Event: Fantasie – Melvyn Tan Live! Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall Date: 19th Jan ’11 A Triumphant Return The music and arts glitterati descended in droves upon the Esplanade Concert Hall tonight to witness what could possibly have been the most eagerly-anticipated piano recital involving a Singapore-born pianist in recent history. You could easily make a [...]
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Review: “Fantasie” – Melvyn Tan Live!
Thursday, 20 January, 2011
Lang Lang Was Here
Thursday, 7 October, 2010
So Lang Lang came and left. I believe this was his second performance here in Singapore, no? Somewhere in the far recesses of my memory, I vaguely recall him being in Singapore a few years back to perform the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto. Anyway, all I can say is that I’ve yet to see Lang Lang [...]
On Practice
Thursday, 17 June, 2010
Occasionally, I would need to practise on the piano for a reason…be it for a choir song presentation or for a band gig or for a solo piano performance or for a Songcraft event or whatever. And over time, I’ve realised that the most effective method of practising, at least for me, is to break [...]
Chopin? Where?
Thursday, 15 April, 2010
I’m not complaining, I’m just wondering aloud. When I first heard that the theme for this year’s Singapore International Piano Festival is “Chopin at 200″, I was thrilled. The brochure says “‘Chopin at 200′ celebrates the bicentenary of Frederic Chopin, the composer most closely associated with the piano.” Hooray! So I began to look up [...]
“South Pacific” Vocal Score
Thursday, 3 December, 2009
A good friend of mine recently lent me his thirty-over-year-old full vocal score to “South Pacific”, and I had a go at it on my piano tonight. The fact that the paper of the vocal score was all yellowy-brown, plus the fact that it had lost its cover after being in existence for over thiry [...]
Productive Night
Friday, 30 October, 2009
Had a very fruitful night at the piano last night, and I’m very thankful for that. Some nights you sit at the piano and nothing substantial comes out. That is actually quite frustrating, but the sad thing for me is that such nights are usually the norm. But last night I managed to complete my [...]
Derniers Jours d’Anastasia Kemsky
Monday, 28 September, 2009
I once mentioned to a friend that there is a song out there for every moment and every mood. Well, I guess for now I’ll choose my favourite Richard Clayderman piece of all time. As always, it’s probably quite an obscure piece as compared to familiar hits such as “Ballade Pour Adeline” or “Souvenirs d’Enfance” [...]
Street Pianos – The Most Amazing Thing Ever
Monday, 2 February, 2009
(Pic taken from official website: www.streetpianos.com) I gotta share about this amazing experience which I had when I was in Sydney last week. My parents and I were strolling past Market City (just next to Chinatown) one evening, and I noticed a sizeable crowd of people gathered at the corner of the street. They were [...]
Wedding Pieces Ideas!
Sunday, 25 January, 2009
This is really fun – having to brainstorm on pieces which I can play at the wedding. Obviously, there are severe limitations (due to my limited skills), so I can’t just think of any piece I want. It has to be within my limited abilities. My list is more or less done. Here’s what I’ve [...]
Schumann’s Kinderszenen Op.15 No.1
Thursday, 22 January, 2009
I recently agreed to be the wedding pianist for a dear friend of mine. (She obviously doesn’t know too many pianists, that’s why she decided to take the risk of choosing me, haha! Just kidding.) And whilst brainstorming on appropriate pieces which I could play at the service, one of the pieces I thought of [...]
