- SCO will embark on the Europe tour and travel from Germany to GreeceSCO will embark on the Europe tour and travel from Germany to Greece
- Singapore Chinese Music Competition 2020 (previously known as National Chinese Music Competition) will be open for registration on 2 September 2019, with new categories
- Music lovers can look forward to renowned artists and soloists from around the world, with 23 spectacular concerts lined up from July 2019 to June 2020
Singapore, 27 May 2019 (Monday) – Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) launched an exciting new concert season on 27 May 2019 with 23 spectacular concerts lined up from July 2019 to June 2020. SCO’s new concert season, themed “Singapore Bicentennial, Inspiring the World”, centres on concerts commemorating Singapore’s history, and to embark on a Europe Concert Tour to inspire the world with the unique SCO music.Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) launched an exciting new concert season on 27 May 2019 with 23 spectacular concerts lined up from July 2019 to June 2020. SCO’s new concert season, themed “Singapore Bicentennial, Inspiring the World”, centres on concerts commemorating Singapore’s history, and to embark on a Europe Concert Tour to inspire the world with the unique SCO music.
Inspiring the world: SCO Europe Tour
Led by our Music Director Tsung Yeh, SCO will travel to four cities in Europe from 31 August to 9 September 2019 - Berlin, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; Imola, Italy and Greece, to perform.SCO Music Director Tsung Yeh said: “SCO continues to bring the unique SCO sounds to the international stage. The 2019 SCO Europe Concert Tour will mark another milestone in our history, collaborating with Singaporean violinist Kam Ning and sheng master Wu Wei. We look forward to showcase our unique Nanyang music to the European audience! The world-class SCO is certainly raring to go for our journey to new artistic heights.”
We look forward to showcase our unique Nanyang music to the European audience! The world-class SCO is certainly raring to go for our journey to new artistic heights.”Led by Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra (SNYCO) Music Director Quek Ling Kiong and Associate Conductor Moses Gay, SNYCO will also travel to Hong Kong and Guangzhou from 1 to 5 December 2019.
Resounding melodies
SCO’s 2019 – 2020 concert season will showcase international and Singapore artistes. To mark the opening of SCO’s new concert season, world renowned percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie will present DRUMatic Fusion on 12 and 13 July 2019, alongside Chinese percussion twin brothers, Gao Chao and Gao Yue. SCO will showcase celebrated composer Zhao Ji Ping’s latest masterwork, The Feng Ya Song Symphony, on 3 August 2019.
Singaporean violinist Kam Ning will perform the popular Butterfly Lovers violin concerto with SCO on 24 August 2019, ahead of SCO’s Europe tour, which features Chinese orchestra masterpieces. Cantonese opera fans will be in awe as celebrated Hung Sin-nui successor Su Chunmei, top-notch artists from the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Troupe – Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award winner Zeng Xiaomin, Chinese National First-grade actors Wen Ruqing and Wang Yanfei perform the Singapore premiere of Cantonese Opera: Legend of the White Snake • Love with SCO on 26 and 27 September 2019.
Back by popular demand, Songs of Liu Sanjie – A Musical Film in Concert will be restaged on 12 and 13 June 2020. It was co-produced by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and SCO, and world premiered as part of Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts in 2018.
Traditional Chinese orchestra tunes await audiences too. General Director of Taipei Chinese Orchestra, Cheng Li-Pin, will conduct SCO with a repertoire of Taiwanese composer Wang I-Yu and renowned female Chinese composer Wang Danhong’s works.Music Tuesdays; chamber concerts meticulously planned by SCO’s very own musicians, as well as others such as Hits of Chinese Music III: Huqin are concerts for Chinese music lovers to enjoy traditional Chinese music.
Singapore’s Bicentennial
SNYCO’s annual Exuberance of Youth concert will collaborate with Siong Leng Musical Association to perform The Magnificent Steeds by SCO composer-in-residence Law Wai Lun. Savour the iconic Cantonese music in Rhyme of Canton by Chang Ping, as well as Medley of Hakka Tunes by Lo Leung Fai. Experience the diverse heritage of Singapore - with music influenced by Hakka, Cantonese, Peranakan, Malay, Indian and Nanyin music.
In commemoration of Singapore’s Bicentennial, Mediacorp artistes Felicia Chin and Ben Yeo will take part in a theatrical production, directed by Goh Boon Teck, with SCO for the first time on 16 November 2019.
Celebrating Festivities and Concerts for Everyone
SCO’s annual branded Chinese New Year concert, Rhapsodies of Spring, collaborates with Capital Radio 95.8FM to welcome the festive season. Station DJs will bring merriment with a specially scripted radio drama. Dubbed getai’s “Little Teresa Teng”, singer Yuan Jin will sing a number of Teresa Teng’s evergreen songs.
SCO’s annual branded heart-warming Mother’s Day Concert returns in 2020. Dubbed the “Queen of Cantonese Songs”, Angie Lau, will sing with SCO your favourite Cantonese songs on 8 and 9 May 2020.
For the younger audiences to nurture their appreciation of Chinese music, SCO will also present a line-up of musical adventures and concerts like the SCO Young Children’s Concert: ‘DiSCOvering Treasures of Chinese Music – Riddles in the Raindrops’, a musical exploration of Chinese orchestra plucked-string instruments; the Young People’s Concert: Once Upon A Chinese Orchestra and Concert-in-Progress: SYF Demonstration Concert, as well as interactive activities to introduce and educate audiences to Chinese music.
Grooming the next generation of musicians
SCO will organise a Conducting Workshop in 2019 and a Composer Workshop in 2020, to nurture the next generation of musicians. Singapore Chinese Music Competition 2020 (previously known as National Chinese Music Competition) will be open for registration on 2 September 2019, with two new categories; Orchestra category and Solo Grand category.
Led by Music Director Tsung Yeh, the Conducting Workshop 2019 is part of SCO’s talent development plan to provide training for aspiring young conductors. Participants will get to understudy and conduct repertoires such as The Family Legend and A Glimpse of Singapore under the tutelage of Tsung Yeh.
The SCO Composer Workshop aims to provide a stimulating platform for young composers to discover and develop their fullest potential. Under the guidance of Tsung Yeh and composer-in-residence Law Wai Lun, the workshop offers an exposure to a range of compositional approaches for Chinese instruments, and provides an intensive practicum with the SCO. The theme and focus for Composer Workshop 2020 is on composing film music.
SCO – The People’s Orchestra
SCO Executive Director, Nominated Member of Parliament Terence Ho said: “SCO firmly believes in putting the people at the heart of everything we do. We strive to let our music echo throughout Singapore and let people from all walks of life experience the vibrancy of Chinese orchestral music, through initiatives like the Caring Series, Community Concerts, Music Oasis Concerts and Lunchtime Concerts. In this year’s Community Concerts series, SCO will be heading to Boon Keng, Bukit Merah, Choa Chu Kang, Hougang and Kampung Admiralty, to perform familiar tunes in our neighbourhoods.”
For more information on SCO’s concert season, please download information and materials from: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v9axidr693ynlze/AAAS3AYOuVJ9HbGaj_T91LNsa?dl=0
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