Classical music

Concert review

Singapore Chinese Orchestra kicks off Chinese New Year celebrations with crowd-pleasing fare

The Singapore Chinese Orchestra's annual Chinese New Year concert played to a sold-out hall.

Concert review

Conductor Pierre Bleuse rouses SSO for wall of sound; pianist Bertrand Chamayou dazzles with Liszt

The highlight of the evening was most definitely Bertrand Chamayou’s account of Liszt’s first piano concerto.

Arts Picks

The Private Museum’s show focuses on the state of being human

Human Being Human at The Private Museum

Outgoing SSO director Hans Graf leaves with happy feelings and a polished orchestra

Outgoing Singapore Symphony Orchestra director Hans Graf at the Esplanade Concert Hall.

Concert review

Singapore composer Joyce Koh’s new work gives Earth its due amid Holst’s Planets

Austrian cellist Julia Hagen distinguished herself with an outsized personality and singing tone.

Concert review

Vamshika Quintet showcases the breadth and depth of Indian flutes in celebratory programme

The Vamshika Quintet presented a programme showcasing the breadth and depth of Indian bamboo flutes, the bansuri and venu, on Jan 18.

Concert review

SSO under baton of Kolja Blacher wins standing ovation for stirring Dvorak’s Ninth

Guest conductor Kolja Blacher led the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in a concert at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Jan 16.

Concert review

SSO and Ding Yi collaborate for mainstream and avant-garde fare

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra teamed up with Ding Yi Music Company for a West meets East programme of new music on Jan 11.

William Walton’s First Symphony steals thunder from Rachmaninov in OMM concert

Led by music director Chan Tze Law, the Orchestra Of The Music Makers played Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto with pianist Haochen Zhang.
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Arts Picks

City Lines art show highlights artists’ different takes on Singapore cityscape

Idris Ali's HDB Heartland (2000) is part of the City Lines show at Maya Gallery.

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