SSO/Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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.

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

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.

Arts Picks

Tampines ahead of Sengkang, Yishun for MRT poem competition submissions

145 Singapore poems are on panels in MRT trains.

Concert review

Composer Jonathan Shin’s new piano concerto is quintessentially Singaporean

Singaporean pianist Churen Li premiered a new concerto by Singapore composer Jonathan Shin under the baton of Hans Graf.

Hannu Lintu leads SSO in elegant and polished Haydn’s Mass

Conductor Hannu Lintu, incoming music director-designate of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, kept the orchestra on their toes.

Pianist Stephen Hough dazzles with transcendental technique, matched by energised SSO

Pianist Stephen Hough and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra brought down the house on Nov 7 with a scintillating concert.

Opera review: SSO in the pocket with refreshing take on Die Fledermaus operetta

(From left) Flavia Stricker, Jonathan Mark Macpherson and Damian Whiteley in Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Die Fledermaus in a Pocket.

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