Reviews

Concert review

Singapore Chinese Orchestra 30th anniversary gala celebrates early Nanyang music

Principal conductor Quek Ling Kiong led the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in a concert kicking off its 30th anniversary celebrations on July 18.

Book review

British Fantasy Awards: Shortlisted Wolf’s Path is Joyce Chng’s howl against societal rules

Wolf’s Path is titled after Joyce Chng’s own fascination with wolves and how the animal learns about, and expands, its territory through sniffing and exploring.

Book review

Gut feelings: Kimberley Chia Qin’s Hot Girls Have Stomach Issues is a visceral poetry debut

Kimberley Chia Qin (left) bursts onto the scene with “unsavoury splendour” with her debut.Hot Girls Have Stomach Issues

Concert review

Hannu Lintu signals changes in SSO’s sound and repertoire with inaugural concert

Maestro Hannu Lintu marks the start of his stint as the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s new music director with an inaugural concert on July 17.

Theatre review

Ants Chua’s debut Common Room is an anti-drama about how queer youth talk and play

Siti Sara Hamid (left) and Genevieve Tan in Common Room, staged by Checkpoint Theatre.

Concert review

Abigail Sin and Lin Xiangning kick off Dennis Lee Piano series with technical chops, dramatic flair

Pianist Lin Xiangning performing in the inaugural Dennis Lee Piano Series organised by Resound.

Opera review

Singapore Lyric Opera’s Madama Butterfly digs into the psychology of its star-crossed lovers

Singapore Lyric Opera’s staging of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly features its artistic director and soprano Nancy Yuen in the lead role of Cio-Cio-San.

Theatre review

Pangdemonium’s Tracie Pang signs off with grippingly subversive censorship play A Mirror

Coco Wang Ling (left) and Ghafir Akbar as an assistant and her boss in A Mirror.

Concert review

Anna Geniushene plays with youthful virtuosity; Singaporean Tze Toh is alchemist of musical ideas

Pianist Anna Geniushene (left) was presented by Altenburg Arts in a recital, Jazz pianist Tze Toh's recital (right) of original works at the Esplanade Black Room was almost entirely improvised.

Concert review

Two evenings of resonant programmes by Chamber Music And Arts at Objectifs chapel

Chamber Music & Arts presented two concerts as part of its residency programme.

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