Events

As part of his graduation requirements for music performance, 3rd year YST Conservatory student flutist See Rui Yang each present a half-hour long recital.

In my efforts to develop my own musical language, timbre was an obvious problem from the very beginning. As electronic devices and new playing techniques became increasingly less interesting to me, I found different ways to achieve my intended results via a special harmonic matrix, orchestration, and voicing, going back even to Maurice Ravel and Duke Ellington. In this lecture, I will try to trace the basic elements of this development in my music.

The Wednesday Noon Recitals offer short student performances from the full range of Conservatory activity, an ideal introduction to the world of classical music.

The Verona Quartet presents a chamber masterclass with students of the Conservatory.

Philippe Quint presents a violin masterclass with students from the Conservatory.

In view of current health and travel advisories, this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. For more information on the status of YST events, please visit: bit.ly/yst-updates JONATHAN ONG, violin DOROTHY RO, violin ABIGAIL ROJANSKY, viola JONATHAN DORMAND, cello PROGRAMME RAVEL String Quartet in F major I. Allegro moderato – très …

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YST piano performance majors will delight museum audiences with masterworks from the solo piano repertoire. 

A trio of works centred on the rituals and celebrations of life. Experience a contemplation of temporal stillness in Messiaen’s Le Banquet Céleste, and an exaltation of life with Nielsen’s “The Inextinguishable”. Explore a playful take on man’s quest for love, virtue and wisdom in a realm filled with ritual and symbolism, through numbers from Mozart’s masterpiece: Die Zauberflöte.

Witness the world premieres of new works by participants from the YST Young Composers' Academy (YCA). In its fourth year running, the Academy nurtures budding composers in Singapore between the ages of 15 to 21. Over a period of two months, the Academy offers participants seminar instruction in contemporary composition and instrumental techniques as well as individual mentoring for the development of their new works.

Join the YST flute studio in a potpourri of classics from the flute repertoire.

Christian-Friedrich Dallmann presents a horn masterclass with students from the Conservatory. 

In view of current health and travel advisories, this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. PROGRAMME To be announced. ABOUT THIS EVENTChenxing Huang presents a violin masterclass with students of the Conservatory. ABOUT THE ARTIST Chenxing Huang is a Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She is also a member …

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Irama Mabuk is a composition for 25 almglocken I completed in 2018, which will receive its world premiere at the Sounding Now Festival on 17 April 2020. This presentation looks at the background of the work, the way in which irama in central Javanese gamelan is projected in the composition, and the compositional strategy used to make it mabuk - meaning drunk. 

Midori Goto presents a violin masterclass with students of the Conservatory.

Associate Professor of Central Conservatory of Music, China, Ma Wen, conducts a cello masterclass with YST students.

Associate Professor of Central Conservatory of Music, China, Ma Wen, conducts a cello masterclass with YST students.

Music can touch people deeply and lead to improved well-being, an all-encompassing word for everything that makes life worth living, or at least liveable. Rineke Smilde discusses Meaningful Music in Health Care.

The Wednesday Noon Recitals offer short student performances from the full range of Conservatory activity, an ideal introduction to the world of classical music.

Strings work together exploring stunning works from the classical repertoire.

OpusNovus is the contemporary music ensemble comprised of students from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. Its programmes mix important pieces by internationally renowned composers with newer works and lesser known gems of the contemporary repertoire. 

Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with us in an interactive concert that brings to life the musical hero’s resilience in overcoming tremendous struggles in life. This concert also features YST Orchestral Pedagogy students performing side by side with the Kids' Philharmonic under the baton of Dr Lien Boon Hua. A performance to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages, it makes for an delightful musical outing for the entire family.

Join us for pre-concert activities at the foyer 30 minutes before the concert, which will feature the Kids' Philharmonic performing a Beethoven medley composed by 9 year-old Nathanael Koh, as well as an instrument petting zoo!

In view of current health and travel advisories, limited seats will be available for this event. Limited seats events are open to YST and members of the public, up to a total cap of 50 pax. Admission will be first-come, first-served based on registration at the door. Temperature-taking and visitor registration will be required on …

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In view of current health and travel advisories, this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. For more information on the status of YST events, please visit: bit.ly/yst-updates PROGRAMMETo be announced. ABOUT THE ARTIST Mezzo-soprano Mary Ann Hart made her New York Philharmonic debut under the baton of Kurt Masur, has appeared …

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Richard Harwood presents a cello masterclass with students of the Conservatory.

This lecture-performance provides a comprehensive understanding of Chopin’s Mazurkas Op. 56 through the study of its historical perspectives and its stylistic approaches towards the Polish national dances.

Olli Mustonen visits YST as Ong Teng Cheong Professor in Music 2020, performing a piano recital that reflects upon his 35 year career as a Finnish pianist-composer-conductor, performing works by Sibelius, Chopin, Busoni, Scriabin, and Mustonen himself. He will also hold a piano masterclass and conduct the Conservatory Orchestra in an open rehearsal.

In view of current health and travel advisories, this event will no longer be open to the general public. Internal events will only be open to YST faculty, staff and students. For more information on the status of YST events, please visit: bit.ly/yst-updates PROGRAMME HECTOR BERLIOZLes Nuits D'été, Op. 7 IV. L’absenceVI.  L’ile inconnue JIN QIUYAXU (B.Mus2), soprano …

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Members of the Yu-Lim-Harwood Trio present a chamber masterclass with students of the Conservatory.

Olli Mustonen visits YST as Ong Teng Cheong Professor in Music 2020, performing a piano recital that reflects upon his 35 year career as a Finnish pianist-composer-conductor, performing works by Sibelius, Chopin, Busoni, Scriabin, and Mustonen himself. He will also hold a piano masterclass and conduct the Conservatory Orchestra in an open rehearsal.

Olli Mustonen visits YST as Ong Teng Cheong Professor in Music 2020, performing a piano recital that reflects upon his 35 year career as a Finnish pianist-composer-conductor, performing works by Sibelius, Chopin, Busoni, Scriabin, and Mustonen himself. He will also hold a piano masterclass and conduct the Conservatory Orchestra in an open rehearsal.

Mustonen has brought his extraordinary musical insight to many of world’s most significant orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and Royal Concertgebouw Orkest. In recognition of his outstanding musical achievements, he is the recipient of the 2019 Hindemith Prize of the City of Hanau.

Mustonen’s life as a composer is at the heart of his piano playing and conducting. Frequently bringing his own works to the chamber music stage, the 2019-2020 season sees the World Premiere of his new work Taivaanvalot (Heavenly Lights) for Tenor, Cello and Piano at Het Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam. His new string sextet, commissioned by the Beethoven Festival Bonn, will be premiered in February 2020.

In a celebration of the mezzo-soprano voice we will present guest mezzo Mary Ann Hart along with our very own mezzos Stephanie, Priscilla and Cindy in a recital that explores the wonderful repertoire written specifically for this unique voice type. Come and hear selections from Benjamin Britten’s Charm of Lullabies, Edward Elgar’s Sea Pictures, Robert Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben, Debussy’s Chanson de Bilitis and others. Don’t miss this opportunity to come and get the ‘low-down’ from these wonderful ladies!

YST wind and brass performance majors will entertain you with works for ensembles. This performance will be curated in conjunction with the ACM’s Chinese Art exhibitions.

Musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra collaborate with faculty member Lim Yan in a programme of chamber music. 

Brass ensembles from the Conservatory present an entertaining programme suitable for all ages. 

Brass ensembles from the Conservatory present an entertaining programme suitable for all ages. 

In view of current health and travel advisories, limited seats will be available for this event. Limited seats events are open to YST and members of the public, up to a total cap of 50 pax. Admission will be first-come, first-served based on registration at the door. Temperature-taking and visitor registration will be required on …

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Persephassa is a work for 6 percussionists written by Iannis Xenakis, one of the most influential composers in the 20th century. This presentation will look at the history of the work as well as its compositional design. Persephassa will be performed on the Sounding Now Festival on Friday, 17 April 2020 with percussionists Steven Schick, Mario Choo, Max Riefer, Tim White, and students from YST and UiTM.

In celebration of Beethoven's 250th anniversary, YST Voice students present a discussion on the style and influences of his vocal works which comprise a significant part of his compositional output. Join Year 3 Voice majors (who have curated this presentation as part of their Voice Literature class) and members of the studio as they take you on a journey to discover how he was influenced by his teachers such as Joseph Haydn and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, as well as how Beethoven influenced the next generation of composers as well.

The Wednesday Noon Recitals offer short student performances from the full range of Conservatory activity, an ideal introduction to the world of classical music.

YST musicians present a chamber music performance at the Tanglin Trust School.

Join YST students as they perform chamber works for piano and other instruments.

After a series of preliminary rounds, where YST second and third-year students competed within their instrumental family groupings, the Conservatory Concerto Competition Semi-Finals brings together the first and second-placed musicians from each area, to compete for the opportunity to play their chosen concerto with the Conservatory Orchestra in August 2020. Eight semi-finalists compete over two evenings, performing a complete work of their choice accompanied by the piano. The event culminates with the announcing of three finalists by our international panel of adjudicators.

After a series of preliminary rounds, where YST second and third-year students competed within their instrumental family groupings, the Conservatory Concerto Competition Semi-Finals brings together the first and second-placed musicians from each area, to compete for the opportunity to play their chosen concerto with the Conservatory Orchestra in August 2020. Eight semi-finalists compete over two evenings, performing a complete work of their choice accompanied by the piano. The event culminates with the announcing of three finalists by our international panel of adjudicators.

Adeline Wong is a faculty member of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. Her works have been performed by the Belgian National Orchestra, Orkest de ereprijs, the Netherlands, Bang on A Can USA, The Song Company, Australia, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. She is also the President of the Malaysian Composers Collective, a platform that promotes Malaysian contemporary classical music. She was recently the artistic director of the Free Hand Festival – 1st Malaysian Contemporary Composers Piano Festival 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Conservatory pianists join forces once again as the YST Electone Orchestra to present a charming and unique collection of “B” composers and their early works. The programme begins with the haunting Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber and continues with Britten’s Simple Symphony, written just two years earlier and drawing material from the works Britten composed at the tender ages of nine and twelve. The ensemble concludes the evening with Beethoven’s youthful Symphony No. 1, a longtime favourite with concert audiences.

Faculty members Ng Pei-Sian and Assoc Prof Albert Tiu join forces in a programme inspired by Martinů’s withdrawal from the musical styles of the late 19th-century, sandwiched by what could only be described as the polar opposite in the music of Chopin, who composed with strong Nationalistic roots at the peak of the Romantic period.