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TEXTURES IN CLASSICS on Navona Records / Review
TEXTURES IN CLASSICSSANG-HIE LEE, PianoJOHN CORINA, OboeNavona Classics NV6448 / TT: 75’34”This album by Korean-American pianist and academic Sang-Hie Lee, an artist who combines music with medical...
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SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 2023 / Review
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 2023Grand Final (Professional category)School of the Arts Concert HallSaturday (21 January 2023) The Singapore International Piano Competition has come and...
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AN EVENING WITH HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA / Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts...
AN EVENING WITHHONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRAHuayi Chinese Festival of ArtsEsplanade Concert HallSaturday (28 January 2023)This review was published in The Straits Times on 30 January 2023 It has been...
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THE MODERN CHOPIN / POOM PROMMACHART, Piano / Review
THE MODERN CHOPINPOOM PROMMACHART, PianoVictoria Concert HallSunday (29 January 2023) What is the “Modern Chopin”? Was not the Poland-born and Paris-domiciled pianist-composer an early Romantic? And...
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CON FUOCO / NICHOLAS HO Piano Recital / Review
CON FUOCONICHOLAS HO Piano RecitalVictoria Concert HallTuesday (31 January 2023) There was a time when Singapore’s best young pianists chose to stay abroad, where educational and performance...
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OPERA GALA SPECTACULAR / Singapore Lyric Opera / Review
OPERA GALA SPECTACULARSingapore Lyric OperaVictoria Concert HallThursday (2 February 2023)This review was published in The Straits Times on 4 February 2023 with "Wobbly start to gala, but hits please...
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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL / YOKO HIROTA, Piano on Navona Records / Review
SMALL IS BEAUTIFULMINIATURE PIANO PIECESYoko Hirota, PianoNavona Records NV 6294 I will not be the first or last to declaim that atonal music is best heard in small doses. This is also the credo of...
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LIFE / Nanyang Collective / Review
LIFENanyang CollectiveEsplanade Recital StudioFriday (10 February 2023)This review was published in The Straits Times on 13 February 2023 with the title "Life is a multi-faceted musical installation"....
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CHARM, PASSION, AND ACROBATICS / Navona Records / Review
CHARM, PASSION, AND ACROBATICSMISHA GALAGANOV, ViolaJOHN OWINGS, PianoNavona Records NV6434 How should one title a disc of viola works by French composers who are not household names? The French Viola...
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GERSHWIN'S PIANO CONCERTO / Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Review
GERSHWIN'S PIANO CONCERTOSingapore Symphony OrchestraEsplanade Concert HallSaturday (11 February 2023)This review was first published in Bachtrack on 13 February 2023 with the title "Korngold’s gem of...
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PULSE / Shane Thio, Nicholas Loh, Yiang Shan & Eugene Toh / Review
PULSEShane Thio & Nicholas Loh, PianosYiang Shan & Eugene Toh, PercussionEsplanade Recital StudioTuesday (14 February 2023) I cannot write with authority about contemporary music, so I will not...
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RELATIVELY MOZART / PAUL LEWIS PLAYS MOZART PIANO CONCERTO 25 / Review
RELATIVELY MOZARTDonald Law, PianoNAFA Wind EnsembleEsplanade Recital StudioMonday (13 February 2023) PAUL LEWIS PLAYSMOZART PIANO CONCERTO 25Singapore Symphony OrchestraVictoria Concert Hall Thursday...
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SCHUBERT'S PIANO SONATAS WITH PAUL LEWIS / Review
SCHUBERT'S PIANO SONATASWITH PAUL LEWISVictoria Concert HallSaturday (18 February 2023) This review was first published in Bachtrack on 20 February 2023 with the title "Paul Lewis’ Schubert scores a...
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VIOLA DEPARTMENT RECITAL WITH NOBUKO IMAI / THE DEVIL'S VIOLINIST: PAGANINI'S...
VIOLA DEPARTMENTRECITAL WITH NOBUKO IMAIYong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert HallFriday (17 February 2023) THE DEVIL’S VIOLINIST:PAGANINI’S CAPRICESKEVIN ZHU, ViolinVictoria Concert HallSunday (19...
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MOZART'S STARLING / Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Review
MOZART’S STARLINGSingapore Symphony OrchestraVictoria Concert HallFriday (24 February 2023) The Singapore Symphony Orchestra continues on its Mozart crusade, with another programme built around...
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LEGENDS / Singapore Chinese Orchestra / Review
LEGENDSSingapore Chinese OrchestraSingapore Conference HallSaturday (25 February 2023) This review was published in The Straits Times on 27 February 2023 with the title "Quek Ling Kiong leads SCO into...
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HENRI SIGFRIDSSON Piano Recital / Review
HENRI SIGFRIDSSON Piano RecitalYong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestral HallMonday (27 February 2023) The problem with lunchtime recitals is that one never makes it on time, especially when its begins at...
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A RATHER SPECIAL RECITAL @ EXTRAORDINARY STUDIO
A RATHER SPECIAL RECITAL@ EXTRAORDINARY STUDIO Singapore is indeed teeming with child prodigy musicians and it is always a pleasure to witness and hear how young minds work, and what aspects of...
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BRUCH VIOLIN CONCERTO AND MAHLER SYMPHONY 5 / GIVE AND TAKE (BACK AND FORTH)...
BRUCH VIOLIN CONCERTOAND MAHLER 5Singapore Symphony OrchestraEsplanade Concert HallThursday (2 March 2023) GIVE AND TAKE (BACK AND FORTH)T’ang QuartetYong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert HallFriday (3...
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A CHAMBER CONCERT NOT TO MISS: CONCORDIA QUARTET WITH MELVYN TAN on 11 March...
HERE IS A CHAMBER CONCERT NOT TO MISS!British Singaporean pianist MELVYN TAN returns to perform with CONCORDIA QUARTET in a unique concert presented by re:Sound Collective. Although Tan has been...
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