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Visiting Artist Series:
Kam-Harwood-Lim Trio
Cello Masterclass
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Monday, 2 October 4:00pm
Steven Baxter Recital Studio
Free admission
Violin Masterclass
Tuesday, 3 October 4:00pm
Steven Baxter Recital Studio
Free admission
Chamber Masterclass
Wednesday, 4 October 5:15pm
Orchestra Hall
Free admission
Chamber Recital
Friday, 6 October 7:30pm
Conservatory Concert Hall $10 via yst.eventbrite.com
KAM NING, violin
RICHARD HARWOOD, cello LIM YAN, piano
This chamber residency features visiting artists Kam Ning on violin and Richard Harwood on cello. A Singaporean now based in the UK, Kam Ning is a highly sought-after soloist and chamber musician. Amongst her many accolades are prizes at the Folkestone Menuhin International Violin Competition; the International Pablo Sarasate Violin Competition, and the Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition. As an educator, she was professor of violin at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels and is currently principal teacher at the Yehudi Menuhin School.
In addition to his post as principal cellist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, Richard Harwood is a seasoned concerto soloist and chamber musician, including a few years as cellist of the Sitkovetsky Trio (2014-2016). Winner of the Pierre Fournier Award and the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig, Richard has also conducted masterclasses at conservatories in the UK and Austria.
YST faculty in collaborative piano Lim Yan joins Kam Ning and Richard Harwood in this much-awaited chamber recital.
This evening, we express our appreciation to the late Dr Yong Pung How, who was former Chief Justice of Singapore. He was a transformative champion of education at NUS and talent development in many institutions he was associated with across Singapore; and a crucial benefactor in the development of YST as Singapore’s rst conservatory of music.
As Trustee of the Yong Loo Lin Trust, Dr Yong helped YST secure its endowment from Ms Yong Siew Yoon. The latter’s donation enabled the founding of the Conservatory in memory of her sister Ms Yong Siew Toh, an ardent pianist and music educator. On behalf of all sta , students, faculty and alumni of the Conservatory, we express our gratitude for his support as well as his vision, dedication, and continuing advocacy for the arts in Singapore.
Orchestral Institute: One Always Returns
Saturday, 7 October 7:30pm Conservatory Concert Hall
$10 via yst.eventbrite.com
YST ORCHESTRAL INSTITUTE with JASON LAI, conductor
T’ANG QUARTET, quartet-in-residence
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Concerto for String Quartet & Orchestra
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
It is 1930, three years before the Nazi Party took power, and Arnold seems to have it all—an enviable teaching position in Berlin, a much-improved public reception to his new works in the atonal style – and it seems the “Emancipator of Dissonance” has nally found his admirers! At his height of success, a return to tonality would seem ludicrous! Yet, that was to be…
It is 1940, three years before he would succumb to cancer, and Sergei does not have it all. World War II is raging back home, and as a Russian in New York, there is an emptiness that no amount of performing, conducting, or even cherry malted milk oats (his favourite drink!), could ll. He longs to compose, but must pay the bills through piano performance. If only he could return—to Russia, to his self…
Born just a year apart, the music of Sergei Rachmanino (1873-1943) and Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) could not sound more di erent. Yet years later, during their refuge in the United States, both yearned for a “return”—albeit expressed in di erent ways. The Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 symbolizes Rachmanino ’s long-awaited (and nal) return to his beloved homeland, while the Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra demonstrates Schoenberg’s allegiance to tradition, through his evolutionary recasting of the Handel original. Join us as the YST Orchestral Institute embarks on a owing journey of ever-resonant departures, borrowings, and returns.
