YST Concert Hall

Celebrating 50 years, the Brodsky Quartet brings world-class string chamber music to YST.

Every year, the Conservatory Concerto Competition brings together YST Year 2 and 3 students to compete for the opportunity to play their chosen concerto with the YST Orchestral Institute, in a celebration of performance excellence and artistry. Following a series of preliminary rounds within instrumental family groupings, the first and second- placed musicians from each area take the stage over two evenings. They will perform a complete work of their choice with piano accompaniment, assessed by an international panel of…

Every year, the Conservatory Concerto Competition brings together YST Year 2 and 3 students to compete for the opportunity to play their chosen concerto with the YST Orchestral Institute, in a celebration of performance excellence and artistry. Following a series of preliminary rounds within instrumental family groupings, the first and second- placed musicians from each area take the stage over two evenings. They will perform a complete work of their choice with piano accompaniment, assessed by an international panel of…

GRAMMY®-winning Imani Winds brings nearly 30 years of dynamic, adventurous, and transformative music-making to the stage.

OpusNovus pays tribute to Pierre Boulez (1925–2016), the visionary French composer and conductor who shaped contemporary music. The program opens and closes with Boulez's crystalline miniatures, the shimmering Dérive 1 and the elegiac Mémoriale, featuring our new Head of Winds Associate Professor Eric Lamb. Between these twin pillars, works by composers from Boulez's constellation chart a journey through contemporary sound: Dai Fujikura's playful Deconstructing Franz reimagines classical materials, while George Crumb's Music for the Starry Night evokes celestial wonder through…

YST faculty present songs by Nielsen, Kodály and Sibelius, culminating in Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Vanished.

YST Concerto Competition Prizewinner and Singapore Symphony’s 2025 President’s Young Performer clarinetist Chua Jay Roon (BMus4) takes the stage alongside the YST Orchestral Institute with Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto—a work of luminous lyricism and delicate expression that highlights the clarinet’s poetic voice. We then follow with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, a sweeping exploration of intensity, triumph and introspection. Experience an evening that celebrates the emerging talents of Singapore’s next generation of musicians, and the dialogue between soloist and orchestra that brings…

Stockholm Chamber Brass presents an evening of chamber brass performance at YST.

YST faculty and students collaborate in Hungarian chamber music, featuring piano quintets by Dohnányi and Bartók.

YST Voice Department, Red Dot Baroque, and members of the Orchestral Institute join forces in this intricate yet exciting programme.

Marking Paul Hindemith’s 130th, YST faculty perform his instrumental sonatas, revealing wit, craft and expressive depth.

In Threads of Time, NUS Chinese Orchestra, under the baton of Moses Gay, draws an aural line from past to present, showcasing music’s ability to transcend traditions and find new paths to progress. The journey begins with Gada Meilin, a symphonic poem that evokes a legendary hero’s epic journey though sweeping melodies and rugged rhythms. The programme then moves into the present with Ode to the Sun. Rich in Bayu colour and cultural character, the suite fuses lyrical introspection with cinematic…

The acclaimed Swiss Mondrian Ensemble brings their distinctive string trio instrumentation to YST for a program of bold, contemporary works. Renowned for their adventurous sound and vibrant interpretations, the ensemble creates striking musical dialogues and compelling sonic landscapes. Over the past two decades, they have premiered numerous works, recorded extensively, and performed across Europe, earning the Swiss Music Prize and recognition from the City of Zurich and Fondation Nestlé pour l’art. Their programming spans classical, romantic, and contemporary repertoire, embracing…

YST pianists and cellists join faculty in Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and more—celebrating collaboration, artistry, and excellence.

OpusNovus explores experimental approaches to notation and performance, anchored by John Cage's landmark Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957-58), a work of radical indeterminacy that reinvented the relationship between composer and performer. The evening takes its title from Enno Poppe's Brot, an instrumental transformation of an aria from his opera Arbeit Nahrung Wohnung, where everyday sustenance becomes a portal into intricate sonic worlds. Peter Edwards' Li Lo No investigates the boundaries between gesture and sound, while Polish composer Thomas Sikorski's…

Join the YST Chamber Singers for an evening of choral music appreciation, featuring works from a diverse repertoire of vocal ensemble performance.