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2018 Concerts
Upcoming Concerts:
China Cultural Center Theatre
Happy Chinese New Year 2018
4 March 2018
3.30pm, 7.30pm
Celebrate your Chinese New Year with Ding Yi and Joanna Dong, Singaporean Jazz vocalist and top-three finalist in Sing! China 2017, as we blend familiar Chinese New Year
tunes with a unique twist of Jazz elements!
Soprano, He Cai Xia will perform nostalgic Chinese folk songs. Ding Yi’s ruan musician, Kenny Chan and cellist Chee Jun Sian, will also perform their rendition of Chinese
classics, specially written for Chinese chamber ensemble, The Garden after Rain
and Metaphysical North, arousing your aural senses to celebrate this joyous festivity.
Onwards - A Ruan & Zheng Recital
Onwards - A Ruan and Zheng Musical
Esplanade Recital Studio
7.30pm
17 April 2018
Showcasing the versatility and elegance of the traditional Chinese plucked string
instruments, ruan and zheng, this recital represents homegrown talents Yvonne
Tay and Jonathan Rao’s aspiration in musicianship. Aside from the newly arranged
Impression of Guangling, which was derived from the classic guqin piece, Guangling
Melody, the concert also features notable signature works, including renowned
composer Prof Dong Li Qiang’s Shu Ying and Robert Zollitsch’s Boat Against the
Current. The duo will also premiere a newly commissioned work by Ding Yi’s composer-in-
residence, Phang Kok Jun, as the finale.
A Getai Date with Mum
6 May 2018
7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Getai is a uniquely Singaporean live boisterous stage performance held islandwide during
the seventh month of the lunar calendar.The majestic grandeur of the performances is
meant to entertain the public as well as spirit during the Hungry Ghost Festival. This form
of performance has progressively become part of our local culture.
This Mother’s Day, Shan You, together with famous Getai veterans Liu Ling Ling, Angie
Lau, Sam Loo and Wang Lei are bringing this vibrant culture into the concert hall. The
celebration will feature a medley of classic Teochew, Cantonese and Hokkien music for
the special women in our life - our Mothers.
9 June 2018
7.30pm
Singapore Conference Hall
As a National Class One Composer in China, Gu Guan Ren is widely acclaimed for his
culturally significant music. His works have been performed in many countries, including
Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Following 2016’s sold-out concert, Tunes
from a Teahouse, Gu will once again take on the baton and perform his very own suite of
Chinese chamber and orchestral works!
Masterpieces by Gu Guan Ren
20 July 2018
7.30pm
Esplanade Recital Studio
Immerse in a night of splendid repertoire specially selected from the watershed
period of 20th to 21st century, such as Dr Chen Yi’s Song of Five and Jia Da
Qun’s Three Movements of Autumn. Led by Singapore Chinese Orchestra Music
Director Maestro Tsung Yeh. Be awed by his debut collaboration with Ding Yi in this
Chinese chamber music night!
Music from Turn of the Century
3-5 August 2018
Third Singapore International Composition Competition for Chinese Chamber Music
Composium 2018 is a triennial festivalspecially organised by Ding Yi since 2012, to
encourage local and international, aspiringand experienced composers to compose for
Chinese chamber music, as well as advocating the genre to the public. The festival features
three main segments:
(a) Composition competition for composers,
(b) Dialogue symposium for the public
(c) Prize presentation and concert of the competition.
Composium 2018
8 November 2018
7.30pm
Esplanade Recital Studio
Presenting a night of traditional Cantonese music, led by Ding Yi’s concert master Chin
Yen Choong and huqin musician Fred Chan. Together with ruan musician Kenny Chan,
dizi musician Ng Hsien Han and yangqin musician Yick Jue Ru, the recital showcases
a series of classic Cantonese tunes including Birds Returning to the Woods, Sorrow of Twin
Stars and The Peacock Displays its Feathers. Ding Yi has also invited Yu Le Fu, gaohu
virtuoso and Cantonese music expert from Guangzhou serves as artistic advisor for
this recital.
Southern Charms - an evening of Cantonese Classics
2 December 2018
5.30pm
Esplanade Recital Studio
We often think of a bridge as a tool. It serves as a meeting point between people, a link-way
connecting two ends, and a medium that fills the gap. In different cultures, a bridge is more
than just a connection; it can be a means of refuge, a highway to a new beginning, or a
landmark that we remember. But, what does ‘bridge’ mean to us?
Join us, as Ding Yi breaks the music boundary and showcases an immersive experience
between music and photography.
Of Music and Photography: Bridge
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