Events

Visiting Artist Koichiro Harada conducts a masterclass with YST violin students.

YST Trombone Weekend 2023 brings together a stellar lineup of trombonists leading masterclasses and performing in recital.

Visiting Artist Koichiro Harada conducts a chamber masterclass with YST students.

Visiting Artist Koichiro Harada collaborates with YST faculty in this chamber recital.

The B-L Duo, comprising Singapore pianists Bertram Wee and Lynette Yeo, perform works by YST student composers.

2023 Concerto Competition winner Zhu Zeyu performs with the YST Orchestral Institute.

Join us for a captivating afternoon of contemporary musical exploration at our upcoming concert, the culmination of a series of workshops that have delved deep into improvisation, experimentation, and the intricate world of complex rhythmic structures in modern music. Experience a diverse repertoire featuring the works of Daniel Barbiero, Morton Feldman, Will Redman, Fernando Palacios, Frank Zappa, and Tony Makarome. Don’t miss this afternoon of contemporary musical innovation and expression – a true feast for the senses!

Filipino-American composer-pianist Dr. Charisse Baldoria will present a lecture-recital on works inspired by islands in Southeast Asia and the Galápagos, including her own compositions. With forays into island geopolitics and history, she will discuss and perform pieces from Java Suite written by pianist-composer Leopold Godowsky after he visited the island of Java in 1923 during a concert tour of Asia which included Singapore and the Philippines. Inspired by Javanese music, landscapes, architecture, and people, the suiteshowcases the composer’s Romantic style and technique while drawing from Javanese gamelan (gong-chime) and Modern music. Also on the program are New Zealand composer Gareth Farr’s Sepuluh Jari inspired by Balinese gamelan, and Filipino composer Ramon P. Santos’s Klntang inspired by the Philippine gong-chime ensemble. Dr. Baldoria’s own compositions feature gamelan, jazz, classical, Latin, and indigenous music influences, including a piece inspired by her trip to the Galápagos Islands.

YST alumni perform a programme of Hungarian, German, and Indonesian art songs.

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

Visiting Artist Luo Wenhong conducts a masterclass with YST viola students.

Visiting Artist Luo Wenhong performs in recital.

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Hannah Roberts is one of the outstanding ‘cellists of her generation and was privileged to have studied with Susanna Roberts, Jennifer Ward Clarke, Raphael Wallfisch, William Pleeth and Ralph Kirshbaum. Having won prizes in numerous prestigious competitions and awards such as Shell LSO, BBC Young Musician, Jacqueline Du Pre Memorial and Pierre Fournier awards Hannah has gone on to give many concerto performances with leading orchestras, including the London Mozart Players, LSO, BBC Concert Orchestra, Halle and Manchester Camerata (where she is principal cellist), also making frequent broadcasts for BBC radio and recoding for ASV. Equally important to her activities as soloist, chamber musician, and principal cellist, Hannah is a committed and internationally sought after teacher and is professor of cello at both the RAM in London and the RNCM in Manchester, and a visiting tutor for the University of Oxford.

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

The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music and the Elder Conservatorium (Adelaide) reunite for the second installment of their pioneering, cross-cultural collaborative endeavor.