Joselson, Edward...
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