SSO Pops: A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY

VICTORIA CONCERT HALL1 & 2 NOV 2022

ERIC ROTH

MUSIC DIRECTOR / CONDUCTOR

AWR Music’s Eric Roth is a formidable musical force: a music director/conductor, an orchestrator/arranger, a producer of concerts and recordings, a composer of original music, and much more.

Eric is the music director and chief arranger for A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY, the chamber music ensemble concert production by AWR Music Productions and video game developer SQUARE ENIX. Since premiering in 2014, the production has performed hundreds of concerts on four continents and released two acclaimed fulllength recordings. He is also the associate music director and an orchestrator/ arranger for Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY, the global live orchestral performance phenomenon. In 2020, Eric was the music director and conductor for the incredible sold-out world premiere of Undertale LIVE featuring the music from Toby

Fox’s hit video game. Eric was also the lead orchestrator/arranger and produced the subsequent album.

Eric was the primary conductor of the orchestra for “Weird Al” Yankovic’s historic Strings Attached Tour in 2019, performing dozens of monumental multimedia shows throughout the United States and Canada. Eric also conducted the once-in-a-lifetime Suprise, Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular! concert at the United Center in Chicago with a roster of performers that included Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, Usher, Kristin Chenoweth, Jamie Foxx, and Josh Groban. He has also worked as a conductor on projects with Five for Fighting, Seal, Jewel, Dennis DeYoung and Stevie Nicks, and has conducted many prominent symphony orchestras and other ensembles around the world.

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SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Since its founding in 1979, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has been Singapore’s flagship orchestra, touching lives through classical music and providing the heartbeat of the cultural scene in the cosmopolitan city-state. The SSO is led by Music Director Hans Graf.

In addition to its subscription series concerts, the orchestra is well-loved for its outdoor and community appearances, and its significant role educating the young people of Singapore. The SSO has also earned an international reputation for its orchestral virtuosity, having garnered sterling reviews for its overseas tours and many successful recordings, culminating

in its 3rd place win in the prestigious Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award 2021.

The SSO makes its performing home at the 1,800-seat state-of-the-art Esplanade Concert Hall. More intimate works and outreach and community performances take place at the 673-seat Victoria Concert Hall, the home of the SSO. The orchestra performs over 60 concerts a year, and its versatile repertoire spans alltime favourites and orchestral masterpieces to exciting cutting-edge premieres. Through the beauty of classical music, we aim to touch the hearts and lives of everyone, regardless of age, culture or background.

MUSICIANS LIST

Eric Roth, conductor

SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS

Kong Xianlong, first violin

Chikako Sasaki, second violin

Dandan Wang, viola

Jamshid Saydikarimov, cello

Julian Li*, double bass

Miao Shanshan, flute/piccolo

Ma Yue, clarinet/bass clarinet

Jon Paul Dante, trumpet

Jonathan Fox, percussion

Daniel Chai*, guitar/ukulele Beatrice Lin*, piano

SNYO in Concert Tales of Fantasy

Sun, 4 Dec 2022, 4pm Victoria Concert Hall

Singapore National Youth Orchestra

Stark conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY

The Nutcracker

BERLIOZ

Symphonie

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P A T R O N SP O NS O R

M A T C HE D B Y

MAJOR D O N O R S

Mr & Mrs Goh Yew Lin

SEASON P A R TNER S

Official Radio St ation

Official Community Par tner

Official Outdoor Media Par tner

Stephen Riady Group of Foundations

Official Airline

SEASON P A T R O N S

The mission of the Singapore Symphony Group is to create memorable shared experiences with music.

Through the SSO and its affiliated per forming groups, we spread the love for music, nur ture talent and enrich our diver se communities. The Singapore Symphony Orchestra is a charity and not-for-profit organisation. You can suppor t us by donating at www.sso.org.sg/donate.