Singapore Symphony Orchestra 2024/25 Season Brochure
Board of Directors
Goh Yew Lin (Chair)
Yong Ying-I (Deputy Chair)
Geoffrey Wong (Treasurer)
Chang Chee Pey
Chng Kai Fong
Prof Arnoud De Meyer
Warren Fernandez
Kenneth Kwok
Liew Wei Li
Sanjiv Misra
Lynette Pang
Prof Qin Li-Wei
Yasmin Zahid
Yee Chen Fah
Andrew Yeo Khirn Hin
Victoria Concert Hall: Home of the SSO
Esplanade Concert Hall: Performing Home of the SSO
The information in this publication is correct as of 31 Mar 2024 but the SSO reserves the right to change programmes or artists without prior notice.
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Welcome to the 24 / 25 concert season
Kenneth Kwok Chief Executive Officer
Singapore Symphony Group
As we enter Singapore’s 60th year in 2025, we ask ourselves: what does it mean to be a national orchestra?
Firstly, we believe it means offering our audiences world-class symphonic music concerts right here at home in Singapore. Over the next few months, the SSO, which has been placed on world’s best orchestras lists in recent years for our artistic excellence, will present canonical works such as Beethoven’s Ninth and Mahler’s Second under the baton of our Music Director, Maestro Hans Graf, and perform alongside living legends like Maxim Vengerov, Hélène Grimaud, Steven Isserlis and Daniil Trifonov.
Secondly, a national orchestra should celebrate our own Singapore talents, many of whom have also achieved international recognition. The SSO is proud to feature the likes of conductors Kahchun Wong and Leonard Tan, and soloists Victoria Li, Jade Tan, Toby Tan and Adrian Tang, as well as new works by Joyce Koh and Cultural Medallion recipient Kelly Tang this season.
Every year, our National Day Concert showcases new compositions by Singaporean composers, and it has always been our intention to extend the lives of these original pieces beyond the annual concert. This season, we are thrilled to not only be bringing back Koh Cheng Jin’s Luciola singapura (which we premiered at the NDC in 2021) in October, but we will also be travelling with the award-winning work to Australia.
Yes, with the Esplanade Concert Hall under renovation from September to March, the SSO is taking the opportunity to fly Singapore’s flag overseas, and will be making our Australian debut in February with performances in Brisbane, Melbourne and the iconic Sydney Opera House, led by Maestro Hans Graf.
Speaking of Australia, another highlight this year is the SSO-MSO side-by-side with our friends, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, in August in Singapore; and we are particularly excited to be presenting Carmina Burana with a combined chorus of over 200 singers from Australia and Singapore. This marks the first joint performance of the Singapore Symphony Choruses and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus.
Indeed, celebrating our national talents includes the participants of our Singapore Symphony Choruses and Singapore National Youth Orchestra. You won’t want to miss the SNYO concert in March which will be conducted by Maestro Hans Graf himself, an experience that I’m sure will leave an indelible impression on both the young musicians and our audiences.
Such memory-making is our mission as a company. We hope every concert will be something our audiences remember — and we are mindful that we have a diversity of audiences looking for different things. This is why we will also continue to stage our much-loved children’s concerts and free outdoor and community events, as well as our annual Christmas Concert. Led by SSO Associate Conductor Rodolfo Barráez, this year’s programme features the first part of Handel’s Messiah, in response to public demand.
With so much on offer, we hope you will find something that excites you as you browse through our programmes. Whether you decide to come by yourself to escape from all the noise out there in the world, or together with your friends or family as a special night out; whether you are a regular concertgoer or stepping into the Victoria Concert Hall or Esplanade Concert Hall for the first time, what matters is that when you join us — an unforgettable musical experience awaits you!
We’d like to think 100,000 live audiences and 6 million online viewers can’t be wrong.
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra and I invite you to share with us many beautiful, extraordinary, and exciting evenings in the new 2024/25 season.
There will be two towering works of historic dimension opening and closing the season: Beethoven’s Ninth starting a century of Romanticism, and Mahler’s Second ending it, and opening doors to the heights and abysses of the 20th century. It is no coincidence that they are both including the Chorus in a similar and majestic way.
We are proud to have for these two highlights our own Singapore Symphony Choruses, a vital component of our great orchestra. They have delivered many memorable performances of great beauty and depth in recent years.
During this season we will also have the pleasure to hear an impressive array of important soloists, including remarkable and highly individual pianists like Hélène Grimaud, Ingrid Fliter, Behzod Abduraimov and Daniil Trifonov — and last, but by far not least, our dear friend Albert Tiu who will play a stunning and extravagant piece by Paul Hindemith with our Brass Section.
We will also welcome again violinist Sayaka Shoji, this time playing Brahms, the most symphonic of all violin concertos, after her wonderful and intimate rendering of Schumann’s concerto a while ago; and another bright talent, our glorious and lovely star Chloe Chua sharing the stage with our own outstanding Ng Pei-Sian, SSO’s Principal Cellist, in Brahms’s Double Concerto.
One concert will bring a double bill: the first part showing all facets of brass, from soft and lyrical to brilliant and festive — including Albert Tiu’s solo in Hindemith’s rare Konzertmusik for piano, brass and two harps. The second part will feature the strings, playing Rodion Shchedrin’s wild, boisterous, tragic and deep translation of Bizet’s Carmen into a new and attractively spicy language, including all sorts of percussion for surprising and virtuosic effects. He wrote this piece as a gift to his wife, the great Russian Prima Ballerina Maya Plisetskaya who brought it to world fame.
My very special wish is to make you curious about a thing we all seem to know well but which in fact is very rare: a version of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream — playing really ALL the music Mendelssohn has written for it (usually never heard
on the concert stage), spoken and acted by the enchanting Canadian actress Maureen Thomas. She will incorporate all the characters, with grace and humour, showing unknown sides of the theatrical genius of this elegant composer who gives new life and colours to Shakespeare’s hilarious and sometimes tragic fairy tale.
We can also announce with delight that the SSO will resume its touring activity with concerts in Australia this season, representing the pride of Singapore around the world.
Have a look at all these offerings and come to hear and share with us our love of the beauty of music.
As Nietzsche said, “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
Touching lives through classical music
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 with its 44week calendar of events.
In addition to its subscription series concerts, the orchestra is wellloved for its outdoor and community appearances, and its significant role educating the young people of Singapore through its school programmes. The SSO has also earned an international reputation for its orchestral virtuosity, having garnered sterling reviews for its overseas tours and many successful recordings. In 2021, the SSO clinched third place in the prestigious Orchestra of the Year Award by Gramophone. In 2022, BBC Music Magazine named the SSO as one of the 23 best orchestras in the world.
THE SSO STORY
“One of 23 best orchestras in the world”
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In July 2022, the SSO appointed renowned Austrian conductor Hans Graf as its Music Director, the third in the orchestra’s history after Lan Shui (1997–2019) and Choo Hoey (1979–1996). Prior to this, Hans Graf served as Chief Conductor from 2020.
The orchestra performs over 60 concerts a year, and its versatile repertoire spans all-time favourites and orchestral masterpieces to exciting cutting-edge premieres. Bridging the musical traditions of East and West, Singaporean and Asian musicians and composers are regularly showcased in the concert season. The SSO makes its performing home at the 1,800-seat state-of-the-art Esplanade Concert Hall. More intimate works, as well as outreach and community performances take place at the 673-seat Victoria Concert Hall, the Home of the SSO.
Beyond Singapore, the SSO has performed in Europe, Asia and the United States. In May 2016 the SSO was invited to perform at the Dresden Music Festival and the Prague Spring International Music Festival. This successful five-city tour of Germany and Prague also included the SSO’s second performance at the Berlin Philharmonie. In 2014, the SSO’s debut at the 120th BBC Proms in London received praise in major UK newspapers The Guardian and The Telegraph. The SSO has also performed in China on multiple occasions. In the 2024/25 season, the SSO will perform in a three-city tour of Australia.
The SSO has released more than 50 recordings, with over 30 on the BIS label. Recent critically acclaimed albums include Herrmann’s Wuthering Heights (Chandos) and Scriabin — Poems of Ecstasy and Fire (BIS). With Singaporean violinist Chloe Chua, the SSO has recorded the Four Seasons, as well as the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, and a Mozart Violin Concerto cycle with Hans Graf to be released by Pentatone Records in the 2024/25 season. The SSO also leads the revival and recording of significant
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works such as Kozłowski’s Requiem, Ogerman’s Symbiosis (after Bill Evans) and violin concertos by Robert Russell Bennett and Vernon Duke.
The SSO has collaborated with such great artists as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Joe Hisaishi, Neeme Järvi, Hannu Lintu, Lorin Maazel, Martha Argerich, Diana Damrau, Janine Jansen, Leonidas Kavakos, Lang Lang, Yo-Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, Gil Shaham and Krystian Zimerman.
The SSO is part of the Singapore Symphony Group, which also manages the Singapore Symphony Choruses, and the Singapore National Youth Orchestra, as well as the Singapore International Piano Festival and the biennial National Piano & Violin Competition.
The Group’s vision is to be a leading arts organisation that engages, inspires and reflects Singapore through musical excellence. Our mission is to create memorable shared experiences with music. Through the SSO and its affiliated performing groups, we spread the love for music, nurture talent and enrich our diverse communities.
Hans Graf
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Armed with a spirit of musical curiosity and discovery, creative programming and his commanding presence on stage, Austrian conductor Hans Graf has raised orchestras to new heights while winning audiences young and old alike. With Hans Graf, “a brave new world of music-making under inspired direction” (The Straits Times) began at the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, where he was appointed Chief Conductor from the 2020/21 season, and Music Director from the 2022/23 season.
Graf was formerly Music Director of the Houston Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Basque National Orchestra and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. He frequently appears with all major orchestras in North America, including Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Montreal, Toronto, and a special friendship with the Boston Symphony developed over 20 years.
In Europe, Graf has conducted the Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus, DSO Berlin, Dresden, Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam, the Oslo, Stockholm, the Hallé, London Philharmonic, London Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic, St Petersburg Philharmonic and Russian National, the Bavarian, Danish and Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestras, Budapest Festival Orchestra and many others. He is also a regular guest with the leading orchestras of Asia and Australia.
A frequent conductor at the Salzburg Festival since 1983, Graf has also participated in the prestigious festivals of Maggio Musicale, Aix-en-Provence in Europe, and in the US, the Tanglewood, Blossom, Aspen, and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festivals.
Graf has led many performances at the Vienna State Opera and the opera houses of Munich, Berlin, Paris and Rome, among others. Recent productions include Wagner’s Parsifal in Zurich and Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov in Strasbourg. In 2014 he was awarded the Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis for Richard Strauss’s Die Feuersnot at the famed Vienna Volksoper, where he returned in 2021 to lead Rosenkavalier.
Hans Graf’s extensive discography is found on the EMI, Orfeo, CBC, Erato, Capriccio and JVC labels and includes all the symphonies of Mozart and Schubert, the complete orchestral works of Henri Dutilleux (recorded under the composer’s supervision), and the world-premiere recording of Zemlinsky’s Es war einmal. Graf’s semi-staged production of Berg’s Wozzeck with the Houston Symphony won the GRAMMY and ECHO Klassik awards for best opera recording.
Further albums include Hindemith’s complete works for viola and orchestra with Tabea Zimmermann/ DSO Berlin (Myrios), Orff’s Carmina Burana with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and with the Russian National Orchestra, Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos with Jae-Hyuck Cho and three Russian trumpet concertos with Paul Merkelo.
With the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graf has completed pioneering recording projects such as the music of Paul von Klenau and Józef Kozłowski’s Requiem. A highly anticipated cycle of Mozart Violin Concertos with Chloe Chua, and Stravinsky Concertos with violinist He Ziyu and pianist Alexei Volodin have also been recorded under his baton, for release.
Born in Austria, Graf studied conducting with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Arvid Jansons. He is Professor Emeritus for Orchestral Conducting at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg. For his services to music, he was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold from the Republic of Austria.
Our Conductors
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Associate
Singapore
Conductor Emeritus
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Laureate
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Rodolfo Barráez
Conductor
Symphony Orchestra
Choo Hoey
Lan Shui
Hans Graf
Music Director
Eudenice Palaruan
Choral Director
Singapore Symphony Chorus
Ellissa Sayampanathan
Assistant Choral Conductor
Singapore Symphony Choruses
Joshua Tan
Principal Conductor
Singapore National Youth Orchestra
Wong Lai Foon Choirmaster
Singapore Symphony Youth Choir
Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir
Nicolette Foo
Choral Conducting Fellow
Singapore Symphony Choruses
Seow Yibin
Associate Conductor
Singapore National Youth Orchestra
Peter Stark
Principal Guest Conductor
Singapore National Youth Orchestra
VIOLA
Manchin Zhang Principal, Tan Jiew Cheng Chair
Guan Qi Associate Principal
Gu Bing Jie* Fixed Chair
Marietta Ku
Luo Biao
Julia Park
Shui Bing
Janice Tsai
Dandan Wang
Yang Shi Li
The Orchestra
FIRST VIOLIN
(Position vacant) Concertmaster, GK Goh Chair
Kong Zhao Hui1 Associate Concertmaster
Chan Yoong-Han2 Fixed Chair
Cao Can*
Duan Yu Ling
Foo Say Ming
Jin Li
Kong Xianlong
Cindy Lee
Karen Tan
William Tan
Wei Zhe
Ye Lin*
Zhang Si Jing
SECOND VIOLIN
Michael Loh Associate Principal
Nikolai Koval*
Sayuri Kuru
Hai-Won Kwok
Margit Saur
Shao Tao Tao
Tseng Chieh-An
Wu Man Yun*
Xu Jueyi*
Yin Shu Zhan*
Zhao Tian
CELLO
Ng Pei-Sian Principal, The HEAD Foundation Chair
Yu Jing Associate Principal
Guo Hao Fixed Chair
Chan Wei Shing
Christopher Mui
Jamshid Saydikarimov
Song Woon Teng
Wang Yan
Wu Dai Dai
Zhao Yu Er
Ng Pei-Sian
Principal
Cello
The HEAD Foundation Chair
DOUBLE BASS
Yang
Karen
Jacek
Guennadi Mouzyka
Wang
FLUTE
Jin
PICCOLO
Roberto
CLARINET
Ma Yue Principal
Li Xin Associate Principal
Liu Yoko
Tang Xiao Ping
BASS CLARINET
Tang Xiao Ping Assistant Principal
BASSOON
Liu Chang Associate Principal
Christoph Wichert
Zhao Ying Xue
CONTRABASSOON
Zhao Ying Xue Assistant Principal
HORN
Austin Larson Principal
Gao Jian Associate Principal
Jamie Hersch Associate Principal
Marc-Antoine Robillard Associate Principal
Hoang Van Hoc
Allen Meek Principal Trombone
Ma Yue Principal Clarinet
Rachel Walker Principal Oboe
TRUMPET
Jon Paul Dante Principal
David Smith Associate Principal
Lau Wen Rong
Nuttakamon Supattranont
TROMBONE
Allen Meek Principal
Damian Patti Associate Principal
Samuel Armstrong
BASS TROMBONE
Wang Wei Assistant Principal
TUBA
Tomoki Natsume Principal
TIMPANI
Christian Schiøler Principal
Mario Choo
PERCUSSION
Jonathan Fox Principal
Mark Suter Associate Principal
Mario Choo
Lim Meng Keh
HARP
Gulnara Mashurova Principal
Manchin Zhang Principal
Viola
Tan Jiew Cheng Chair
Jonathan Fox Principal Percussion
Marc-Antoine Robillard Associate Principal Horn
* With deep appreciation to the Rin Collection for their generous loan of string instruments.
1 Kong Zhao Hui performs on a J.B. Guadagnini of Milan, c. 1750, donated by the National Arts Council, Singapore, with the support of Far East Organization and Lee Foundation.
2 Chan Yoong-Han performs on a David Tecchler, Fecit Roma An. D. 1700, courtesy of Mr G K Goh. Musicians listed alphabetically by family name rotate their seats on a per programme basis.
25 & 26 Jul 2024
Thu & Fri, Esplanade Concert Hall
Beethoven’s
Ode to Joy
22 & 23 Aug 2024
Thu & Fri, Esplanade Concert Hall
Carmina Burana
29 & 30 Nov 2024
Fri & Sat, Victoria Concert Hall
Gloria!
12–14 Dec 2024
Thu–Sat, Victoria Concert Hall
SSO Christmas Concert 2024
11 & 12 Apr 2025
Fri & Sat, Esplanade Concert Hall
Behzod Abduraimov and Hans Graf
23 & 24 May 2025
Fri & Sat, Esplanade Concert Hall
Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
SingaporeSymphony Choruses
A premier body for classical choral singing, the Singapore Symphony Choruses comprise the Singapore Symphony Chorus (SSC), Singapore Symphony Youth Choir (SSYC) and Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir (SSCC).
Drawing membership from diverse ages, nationalities and walks of life, our Choruses embody a comprehensive singing ecosystem that nurtures the brilliance of our brightest young talents, inspires youthful passion for the art and celebrates the best of choral excellence!
At the heart of our holistic training approach, our Choruses are committed to fostering artistic growth and well-rounded personal development, in delivering outstanding performances. Singers are provided with the richest and most unique performing experiences and opportunities to record and perform with some of the world’s most distinguished conductors, artistes and renowned orchestras.
Straddling musical worlds and styles, the Choruses’ repertoire ranges from orchestral masterpieces to a cappella favourites, spanning the Renaissance to contemporary 21st-century music.
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Celebrating choral excellence
For over four decades, the Singapore Symphony Chorus (SSC) has been bringing together passionate and talented choristers from all walks of life to celebrate the best of symphonic music-making, and to create music that moves, transcending language and culture.
More than just a choir, the SSC is a warm and vibrant community for lifelong social connections beyond the stage. Seasoned performers at the Victoria Concert Hall and the Esplanade, the chorus’s committed group of singers come together week after week to hone their artistry and volunteer their time to deliver some of the most challenging choral classics to the highest standards.
Led by world-class conductors including Okko Kamu, Lan Shui, Lim Yau, Masaaki Suzuki and Sofi Jeannin, the chorus has amassed an impressive repertoire such as Tippett’s A Child of Our Time, Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum, Britten’s War Requiem, and Bach’s St John Passion, amongst others, since its founding in 1980.
With their dedication towards presenting outstanding performances, the SSC is the pinnacle of choral excellence in Singapore and a testament to the power of music and how it connects people across cultures and generations.
Eudenice Palaruan Choral Director
Ellissa Sayampanathan Assistant Choral Conductor
Shane Thio rehearsal pianist
Ng Sheh Feng choral associate
Wong Yang Kai choral associate
25 & 26 Oct 2024
Fri & Sat, Victoria Concert Hall A Midsummer Night’s Dream
27 Oct 2024
Sun, Victoria Concert Hall
SSO Organ Series: A Gothic Halloween
30 Mar 2025
Sun, Victoria Concert Hall
The SSC Affair 2025
Join the Singapore Symphony Chorus for a day of choral workshops and vocal training sessions.
Inspiring choral passion
Energetic and full of dynamism, the Singapore Symphony Youth Choir (SSYC)’s choristers embody a zeal for artistic growth that inspires and pushes boundaries.
Comprised of a myriad of vibrant personalities aged between 17 and 28, the cool collective welcomes like-minded singers to share their journey of youthful passion for symphonic choral music-making, alongside the national orchestra! Performing regularly at the Victoria Concert Hall and the Esplanade, the SSYC is a group of dedicated singers who enjoy coming together to explore some of the most challenging and beloved choral works across styles and genres.
Since 2016, SSYC has had the privilege of performing under the baton of renowned conductors such as Lan Shui, Hans Graf, and Stephen Layton. Their repertoire boasts of musical highlights including Scriabin’s Prometheus, Puccini’s La Bohème, Tallis’s Why Fumeth in Fight, Faure’s Requiem and recordings of Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2.
With the unique opportunity to learn from world renowned musicians and be part of a community that inspires passion, all while creating a professional sound, SSYC is a social journey to reimagine classical music and choral excellence.
Wong Lai Foon Choirmaster
Ellissa Sayampanathan Assistant Choral Conductor
Evelyn Handrisanto rehearsal pianist
2 & 3 Sep 2024
Mon & Tue, Victoria Concert Hall
The SSCC
Experience 2024
Nurturing choral brilliance
Established in 2006, the Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir (SSCC) is an exciting and unique opportunity for young singers to work alongside the national orchestra and world-class conductors!
Based at the Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore’s leading children’s choir is dedicated to a holistic training approach that nurtures well-rounded artistic growth, cultivates discipline and confidence, and inspires a lifelong love for music and the arts. More than a choir, the SSCC is a life journey of learning, growth, lasting friendships, and music-making at its best.
SSCC has performed great choral masterpieces under the baton of distinguished conductors such as Lim Yau, Sofi Jeannin and FrançoisXavier Roth, and even shared the stage with critically acclaimed vocal group, The King’s Singers. Most recently, the choir, together with the Singapore Symphony Youth Choir, premiered a treble arrangement of Faure’s Requiem under the direction of world-renowned choral conductor Stephen Layton.
The SSCC’s commitment to musical excellence has enriched generations of singers and audiences, laying the foundation for choral patronage in the local music scene. Along with their fellow choruses, the SSCC is a key player in inspiring young musicians as well as shaping the future of choral music in Singapore and beyond.
A full-day programme of musicmaking and workshops on basics of rhythm, solfeggio and choral techniques.
29 Sep 2024
Sun, SNYO Studios SSCC Auditions 2024
Calling young singers aged 8 to 14, audition now to be a part of the Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir!
1 Jun 2025
Sun, Victoria Concert Hall
Look At The World
SNYO In Concert
22 Jun 2024
Sat, Esplanade Concert Hall
Joshua Tan
Principal Conductor
8 Dec 2024
Sun, Victoria Concert Hall
Peter Stark
Principal Guest Conductor
8 Mar 2025
Sat, Esplanade Concert Hall
Hans Graf
SSO Music Director
7 Jun 2025
Sat, Esplanade Concert Hall
Joshua Tan
Principal Conductor
Singapore National Youth Orchestra
The Singapore National Youth Orchestra showcases the extraordinary capability of our youth. It inspires them towards artistic excellence, nurtures them to reach beyond their potential and develops them through rigorous training within a vibrant, supportive, and diverse environment. Established formally in 1980, the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO) has welcomed generations of youths into the transformative world of orchestral music, performing locally and representing Singapore on prestigious international stages.
Vision
The SNYO family consists of a main orchestra and a junior orchestra, with over 180 members aged 10 to 21 from more than 60 schools across Singapore, guided by professional musicians in rehearsals, sectionals, and masterclasses. Recognised by the Ministry of Education as a National Project of Excellence, members of the SNYO have their participation in the orchestra recognised as a Co-Curricular Activity.
Joshua Tan was appointed as the Principal Conductor of the SNYO in 2018, and Seow Yibin has held the position of Associate Conductor since 2022.
Over the years, the SNYO has performed in concert venues and music festivals across Australia, Austria, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom. Other musical endeavours include collaborations with the Singapore Ballet, TwoSetViolin and side-by-side concerts with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
To inspire a lifelong love for music and a dedication to exceptional orchestral performance
Mission
Through the playing of orchestral classical music, we nurture future generations of musicians and build a vibrant music community for Singapore
The SNYO is part of the Singapore Symphony Group, which also manages the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Singapore Symphony Choruses, as well as the Singapore International Piano Festival, and the biennial National Piano & Violin Competition.
Joshua Tan Principal Conductor
Seow Yibin Associate Conductor
Peter Stark Principal Guest Conductor
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6
Sat, 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Time for Trumpets!
PACHO FLORES AND MANUEL HERNÁNDEZ-SILVA
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Manuel Hernández-Silva conductor
Pacho Flores trumpet/flugelhorn*
INOCENTE CARREÑO Margariteña — Glosa Sinfónica
IB GLINDEMANN Trumpet Concerto* (ASIAN PREMIERE)
GINASTERA Danzas del Ballet “Estancia”, Op. 8a
PACHO FLORES Albares — Concerto for Flugelhorn* (ASIAN PREMIERE)
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.
BRAHMS Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102*
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
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.
SSO GALA
$38–$168
1 & 2 Aug 2024
Thu & Fri, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Brahms with Hans Graf and Sayaka Shoji
SERENADE AND VIOLIN CONCERTO
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Hans Graf Music Director
Sayaka Shoji violin*
BRAHMS
Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77*
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
11 Aug 2024
Sun, 4pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Temasek Foundation x SSO National Day Concert
LEGACY AND FUTURE
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Members of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra
Combined school choirs
Leonard Tan conductor
Ellissa Sayampanathan Assistant Choral Conductor
LEONG YOON PIN Giocoso — Largamente
ERIC WATSON Tapestries I — Time Dances
GU WEI Illuminating the Skies*
EMILY KOH homemade recipe: nasi ulam
FELICIA TENG Red Dot Dreaming*
LIM HAN QUAN Our Story: Passage through Time*
LEE JINJUN Sing!
TERRENCE WONG Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
* Winning pieces from NDC 2024 Call for Compositions
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 has celebrated the works of our musical forefathers and showcased our composers of today. Join us to hear our musical legacy and future.
T his concert will be streamed live on the Singapore Symphony YouTube channel.
TICKETS
$15–$68
Presented by
16 & 17 Aug 2024
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
The Violin and the Erhu
LONG YU, KAREN GOMYO AND YIWEN LU
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Long Yu conductor
Karen Gomyo violin1
Yiwen Lu erhu2
BARBER Adagio for Strings
BARBER Violin Concerto, Op. 141
QIGANG CHEN Instants d’un Opera de Pekin
QIGANG CHEN Le joie de la souffrance for erhu and orchestra2
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
22 & 23 Aug 2024
Thu & Fri, 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Carmina Burana
SINGAPORE AND MELBOURNE
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS IN CONCERT
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/SSYC)
Wong Lai Foon Choirmaster (SSCC)
Siobhan Stagg soprano
Andrew Goodwin tenor
Christopher Tonkin baritone
MARIA GRENFELL Fanfare for a City
DE FALLA Three Dances from The Three-Cornered Hat STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919)
ORFF Carmina Burana
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.
SSO GALA
$28–$128
30 Aug 2024
Fri, 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Sibelius with Maxim Vengerov and Okko Kamu
VIOLIN CONCERTO AND SYMPHONY 2
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Okko Kamu conductor
Maxim Vengerov violin*
KELLY TANG Emergence — Foreboding & Frenzy (WORLD PREMIERE)
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47*
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
“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.
Ahoy lads and lasses, 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 Captain 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.
SSO CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN
$35, $25 (Family package available)
Fri, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
President’s Young Performers Concert
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Rodolfo Barráez Associate Conductor
Toby Tan Kai Rong piano1
Adrian Tang piano2
MENDELSSOHN
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
RACHMANINOFF
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 431
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 102
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 “Classical”
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.
TICKETS
$15–$68
Highlights:
· Poet and Peasant Overture (Popeye the Sailorman)
· Building the Barn (Witness)
· Por una Cabeza1 (Scent of a Woman, Schindler’s List, True Lies)
· Schindler’s List: Three Pieces1
· Suite from Psycho
· Murder in the First
· Lascia ch’io pianga2 (Farinelli)
· Ombra mai fu2 (Dangerous Liaisons, Pride & Prejudice)
· Silence of the Lambs — Suite
· Tom and Jerry at MGM and more.
Classics at the Movies
27 & 28 Sep 2024
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
TIMELESS TUNES ON THE BIG SCREEN
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Salonga conductor
Chan Yoong-Han violin1
Lara Maigue soprano2
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!).
SSO POPS
$28–$98
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Tan conductor
William Ledbetter presenter
5 Oct 2024 Sat, 11am & 2pm
6 Oct 2024 Sun, 11am Victoria Concert Hall
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-andeasy 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.
SSO BABIES’ PROMS $45, $35
11 & 12 Oct 2024
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Fire, Fantasia and Pulcinella
STEFAN BLUNIER AND MORITZ ERNST
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Blunier conductor
Moritz Ernst piano*
HENZE Fantasia for Strings
HAYDN Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major *
HAYDN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major *
HAYDN Symphony No. 59 in A major “Fire”
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite
*Haydn’s Piano Concerto No. 11 is performed only on Friday (11 Oct), and No. 4 only on Saturday (12 Oct).
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
16 Oct 2024
Wed, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Hélène Grimaud and Hans Graf
RAVEL PIANO CONCERTO AND BEETHOVEN 5
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Hans Graf Music Director
Hélène Grimaud piano*
KOH CHENG JIN Luciola singapura
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major*
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
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-awardwinning 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.
SSO GALA
$38–$148
17 Oct 2024
Thu, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Hélène Grimaud in Recital
Hélène Grimaud piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109
BRAHMS Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
BRAHMS Fantasies, Op. 116
BACH/BUSONI Chaconne
ARTIST RECITAL
$38–$148
25 & 26 Oct 2024
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
HANS GRAF AND INGRID FLITER
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Treble Voices of the Singapore Symphony Chorus
Hans Graf Music Director
Eudenice Palaruan Choral Director
Ingrid Fliter piano1
Maureen Thomas narrator2
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 371
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 612
Beethoven’s spirited Piano Concerto No. 3 makes a perfect prelude to a very special performance of Mendelssohn’s music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream — not just the instrumental music that you know, but with Shakespeare’s inspired verses brought to life on stage by a narrator and chorus. Singapore Symphony Music
Director Hans Graf directs two leading ladies of piano and theatre, Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter and Canadian actress Maureen Thomas in these plays of Romantic music and fantasy.
SUBSCRIPTION
$15–$100
Baroque Festival SSO
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Willi Zimmermann leader/violin
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.
SSO BAROQUE FESTIVAL
$20–$50
31 Oct 2024
Thu, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Music of the Knight
TELEMANN Burlesque de Quixotte
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
CORELLI Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 4
GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 5 No. 5
VIVALDI Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 156
1 Nov 2024
Fri, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Water Music Sweet
HANDEL Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348
J.C. BACH Symphony in G minor, Op. 6 No. 6
HANDEL Concerto Grosso in G major, HWV 319
C.P.E. BACH Symphony in E-flat major, Wq 179
8 & 9 Nov 2024
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Beethoven with James Ehnes and Lawrence Renes
VIOLIN CONCERTO AND SYMPHONY 4
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Renes conductor James Ehnes violin*
BEETHOVEN
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61* Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
Dutch conductor Lawrence Renes and American 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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
Dedicated to
Temasek Foundation x SSO
16 Nov 2024 Sat, 11am & 2pm
17 Nov 202 4 Sun, 11am
Victoria Concert Hall
Singapore Symphony Orchestra Joshua Tan conductor Harry Wong magician
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. Harry Wong 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. Pre-concert activities will begin an hour before each show.
SSO CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN $35, $25 (Family package available)
Presented by
22 Nov 2024
Fri, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Mozart with Rodolfo Barráez and Austin Larson
HORN CONCERTO NO. 4
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Rodolfo Barráez Associate Conductor
Austin Larson French horn*
MOZART
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495*
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
29 & 30 Nov 2024
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Gloria!
A CELEBRATION OF CAROLS
Singapore Symphony Youth Choir
Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Layton conductor
Wong Lai Foon Choirmaster
BRITTEN A Ceremony of Carols
ALBINONI Adagio for Organ and Strings
RAUTAVAARA Lapsimessu (SINGAPORE PREMIERE)
MOZART Laudate dominum from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
BACH Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
VIVALDI Gloria in D major, RV. 589
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.
5 & 6 Dec 2024
Thu & Fri, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
VASILY PETRENKO AND JAVIER PERIANES
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Javier Perianes piano*
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain*
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
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”.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
SSO Christmas Concert 2024
FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN
12–14 Dec 2024
Thu–Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
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
Handel’s Messiah, Part 1
Celtic Carol
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) It’s Christmastime and other carols
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!
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
$48–$188
20 & 21 Dec 2024
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Steven Isserlis and Mario Venzago — Kabalevsky and Schubert
THE UNFINISHED SYMPHONY COMPLETED
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Mario Venzago conductor
Steven Isserlis cello*
WEBER Overture to Der Freischütz
KABALEVSKY Cello Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 77*
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished” (Completed by Mario Venzago)
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT $15–$100
24 & 25 Jan 2025
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s Eroica
YU-CHIEN BENNY TSENG AND JULIAN
KUERTI
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Julian Kuerti conductor
Yu-Chien Benny Tseng violin*
LIGETI Concert Românesc
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64*
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
Dedicated to
28 Feb & 1 Mar 2025
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Fanfare: Brass, Percussion and Carmen
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Hans Graf Music Director
Albert Tiu piano*
DUKAS Fanfare pour preceder La Péri
BARBER Mutations from Bach HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Piano, Brass and Two Harps, Op. 49*
BIZET/SHCHEDRIN Carmen Suite for Strings and Percussion
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!
This concert is dedicated to the late Dr Goh Keng Swee, founding patron of the SSO.
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.
Features actors in costume performing with the orchestra. 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.
SSO CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN $35, $25 (Family package available)
28 Mar 2025
Fri, 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Kahchun Wong and Gerhard Oppitz — Brahms and Shostakovich
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Kahchun Wong conductor Gerhard Oppitz piano*
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83*
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
4 & 5 Apr 2025
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Akiko Suwanai and Kahchun Wong — Dvořák and Elgar
ENIGMA VARIATIONS
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Kahchun Wong conductor
Akiko Suwanai violin*
ARNOLD Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59
DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53*
ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
11 & 12 Apr 2025
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Behzod Abduraimov and Hans Graf — Rachmaninoff and Ravel
RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF
PAGANINI
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Singapore Symphony Chorus
Singapore Symphony Youth Choir
Hans Graf Music Director
Eudenice Palaruan Choral Director
Behzod Abduraimov piano*
ETHEL SMYTH On the Cliffs of Cornwall
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43*
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
18 Apr 2025
Fri, 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Daniil Trifonov and Hans Graf — Rachmaninoff and Debussy
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Hans Graf Music Director
Daniil Trifonov piano*
STRAVINSKY Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40* DEBUSSY Images
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.
SSO GALA
$58–$198
2 & 3 May 2025
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Mozart and Finzi — Rodolfo Barráez and Ma Yue
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Rodolfo Barráez Associate Conductor Ma Yue clarinet*
MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 “Haffner”
FINZI Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31*
MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
23 & 24 May 2025
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Singapore Symphony Chorus
Singapore Symphony Youth Choir
Symphonia Choralis
Hans Graf Music Director
Eudenice Palaruan Choral Director
Maria Bengtsson soprano
Tanja Baumgartner mezzo-soprano
MAHLER Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”
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.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
$15–$100
10 Jul 2024
Wed, 12.30pm Victoria Concert Hall
SSO Lunchtime Concert
SSO Lunchtime Concert at Victoria Concert Hall
SSO ConcertsCommunity free concerts
Come experience the beauty and thrill of classical music with the compliments of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
Agape Concert Hall, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary)
SSO In Your Community
13 Jul 2024
Sat, 6pm
Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens
Temasek Foundation x SSO
Symphony In The Gardens
Presented by
SSO Mother’s Day Concert at Singapore Botanic Gardens
14 Mar 2025 Fri, 7.30pm Auditorium, Eunoia Junior College
SSO In Your Community
11 May 2025 Sun, 6pm
Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens
SSO Mother’s Day Concert
12 Mar 2025 Wed, 12.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
SSO Lunchtime Concert
15 Mar 2025 Sat, 6.30pm The Meadow, Gardens by the Bay
Temasek Foundation x SSO Music In The Meadow
Presented by
31 May 2025 Sat, 9am–6pm Victoria Concert Hall
Victoria
Concert Hall
Open House
A musical outing for families. Includes free and paid events.
Music In The Meadow at Gardens by the Bay
SSO flutist Miao Shan Shan and her family at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Venue partners
SSO Chamber Series
3 Oct 2024
Thu, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
A Love of French Music
Musicians of the SSO
Gulnara Mashurova harp
SAINT-SAËNS Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124
BERNARD ANDRÈS Chants d’arrière-saison for French Horn and Harp
RAVEL String Quartet in F major
$20
4 Oct 2024
Fri, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Enchanting Ravel
Musicians of the SSO Gulnara Mashurova
RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello
RAVEL Introduction & Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and Strings
FRANCK Piano Quintet in F minor
$20
harp
7 Mar 2025
Fri, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
The Viola, Centrestage
Musicians of the SSO
Diyang Mei viola
TELEMANN Viola Concerto in G major
SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata (arr. for Viola and Strings)
WEBER Andante e Rondo Ongarese, Op. 35
$20–$40
9 Jan 2025
Thu, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Novelettes
Musicians of the SSO
BACEWICZ Suite for Two Violins
GLAZUNOV Five Novelettes, Op. 15
GLINKA Grand Sextet in E-flat major
$20
25 Apr 2025
Fri, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Deep Dive
Musicians of the SSO
JOYCE KOH Deep Dive for bassoon, horn, harp and cello (SSO COMMISSION)
HUMMEL Piano Quintet in E-flat minor, Op. 87
BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
$20
SSO Organ Series
21 Jul 2024
Sun, 4pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Musical Souvenirs with re: mix and Jia Hwei
Koh Jia Hwei organ re: mix ensemble
Foo Say Ming violin/conductor
Highlights:
HOWELLS Psalm 34 v.6 from 3 Psalm Preludes Set 1
VIERNE Epitaphe and Postlude from 24 Pieces en style libre, Op. 31
DELERUE Concerto de l’Adieu (arr. Chen Zhangyi)
熊美玲 哭砂 (Crying for Love, arr. Chen Zhangyi)
VITALI Chaconne (arr. Respighi)
$10–$30
Sponsored by
27 Oct 2024
Sun, 4pm
Victoria Concert Hall
A Gothic Halloween
Male Chorus of the Singapore Symphony Chorus
Eudenice Palaruan Choral Director/organ
Ellissa Sayampanathan Assistant Choral Conductor
Shane Thio celesta/piano
Boey Jir Shin organ
BOELLMANN Introduction from Suite Gothique
POULENC Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise
J.S. BACH Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
ANON. De profundis clamavi
SCHUMANN Im Rhein from Dichterliebe
BOELLMANN Toccata from Suite Gothique
BARTÓK Notturno from Mikrocosmos Vol. 4
ORFF Fortune Plango from Carmina Burana
ELGAR Nimrod from Enigma Variations (arr. for piano and organ)
EUDENICE PALARUAN Caña
$10–$30
29 Mar 2025
Sat, 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Adam Brakel’s Night on a Bald Mountain
Adam Brakel organ
MEYERBEER Coronation March from Le Prophète
BUXTEHUDE Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161
J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 548
Supported by
MUSSORGSKY A Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Rebecca Rollett)
LOUIS VIERNE Feux Follets and Naïades from Pièces de Fantaisie
JOPLIN Maple Leaf Rag (arr. Adam Brakel)
DE SAINT-MARTIN Toccata de la Libération, Op. 37
$10
Masterclass on 28 March.
Registration managed by AGO Singapore.
8 Jun 2025
Sun, 5pm Victoria Concert Hall
Anne Maria Lim and the Magic Organ
Anne Maria Lim organ
Highlights:
BOB CHILCOTT Mr Majeika and the Magic Organ and more!
Fringe activities: Learn more about the pipe organ through various exhibitions and demonstrations around the venue.
$10
FOR A CARING & RESILIENTSingap ore
Support Us
In our journey of over four decades in giving meaning to music, we owe our achievements and milestones to all who have helped build the SSO since day one — our passionate audiences, talented musicians and generous patrons who have placed your national orchestra on the world map.
How can you help?
While SSO is supported partially by funding from the Singapore government, a significant part can only be unlocked as matching grants when we receive donations from the public. If you are in a position to do so, please consider making a donation to support your orchestra — Build the future by giving in the present.
As a valued patron of the SSO, you will receive many benefits.
Complimentary tickets*
Subscription/SSO Chamber/ SSO Organ/SIPF
Gala/Christmas/Pops
SSO Special Gala Concerts
Donor recognition & public acknowledgement
Concert booklets and website
Patron of the Arts Nomination
Donors’ Wall at VCH
Other benefits
Invitation to special events
Donations of $100 and above will entitle you to priority bookings, and discounts^ on SSG Concerts. For tax residents of Singapore, all donations may be entitled to a tax deduction of 2.5 times the value of your donation.
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra is a charity and not-for-profit organisation. To find out more, please visit www.sso.org.sg/support-us, or write to Nikki Chuang at nikki@sso.org.sg
A Standing Ovation
We recognise major gifts that help sustain the future of the Singapore Symphony Group. The recognition includes naming of a position in the SSO or in our affiliated performance groups such as the Singapore National Youth Orchestra and the Singapore Symphony Choruses.
SSO Concertmaster
GK Goh Chair
In July 2017, the SSO established the GK Goh Chair for the Concertmaster. Mr Goh Geok Khim and his family have been long-time supporters of the national orchestra. We are grateful for the donations from his family and friends towards this Chair, especially Mr and Mrs Goh Yew Lin for their most generous contribution.
Mr Igor Yuzefovich was the inaugural GK Goh Concertmaster Chair. The position is currently vacant.
SSO Principal Cello
The HEAD Foundation Chair
In recognition of a generous gift from The HEAD Foundation, we announced the naming of our Principal Cello, “The HEAD Foundation Chair” in November 2019. The Chair is currently held by Principal Cellist Ng Pei-Sian.
SSO Principal Flute Stephen Riady Chair
In recognition of a generous gift from Dr Stephen Riady, we announced in May 2022 the naming of our Principal Flute, “Stephen Riady Chair”. The position is currently held by our Principal Flutist Jin Ta.
SSO Principal Viola Tan Jiew Cheng Chair
In recognition of a generous gift from the Estate of Tan Jiew Cheng, we announced in February 2024 the naming of our Principal Viola, “Tan Jiew Cheng Chair”. The position is currently held by our Principal Violist Manchin Zhang. For more information, please write to director_development@sso.org.sg
NG PEI-SIAN
JIN TA
MANCHIN ZHANG
To Our Donor Patrons
We would like to express our deepest appreciation to the following individuals and organisations who support our mission to create memorable shared experiences with music in the past year. Without your support, it would be impossible for the SSO to continue to strive for artistic excellence and touch the hearts of audiences.
Form a special relationship with Singapore’s national orchestra and increase your brand recognition among an influential and growing audience.
CORPORATE GIVING
We provide our Corporate Patrons with impressive entertainment and significant branding opportunities. Through our tailored packages, corporates may benefit from:
• Publicity and hospitality opportunities at an SSO concert or your private event,
For more details, please write to Chelsea Zhao at chelsea.zhao@sso.org.sg. Heartfelt thanks for your unwavering support!
• Acknowledgement and mentions in SSO’s key publicity channels,
• National Arts Council (NAC) Patron of the Arts nominations,
• Tax benefits.
Packages start at $10,000 and can be tailored to your company’s branding needs.
PARTNERSHIP
We partner with various corporates through tailored in-kind sponsorship and exchange of services. Current and recent partnerships include Official Hotel, Official Airline, and we offer other exciting titles.
NOMINATING AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Goh Yew Lin (Chair)
Prof Arnoud De Meyer
Geoffrey Wong
Yong Ying-I
HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Yong Ying-I (Chair)
Chng Kai Fong
Prof Arnoud De Meyer
Heinrich Grafe
Doris Sohmen-Pao
The Committees
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Geoffrey Wong (Chair)
Sanjiv Misra
David Goh
Alex Lee
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Yee Chen Fah (Chair)
Warren Fernandez
Lim Mei Jovi Seet
SNYO COMMITTEE
Liew Wei Li (Chair)
Prof Qin Li-Wei
Benjamin Goh
Vivien Goh
Dr Kee Kirk Chin
Clara Lim-Tan
SSO COUNCIL
Alan Chan (Chair)
Odile Benjamin
Prof Chan Heng Chee
Dr Geh Min
Heinrich Grafe
Khoo Boon Hui
Lim Mei
Paige Parker
Dr Stephen Riady
Priscylla Shaw
Prof Gralf Sieghold
Andreas Sohmen-Pao
Prof Bernard Tan
Dr Tan Chin Nam
Tan Soo Nan
Wee Ee Cheong
SSO MUSICIANS’ COMMITTEE
Mario Choo
David Smith
Wang Xu
Christoph Wichert
Yang Zheng Yi
Elaine Yeo
Zhao Tian
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Kenneth Kwok
DEPUTY CEO, PROGRAMMES & PRODUCTION
Kok Tse Wei
DEPUTY CEO, PATRONS & CORPORATE SERVICES
Jenny Ang
ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT
Lillian Yin
CEO OFFICE
Shirin Foo
Musriah Bte Md Salleh
ARTISTIC PLANNING
Hans Sørensen (Head)
Artistic Administration
Jodie Chiang
Jocelyn Cheng
Michelle Yeo
SingaporeSymphony Group
COMMUNITY IMPACT
Community Engagement
Kua Li Leng (Head)
Whitney Tan
Lynnette Chng
Samantha Lim
Terrence Wong
Choral Programmes
Kua Li Leng (Head)
Regina Lee
Chang Hai Wen
Mimi Syaahira
Singapore National Youth Orchestra
Ramu Thiruyanam (Head)
Tang Ya Yun
Tan Sing Yee
Ridha Ridza
ABRSM
Patricia Yee
Lai Li-Yng
Joong Siow Chong
Freddie Loh
May Looi
William Teo
PATRONS Development
Chelsea Zhao (Head)
Nikki Chuang
Sarah Wee
Sharmilah Banu
Eunice Salanga
Digital & Marketing Communications
Cindy Lim (Head)
Chia Han-Leon
Calista Lee
Germaine D’Rozario
Myrtle Lee
Hong Shu Hui
Jana Loh
Sherilyn Lim
Elizabeth Low
Corporate Communications
Elliot Lim
Customer Experience
Randy Teo
Dacia Cheang
Joy Tagore
OPERATIONS
Ernest Khoo (Head)
Library
Lim Lip Hua
Wong Yi Wen
Orchestra Management
Chia Jit Min (Head)
Charis Peck Xin Hui
Kelvin Chua
Production Management
Noraihan Bte Nordin
Nazem Redzuan
Leong Shan Yi
Asyiq Iqmal
Ramayah Elango
Khairi Edzhairee
Khairul Nizam
Benjamin Chiau
CORPORATE SERVICES
Finance, IT & Facilities
Rick Ong (Head)
Alan Ong
Goh Hoey Fen
Loh Chin Huat
Md Zailani Bin Md Said
Human Resources & Administration
Valeria Tan (Head)
Janice Yeo
Fionn Tan
Netty Diyanah Bte Osman
Subscription concerts
SSO Gala
Beethoven’s Ode to Joy 25 & 26 Jul 2024
Carmina Burana 22 & 23 Aug 2024
Sibelius with Maxim Vengerov and Okko Kamu 30 Aug 2024
Maxim Vengerov in Recital 31 Aug 2024
Hélène Grimaud and Hans Graf 16 Oct 2024
Hélène Grimaud in Recital 17 Oct 2024
Daniil Trifonov and Hans Graf — Rachmaninoff and Debussy 18 Apr 2025
Christmas concerts
SSO Christmas Concert 12, 13 & 14 Dec 2024
SSO Pops
Classics at the Movies 27 & 28 Sep 2024
Other concerts
Temasek Foundation x SSO National Day Concert 11 Aug 2024
SSO Concerts for Children: Peter, the Wolf and Friends 22 & 23 Mar 2025
SSO Babies’ Proms 5 & 6 Oct 2024
SSO Baroque Festival
Music of the Knight
31 Oct 2024
Water Music Sweet 1 Nov 2024
SSO Chamber Series
A Love of French Music
3 Oct 2024
Enchanting Ravel
4 Oct 2024
Novelettes
9 Jan 2025
The Viola, Centrestage 7 Mar 2025
Deep Dive
25 Apr 2025
SSO Organ Series
Musical Souvenirs with re: mix and Jia Hwei 21 Jul 2024
A Gothic Halloween 27 Oct 2024
Adam Brakel’s Night on a Bald Mountain 29 Mar 2025
Anne Maria Lim and the Magic Organ 8 Jun 2025
2-concert bundle: 15%
4+ Family Package: 10% off
Free for children under 2 years if accompanied by an adult with a ticket
CONCERT BUNDLES
Concert A
Sibelius with Maxim Vengerov and Okko Kamu
Hélène Grimaud and Hans Graf
SSO Baroque Festival: Music of the Knight
SSO Concerts for Children: [Pick one]
• Pirates Ahoy!
• Temasek Foundation x SSO
A Magical Musical Meander
• Peter, the Wolf and Friends
Concert B
Maxim Vengerov in Recital
Hélène Grimaud in Recital
SSO Baroque Festival: Water Music Sweet
SSO Concerts for Children: [Pick one]
• Pirates Ahoy!
• Temasek Foundation x SSO
A Magical Musical Meander
• Peter, the Wolf and Friends
Packages
2-concert bundle: 15% off Cat 1–3
2-concert bundle: 15% off Cat 1–3
2-concert bundle: 15% off Cat 1–2
2-concert bundle: 15% off > >
Book your tickets
How to book Online at www.sso.org.sg
Call SISTIC at +65 6348 5555
Visit the SSO box office at the Victoria Concert Hall, or any SISTIC authorised agent near you.
When to book
Subscription & Gala concerts, SSO Christmas Concert, SSO Pops, SSO Chamber Series, SSO Organ Series
SSO Concerts for Children, SSO Babies’ Proms
Admission guidelines
Subscription & Gala concerts, SSO Chamber Series, SSO Organ Series, unless otherwise indicated
National Day Concert, SSO Christmas Concert, SSO Pops
SSO Concerts for Children
SSO Babies’ Proms
Corporate bookings
Please contact our Customer Experience team at +65 6602 4245, WhatsApp +65 8282 3709 or email ticketing@sso.org.sg for assistance.
School group bookings
Enhance your student’s concert experience with a free music appreciation workshop at your campus. Applies to selected SSO concert bookings with a minimum of 30 tickets purchased. For more information, please email ticketing@sso.org.sg
SSO Donors & SSO Friends Season Pass Public
Priority sale: 30 Apr 2024 7 May 2024
Priority sale: 18 Jun 2024 21 Jun 2024
Admission age: 7
Admission age: 5
Recommended for ages 4 and above. No admission for infants-in-arms. Tickets are required for every child.
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.
Concessions
NSFs, Persons with Disabilities (PWD), Senior Citizens and full-time Students can enjoy concession discounts during purchase. Venue ushers may request to view a valid concession pass. Concession tickets are strictly non-transferable.
*information valid at time of print.
YoungSymphony Explorers Support the
Going to a concert for the first time can be an unforgettable experience for a young person.
We believe that every child should get to enjoy music, regardless of their financial situation. That is why we have set up the Young Symphony Explorers initiative. Through this programme we provide complimentary or discounted tickets to students and other children who may not have the means to attend our concerts.
To find out more and support with a donation, please write to Nikki Chuang at nikki@sso.org.sg
Our Young Symphony Explorers initiative lets children and students enjoy world-class performances by SSO at the Esplanade Concert Hall and Victoria Concert Hall. School groups can apply for ticket prices as low as $10, and charity groups can apply for free tickets.
Subscription concerts*
SSO Concerts for Children: Pirates Ahoy! (7 & 8 Sep 2024) Temasek Foundation x SSO: A Magical Musical Meander (16 & 17 Nov 2024)
Peter, the Wolf and Friends (22 & 23 Mar 2025)
SSO Pops: Classics at the Movies (27 & 28 Sep 2024) $10
* Excludes National Day Concert and President’s Young Performers Concert
Cat 1: $30
Cat 2: $20 15
Cat 4–6: 30% off 4 –
Schools are able to use the Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise up to 50% (excluding GST) of the final ticket price. Prices before booking fee. Tickets in Cat 3–6 are kept affordable with the support of Temasek Foundation. Contact our Customer Experience team at +65 6602 4245 or ticketing@sso.org.sg For charity organisations, write to us at corporate@sso.org.sg
Friends Season Pass
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Save on SISTIC booking fees. Pay only a $4 booking fee for every season pass.
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& Mrs Goh Yew Lin
SEASON PARTNERS
SEASON PATRONS
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Stephen Riady Group of Foundations Estate of Tan Jiew Cheng
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The vision of the Singapore Symphony Group is to be a leading arts organisation that engages, inspires and reflects Singapore through musical excellence. Our mission is to create memorable shared experiences with music.
Through the SSO and its affiliated performing groups, we spread the love for music, nurture talent and enrich our diverse communities.
