SSO Announces 2024/2025 Season Line-Up and Australian Tour

18-year-old violin sensation Chloe Chua and the Singapore Symphony make their Australian debuts in this 3-city tour. Together with the orchestra’s Sydney-born Principal Cellist, Pei-Sian Ng, they perform Brahms’s final orchestral work, the 1887 Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, a magnificent expression of these instruments combined in Romantic ardour. The programme conducted by Hans Graf also features the award-winning Luciola singapura by Singaporean composer Koh Cheng Jin, a shimmering evocation of the Singapore firefly; and Tchaikovsky’s tremendous Fifth Symphony, a towering masterpiece with its heart fully on its sleeve.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Quantedge Music Director / Chloe Chua, violin / Ng Pei-Sian, cello

A$69 - A$189 (Early bird prices until 14 July)

18-year-old violin sensation Chloe Chua and the Singapore Symphony make their Australian debuts in this 3-city tour. Together with the orchestra’s Sydney-born Principal Cellist, Pei-Sian Ng, they perform Brahms’s final orchestral work, the 1887 Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, a magnificent expression of these instruments combined in Romantic ardour. The programme conducted by Hans Graf also features the award-winning Luciola singapura by Singaporean composer Koh Cheng Jin, a shimmering evocation of the Singapore firefly; and Tchaikovsky’s tremendous Fifth Symphony, a towering masterpiece with its heart fully on its sleeve.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Quantedge Music Director / Chloe Chua, violin / Ng Pei-Sian, cello

A$75 - A$125

18-year-old violin sensation Chloe Chua and the Singapore Symphony make their Australian debuts in this 3-city tour. Together with the orchestra’s Sydney-born Principal Cellist, Pei-Sian Ng, they perform Brahms’s final orchestral work, the 1887 Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, a magnificent expression of these instruments combined in Romantic ardour. The programme conducted by Hans Graf also features the award-winning Luciola singapura by Singaporean composer Koh Cheng Jin, a shimmering evocation of the Singapore firefly; and Tchaikovsky’s tremendous Fifth Symphony, a towering masterpiece with its heart fully on its sleeve.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Quantedge Music Director / Chloe Chua, violin / Ng Pei-Sian, cello

A$69 - A$146

Bursting with colour, life and finesse – this flamboyant feast of South American rhythm and jazz inspiration led by Manuel Hernández-Silva is poised to awaken your senses! Audiences who enjoyed Pacho Flores’s previous appearance with the SSO will remember the thrill of discovering new trumpet music. This time, Venezuela’s top trumpeter showcases the Spanish-flavoured concerto by Danish jazz genius, Ib Glindemann, and his own Flugelhorn Concerto – Albares.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Manuel Hernández-Silva, conductor / Pacho Flores, trumpet/flugelhorn

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Enjoy a box of symphonic chocolates and more “suite” music this July! Join us for this free one-hour concert at the beautiful Victoria Concert Hall, located in the heart of Singapore’s Civic District.

Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Please collect a ticket at the ground floor atrium before proceeding to the Concert Hall.
• Tickets will be available from 11.45am. We recommend collecting before 12 noon. We regret that tickets cannot be collected on behalf of persons not present.
• Doors open half an hour before the concert. This concert will last approximately 60 minutes.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor / Low Peng Guan, violin

Free admission

Residents of Serangoon, Bartley, Kovan and Hougang – the Singapore Symphony Orchestra comes to you this July for a one-hour free concert of classical favourites. Join us for this free-and-easy classical music experience – bring your family and friends!

Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis.

• To be admitted, please collect a ticket from the foyer, near the concert hall's entrance.
• Tickets will be issued from 6.45pm, on a first-come-first-served basis.
• Due to GCE O-Level exams on 12 July, audiences will only be allowed to enter the school premises from 6pm.
• A ticket is required for each attendee. Tickets cannot be collected on behalf of persons not present.
• Selection of seats is strictly not allowed.
• Doors open at 7pm. This concert will last an hour.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor / Low Peng Guan, violin

Free admission

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra and our Associate Conductor Rodolfo Barráez invites you to spend an hour with us at the Singapore Botanic Gardens with three of life’s best things: fresh air, nature and great music.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor / Low Peng Guan, violin

Free admission

Led by its Music Director and Singapore Symphony violinist Foo Say Ming, the re: mix Ensemble and organist Koh Jia Hwei present a fascinating programme of music contemplating love and nostalgia.

Koh Jia Hwei, organ / re: mix ensemble / Foo Say Ming, violin & conductor

$30, $20, $10

Joy, bright spark of divinity. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is classical music’s most beloved celebration of the human spirit – a splendid ode to equality, freedom and fellowship powered by Romantic fervour and Beethoven’s triumphant struggle against the limits of mind and body. Experience it at the Singapore Symphony’s 2024/25 season opening concert with SSO Music Director Hans Graf – we open with Brahms’s Double Concerto featuring Singapore’s violin star Chloe Chua and SSO Principal Cellist Ng Pei-Sian.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Singapore Symphony Chorus / Singapore Symphony Youth Choir / SBC Vox / Hans Graf, Music Director / Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director / Chloe Chua, violin / Ng Pei-Sian, cello/The HEAD Foundation Chair / Johanna Falkinger, soprano / Anita Monserrat, mezzo-soprano / Seungwoo Yang, tenor / Liam James Karai, bass

$168, $138, $108, $78, $58, $38

The noble strains of Brahms’s music encompass this entire programme conducted by SSO Music Director Hans Graf. Passion and angst rule his Tragic Overture while calm winds of grace flow through his Serenade in A major. Brahms’s popular Violin Concerto takes the limelight in the second half, starring the acclaimed violinist Sayaka Shoji, the first Japanese and youngest-ever winner of the Paganini Competition in 1999.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Music Director / Sayaka Shoji, violin

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Watch the full livestream on YouTube. In the history of music in every genre, what continues to be played long after it was written becomes classic, and ultimately: identity. Since 2018, the Singapore Symphony’s annual National Day Concert (NDC) has celebrated the works of our musical forefathers and showcased our composers of today, forging a sure but steady path for Singapore's musical identity. Winning pieces from the SSO's public NDC 2024 Call for Compositions will be performed at this concert. Experience the full splendour of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra teaming up with the next generation of Singapore music-makers - members of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Choruses, with combined school choirs and bands from around the island. Join us to hear our musical legacy and future.

The NDC Combined Choir comprises Anglo-Chinese Junior College, Deyi Secondary School, Methodist Girls' School (Secondary), Pathlight School, Punggol Secondary School, Serangoon Garden Secondary School and members of the Singapore Symphony Choruses; and the NDC Combined Band comprises Bendemeer Secondary School, Peirce Secondary School and members of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra.

This concert will be streamed live on the Singapore Symphony YouTube channel and mewatch.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Members of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra / Combined Choir / Combined Band / Leonard Tan, conductor / Ellissa Sayampanathan, Assistant Choral Conductor / Lily Goh, deaf artist-performer / Naomi Yeo, host

$68, $48, $38, $28, $15

Updates to programme: [16 Aug] For the second half of this programme, Qigang Chen's La joie de la souffrance will be performed first before Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. [11 Jun] Qigang Chen's Instants d'un Opera de Pekin will be replaced with Borodin's Polovtsian Dances.

Not one but two concertos fill this musical itinerary led by eminent Chinese conductor Long Yu, Music Director of the Shanghai Symphony and Artistic Director/Chief Conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra. Karen Gomyo, “a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance and intensity.” (The Chicago Tribune) stars in the American half of the programme with Barber’s Violin Concerto while Yiwen Lu, one of China’s finest exponents of the erhu, will enthral you with the haunting music of Qigang Chen.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Long Yu, conductor / Karen Gomyo, violin / Yiwen Lu, erhu

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

The Singapore and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras and Choruses join forces to present the choral-orchestral spectacular of Carmina Burana, Carl Orff’s grandiloquent 1937 oratorio. The “Songs of Beuren” is based on 13th century songs celebrating all manner of life’s pursuits – from sacred prayers to bawdy tavern songs, reincarnated through a modern orchestra in kaleidoscopic colour and rhythmic vivacity, amplifying its vibrant and earthy humour. It’s a stunning experience that’s absolutely not to be missed, as is the lineup of fanfares, firebirds and flamenco in this exciting collaboration.

Singapore and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras / Singapore and Melbourne Symphony Choruses / Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir / Jaime Martín, conductor / Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Chorus Director (MSO) / Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director (SSC) / Wong Lai Foon, Choirmaster (SSCC/YC) / Siobhan Stagg, soprano / Andrew Goodwin, tenor / Christopher Tonkin, baritone

$128, $98, $78, $58, $38, $28

“A violinist like Maxim is born only once in a hundred years,” declared his violin teacher. Truly one of the most spellbinding violinists alive today, Maxim Vengerov, arrives in Singapore to play one of the many works that has carried his name into legend – the Sibelius Violin Concerto, music of tempestuous beauty and piercing sunlight. The Singapore Symphony also presents Emergence by the doyen of Singapore composers Kelly Tang, while Sibelius’s magnificent Second Symphony forges an incandescent conclusion to this concert conducted by Finnish maestro and former SSO Principal Guest Conductor Okko Kamu.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Okko Kamu, conductor / Maxim Vengerov, violin

$168, $138, $108, $78, $58, $38

From the sweet darkness and brooding introspection of Prokofiev to the beautiful fullness of Franck’s Sonata, ending with Ravel’s fiery Tzigane – this not-to-be-missed recital by the renowned Maxim Vengerov and Polina Osetinskaya is an exquisite encapsulation of the art of violin and piano.

Maxim Vengerov, violin / Polina Osetinskaya, piano

$168, $138, $108, $78, $58, $38

Ahoy lads and lasses, be that yer ma 'n pa comin' aboard me ship? Are they ole salts like me, ready fer our swashbucklin' adventure? Shiver me timbers, ok then! Strap on yer cutlasses 'n hold on yer pants, we be castin' off wit' our mighty ship, the Victoria now! Test yer sea legs 'n sound yer hornpipes 'n help us, Awesome Al and Cap'n Barráez find our booty trove o' musical gems!

Come aboard the Victoria with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, presenter Alasdair “Awesome Al” Malloy and conductor Rodolfo Barráez in this musical adventure of high Cs, pitch-perfect pirates and the thrill of the treasure hunt!

Recommended for ages 4 and above. No admission for infants-in-arms. No admission without a ticket. Pre-concert activities will begin an hour before each show.

A pre-event visual guide has been created to help prepare you and your family for this concert experience. Download it here.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor / Alasdair Malloy, presenter

$35, $25 (Family package available)

Not one but two of Singapore’s finest young pianists take the stage at the Singapore Symphony’s 2024 showcase of President’s Young Performers. Watch Toby Tan, 16, prove his prodigiously growing talent in a performance of Rachmaninoff’s popular rhapsody on Paganini’s famous 24th Caprice. This sensuously modern masterpiece makes a mesmerising companion to Prokofiev’s brilliant Piano Concerto No. 1, whose lyrical tang and arresting melodies will be lit afire by Adrian Tang, 19, a First Prize winner at the 2023 National Piano & Violin Competition and alumnus of the Young Artist programme at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor / Toby Tan Kai Rong, piano / Adrian Tang, piano

$68, $48, $38, $28, $15

If a picture is worth a thousand words, music is surely worth millions. Music has been a vital ingredient in the art of storytelling, deepening the emotional power and meaning behind great films. Last seen together at the SSO’s tribute to Broadway, conductor Gerard Salonga is joined again by singing sensation Lara Maigue and SSO violinist Chan Yoong-Han in moving solo numbers by John Williams and Handel. Come with us on this cinematic journey of unforgettable scores that have transcended time and memory through film (and cartoon!).

This is a live orchestra concert with no film screening.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Salonga, conductor / Chan Yoong-Han, violin / Lara Maigue, soprano

$98, $78, $58, $48, $38, $28

The SSO's popular Babies’ Proms returns with its well-established and familiar programme that has entertained generations of kids every year. Discover the fun and fantastic world of the orchestra and its different instruments in this free-and-easy musical day out for parents and kids. Be ready to get up from your seats and move along to the music with your lively Babies’ Proms presenter, William Ledbetter “Uncle Bill”!

The SSO Babies’ Proms programme is identical from year to year. Recommended for ages 6 and below. Tickets are required for children aged 2 and above. Free for children under 2 years if accompanied by an adult with a ticket. Pre-concert activities will begin an hour before each show.

A pre-event visual guide has been created to help prepare you and your family for this concert experience. Download it here.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Tan, conductor / William Ledbetter, presenter

$45, $35

Pulcinella was my discovery of the past, the epiphany through which the whole of my late work became possible. The idea of bringing to life the universal comic character from Neapolitan commedia dell'arte tradition in music fascinated Stravinsky. The result was an enchanting collection of ballet numbers filled with nostalgic neoclassical charm and the pungent wit of 20th century modernism. The Renaissance-inspired Fantasia for Strings by Henze and the music of Haydn, the paragon of the Classical era, add to this theme.

Haydn’s Piano Concerto No. 11 is performed only on Friday (11 Oct), and No. 4 only on Saturday (12 Oct).

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Stefan Blunier, conductor / Moritz Ernst, piano

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

One of the finest pianists of our time, the renowned Hélène Grimaud is also a multi-talented Renaissance woman whose passion goes beyond music to writing, championing wildlife conservation and human rights. She performs Ravel’s scintillating Piano Concerto in G, a work of jazz-infused vitality and iridescent beauty. Also illuminating the stage is Singaporean composer Koh Cheng Jin’s Luciola singapura – a multi-award-winning SSO commission evoking the Singapore firefly. First performed at the SSO National Day Concert 2021, hear it again this October played by a full orchestra with the piece’s distinctive yangqin part. This fascinating programme conducted by SSO Music Director Hans Graf ends with Beethoven’s mighty Fifth Symphony, the most famous symphonic statement in all music history.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Music Director / Hélène Grimaud, piano

$148, $118, $88, $68, $48, $38

The renowned pianist Hélène Grimaud is a multi-talented Renaissance woman whose passion goes beyond music to writing, championing wildlife conservation and human rights. Watch her distill her worldly insights into this solo recital of the music of Beethoven and Brahms, their Romantic ruminations and intimate lyricism segueing into a piece whose poignant grandeur Grimaud has elevated her fame with, the Bach/Busoni Chaconne.

Hélène Grimaud, piano

$148, $118, $88, $68, $48, $38

A night of fairy magic, mischief and matchmaking comes in this very special version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream prepared by Canadian thespian Maureen Thomas and SSO Music Director Hans Graf. Watch Shakespeare's inspired verses come to life set to the widely beloved incidental music by Mendelssohn. Complete the night of Romantic music with Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter in Beethoven’s spirited Piano Concerto No. 3.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Treble Voices of the Singapore Symphony Chorus & Youth Choir / Hans Graf, Music Director / Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director / Ingrid Fliter, piano / Maureen Thomas, actress/narrator / Adrian Tan, lighting designer / Leong Shan Yi, production stage manager

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Immerse yourself in the melodic wealth of 18th century Europe in this two-day Baroque Festival by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, led by Willi Zimmermann, concertmaster of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and guest leader of the Berlin Baroque Soloists. Day 1 begins with the amusing adventures of Don Quixote in Telemann’s lively suite, followed by signature gems of the Baroque such as Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Day 2 refreshes the stage as we go to England for Handel’s indelibly atmospheric Water Music, flowing into the artistry of Bach’s progeny.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Willi Zimmermann, leader & violin

$50, $35, $20

Immerse yourself in the melodic wealth of 18th century Europe in this two-day Baroque Festival by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, led by Willi Zimmermann, concertmaster of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and guest leader of the Berlin Baroque Soloists. Day 1 begins with the amusing adventures of Don Quixote in Telemann’s lively suite, followed by signature gems of the Baroque such as Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Day 2 refreshes the stage as we go to England for Handel’s indelibly atmospheric Water Music, flowing into the artistry of Bach’s progeny.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Willi Zimmermann, leader & violin

$50, $35, $20

Dutch conductor Lawrence Renes and Canadian violin virtuoso James Ehnes both make welcome returns to Singapore in this all-Beethoven programme of concert hall favourites. From the militant resolve of the Coriolan Overture to the lyrical serenity of his Violin Concerto, to the exuberant finesse of the Fourth Symphony, this promises to be a delight from start to finish.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Lawrence Renes, conductor / James Ehnes, violin

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Lights, music, MAGIC! Hop on a magical musical meander through a musician’s life of ups and downs, accompanied by orchestral music of fantasy and whimsy. Bring your kids to help popular Hong Kong magician Harry Wong save our weary young maestro from despair and reignite his deep love of music.

Features magician performing magic tricks with classical music performed by the orchestra. Uncle Harry will invite some children on stage to be part of a magic act. Recommended for ages 4 and above. No admission for infants-in-arms. No admission without a ticket.

A pre-event visual guide has been created to help prepare you and your family for this concert experience. Download it here.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Joshua Tan, conductor / Harry Wong, magician

$35, $25 (Family package available)

What did music sound like 250 years ago? Just like Mozart’s enchanting Symphony No. 29 – written in 1774 when he was already a master of his art at the age of 18. Mozart’s horn concertos are still hailed as the best in their genre today – let the Singapore Symphony’s Principal Horn Austin Larson show you why, with his take on the most famous of the four. SSO Associate Conductor Rodolfo Barráez leads this eloquent survey of Mozart’s melodic gifts and charming humour, complemented with the resplendent gravity of his Great G minor Symphony.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor / Austin Larson, horn

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

The distinguished Stephen Layton, one of the finest choral conductors of our time, returns to direct the Singapore Symphony in this jubilant offering of choral artistry. The celebratory beauty of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols for voices and harp shares the stage with the otherworldly choral aurora of Rautavaara, before turning to the classics of radiant Mozart, heavenly Bach and the titular piece, Vivaldi’s sparkling Gloria.

Singapore Symphony Youth Choir / Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir / Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Stephen Layton, conductor / Wong Lai Foon, Choirmaster

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Manuel de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain is a haunting depiction of nocturnal scenes and sultry moods of Andalusia. Spanish pianist Javier Perianes stars in this twilit work where piano melds with orchestra to evoke moonlight, flamenco and guitar amidst the perfume of night. The outstanding British conductor Vasily Petrenko leads the SSO in this attractive programme framed by Tchaikovsky’s luxurious Serenade for Strings and Beethoven’s vigorous Seventh Symphony, the “apotheosis of the dance”.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko, conductor / Javier Perianes, piano

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

The SSO Christmas Concert returns to the Victoria Concert Hall this December – and so does Handel’s popular oratorio Messiah, the Baroque staple of the yuletide season. Join the Singapore Symphony Chorus, Children's Choir, Orchestra and Associate Conductor Rodolfo Barráez for this joyous offering of majestic choruses and festive carols to mark the year’s end with the best of notes!

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Singapore Symphony Chorus / Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor / Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director / Wong Lai Foon, Choirmaster / Victoria Songwei Li, soprano / Jade Tan, mezzo-soprano / Anders Kampmann, tenor / Steffen Bruun, bass

$188, $128, $98, $78, $58, $48

End the year with famed British cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis as he brings to our stage the dark energy and raw frenzy of Kabalevsky’s Cello Concerto No. 2, written just 60 years ago. Swiss maestro Mario Venzago returns to lead the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in his own completed version of the most famous “Unfinished Symphony” in all music history – Schubert’s Eighth, a sublime statement of reverence and nobility that was never played during his life.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Mario Venzago, conductor / Steven Isserlis, cello

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Popular Taiwanese violinist Yu-Chien Benny Tseng makes a welcome return to Singapore to play the crown jewel of violin concertos, the Mendelssohn. Beethoven’s mighty Eroica Symphony forms the second half of this Romantic programme led by Canadian maestro Julian Kuerti, opening with Ligeti’s loving tribute to Romanian folk music.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Julian Kuerti, conductor / Yu-Chien Benny Tseng, violin

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

This wildly varied programme curated by Hans Graf begins with a display of the power and versatility of brass: French fanfares, fascinating Konzertmusik, and heavenly Bach. The unforgettable allure of Bizet’s music for Carmen received a modern refresh in a 1967 arrangement by Rodion Shchedrin for strings and a generous dose of percussion. First performed by the SSO in 2021 with a reduced orchestra and audience, now’s your chance to catch it again, this time with its unforgettable numbers and Spanish fire cranked to the max!

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Quantedge Music Director / Albert Tiu, piano

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Peter, the Wolf and Friends is an anthology of three musical tales told through the animateurs and vaudeville-inspired storytellers of Really Inventive Stuff, accompanied by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Introduce your kids to classical music with the jingles and whistles of the Toy Symphony, Aesop’s timeless tale of The Tortoise and the Hare, as well as Really Inventive Stuff’s signature production of Peter and the Wolf.

Recommended for ages 4 and above. No admission for infants-in-arms. No admission without a ticket. Pre-concert activities will begin an hour before each show.

A pre-event visual guide has been created to help prepare you and your family for this concert experience. Download it here.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Really Inventive Stuff / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor

$35, $25 (Family package available)

In typically modest fashion, Brahms described his Piano Concerto No. 2 as “a very small piano concerto with a very small and pretty scherzo.” Right. Meanwhile, with the threat of deadly censure from the Stalinist authorities hanging over his head, Shostakovich outwardly called his Fifth Symphony “a Soviet artist’s reply to just criticism.” The truth of these two masterpieces is monumentally evident otherwise – witness them in the expert hands of critically acclaimed German pianist Gerhard Oppitz and trail-blazing Singaporean conductor Kahchun Wong.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Kahchun Wong, conductor / Gerhard Oppitz, piano

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Elgar’s celebrated Enigma Variations are fourteen musical portraits of friends, musical peers, his wife, and of himself; and the source of the divine Nimrod, the noblest, most English of English tunes. Hear this remarkable piece conducted by Kahchun Wong, Principal Conductor/Artistic Advisor of the UK’s Hallé Orchestra and Chief Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic. Japan’s prominent violinist Akiko Suwanai joins us in this programme with Dvořák’s folk-inspired Violin Concerto.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Kahchun Wong, conductor / Akiko Suwanai, violin

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody is one of the most bewitching essays in musical variations. Watch the phenomenal pianist Behzod Abduraimov spin its 24 ingenious variations of breathless celerity, ravishing twilight and cinematic nostalgia. The Singapore Symphony Chorus and Youth Choir then join Hans Graf in a rendition of Daphnis et Chloé, the symphonie chorégraphique that Ravel called a vast musical fresco faithful to the Greece of his dreams.

This concert will be livestreamed on medici.tv and the Singapore Symphony YouTube as a Members-only exclusive on 12 Apr, 7.30pm (SGT).

We invite you to join either platform to watch the livestream.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Singapore Symphony Chorus / Singapore Symphony Youth Choir / Hans Graf, Quantedge Music Director / Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director / Behzod Abduraimov, piano

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Combining consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth, Daniil Trifonov’s performances are a perpetual source of awe. “Trifonov has everything and more. What he does with his hands is both technically and musically unbelievable. And then there is his touch — so gifted with tenderness and at the same time he has the demonic element. I have never heard anything like this before,” said none other than the legendary Martha Argerich. Hans Graf leads the SSO with Trifonov as he performs Rachmaninoff’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 4, framed by the genteel masquerade of Stravinsky’s ballet music for Le Baiser de la fée and Debussy’s musical impressions of Iberian festivity, the scent of night and the brilliance of springtime.

All proceeds from the Esplanade Box seats (priced at $258 each) will be recognised as donations. Singapore tax residents will qualify for a 2.5 times tax deduction on the donation amount.

Due to the fundraising nature of this event, the Esplanade Box seats are not eligible for any discounts or Donor Premium Pass redemptions.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Quantedge Music Director / Daniil Trifonov, piano

$198, $158, $128, $98, $78, $58

Gerald Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto is one of the 20th century British composer’s most popular orchestral works, a woodwind gem whose pastoral nostalgia and folk-inspired spontaneity will come to life with Singapore Symphony Principal Clarinet Ma Yue. SSO Associate Conductor Rodolfo Barráez continues his survey of Mozart’s symphonic oeuvre with the stately harmonies of the Haffner Symphony and the supreme confidence of his 39th.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor / Ma Yue, clarinet

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Hans Graf leads the combined forces of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Choir, Symphonia Choralis and vocal soloists in Mahler’s monumental Resurrection Symphony, a transcendent contemplation of life, suffering and death, culminating in ultimate triumph.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Singapore Symphony Chorus / Singapore Symphony Youth Choir / Symphonia Choralis / Hans Graf, Quantedge Music Director / Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director / Maria Bengtsson, soprano / Tanja Baumgartner, mezzo-soprano

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15