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PRIZE WINNERS’ CONCERT & PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY SUNDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2019 7.30pm, Victoria Concert Hall Guest-Of-Honour MR BAEY YAM KENG Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth 3
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PROGRAMME WINNER OF PIANO ARTIST CATEGORY Programme to be announced Wang Huang Hao Jia 1st Prize Winner, Piano Senior Category Wang Chenwei Mid-Autumn Festival (6’) Dai Ailin 2nd Prize Winner, Violin Senior Category Wang Chenwei Thaipusam (6’) WINNER OF VIOLIN ARTIST CATEGORY Programme to be announced
INTERMISSION Justin Low Renkai 1st Prize Winner, Piano Intermediate Category Brahms Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79: No. 1 in B minor (8’) Javan See Kaiyi 2nd Prize Winner, Violin Intermediate Category Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K.216: I. Allegro (9’) Cheng Wang Hoi, Jacob Reuben 1st Prize Winner, Violin Junior Category Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61: I. Allegro non troppo (9’) Casey Li WeiXi 1st Prize Winner, Piano Junior Category Boléro, Op. 19 (8’) Chopin PRESENTATION OF TOKENS OF APPRECIATION TO ADJUDICATORS BY MR HANS SØRENSEN Director of Artistic Planning, Singapore Symphony Group PRIZE PRESENTATION BY GUEST-OF-HONOUR, MR BAEY YAM KENG Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
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PIANO CATEGORY WINNERS JUNIOR
INTERMEDIATE
SENIOR
1ST PRIZE Casey Li WeiXi
1ST PRIZE Justin Low Renkai
1ST PRIZE Wang Huang Hao Jia
2ND PRIZE Joshuanne Yeh Su En
2ND PRIZE Xu Ruojin
2ND PRIZE Lim Shi Han
3RD PRIZE Tang Zhi Feng Adrian
3RD PRIZE Pualina Lim Mei En
HONOURABLE MENTION
HONOURABLE MENTION
Michelle Chen Dan Hua
Zhang Yifan Jem
3RD PRIZE Keong Zhi Ling Sophie
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VIOLIN CATEGORY WINNERS JUNIOR
INTERMEDIATE
SENIOR
1ST PRIZE Cheng Wang Hoi, Jacob Reuben
2ND PRIZE Javan See Kaiyi
2ND PRIZE Dai Ailin
3RD PRIZE Isabelle Ong Li Xin
3RD PRIZE Madeline Goh Anyi
3RD PRIZE Soh Yunci Kaelyn
HONOURABLE MENTION
2ND PRIZE Kaleb Toh Yi Chao
3RD PRIZE Loke E-Jay Reuben
3RD PRIZE Low Peng Yang
Alayna Lee Le-en
HONOURABLE MENTION
Xu Shi Yun 5
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WANG CHENWEI SET PIECE COMPOSER
WANG Chenwei 王辰威 is Head of Research and Education at The TENG Company and adjunct faculty and composition supervisor at the National Institute of Education (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore). He is the main co-author of The TENG Guide to the Chinese Orchestra (2019), a 624-page book on instrumentation and orchestration. After graduating from Raffles Institution’s Gifted Education Programme with seven academic awards, Chenwei obtained his Magister Artium (five-year Master of Arts) with distinction and an Honorary Award (Würdigungspreis) from the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he studied Composition and Audio Engineering under a scholarship from the Media Development Authority of Singapore. During his studies, he recorded and performed in the Vienna Musikverein Golden Hall. At the age of 17, Chenwei composed The Sisters’ Islands, a symphonic poem which won the 12
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NATIONAL DAY
PIANO ARTIST SET PIECE
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THAIPUSAM
VIOLIN SENIOR SET PIECE
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HARI RAYA
VIOLIN ARTIST SET PIECE
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PETER STARK CONDUCTOR
Peter Stark’s performances as a conductor are exhilarating, imaginative and inspiring. At the heart of all his work lies a passion and commitment to the study and practice of music to profit humanity. Peter is a Professor of Conducting at London’s Royal College of Music, Rehearsal Director to the European Union Youth Orchestra and has taught nearly six hundred private students. His acclaimed courses in conducting have taken him across the world and his reputation as a teacher is renowned. Peter’s growing media profile includes his appointment as series consultant to the popular BBC television series ‘Maestro’ and regular screen appearances as a mentor. For this role Peter was responsible for the training of eight ‘celebrity’ students as orchestral conductors. Peter has since made live ‘Maestro’ webcam commentaries for the BBC Proms and a subsequent TV series. Whilst having performed with a number of the world’s leading ensembles such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Hallé, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter fosters a hunger to work with any orchestra that plays with spirit and enthusiasm. In addition to his work with the world’s finest students at RCM and EUYO, Peter has conducted youth orchestras ranging from the Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra (Principal Conductor since 1994) to the New South Wales Public Schools’ Symphony Orchestra in Australia and the Toyota City Orchestra in Japan. He is Principal Conductor of the Arabian Youth Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra. Between 1985 and 2010 Peter was Conductor in Residence of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and in 2019 begins a three-year appointment as a Special Term Professor at the Zhejiang Conservatory in Hangzhou, China.
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CONDUCTOR Peter Stark
FIRST VIOLIN
Kong Zhao Hui* Concertmaster Cao Can* Duan Yu Ling Jin Li Nikolai Koval Karen Tan William Tan Wei Zhe Ye Lin* Zhang Si Jing*
SECOND VIOLIN Michael Loh Principal Kong Xianlong Chikako Sasaki* Margit Saur Wu Man Yun* Xu Jue Yi* Yin Shu Zhan* Yeo Teow Meng Zhao Tian*
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VIOLA
Guan Qi Principal Gu Bing Jie* Marietta Ku Julia Park Janice Tsai Wang Dan Dan Yang Shi Li Yeo Jan Wea
DOUBLE BASS
Yang Zheng Yi Principal Olga Alexandrova Jacek Mirucki Karen Yeo
FLUTE
Evgueni Brokmiller Principal Miao Shanshan Sin Jin How
CELLO
Guo Hao Principal Ding Xiao Feng Lin Juan Melissa Ong Jamshid Saydikarimov Trinh Ha Linh
OBOE
Pan Yun Principal Carolyn Hollier
CLARINET
TRUMPET
TIMPANI
BASSOON
TROMBONE
PERCUSSION
HORN
TUBA
Li Xin Principal Tang Xiao Ping
Liu Chang Principal Christoph Wichert
Jamie Hersch Co-Principal Marc-Antoine Robillard Co-Principal Gao Jian Hoang Van Hoc
David Smith Principal Lau Wen Rong Damian Patti Principal Samuel Armstrong Wang Wei
Christian Schiøler Principal
Chong Yew Khen Lim Meng Keh
Ngiam Xing Hao
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ISAAC LEE Bachelor of Music at Eastman School of Music Masters in Organ Performance from Royal Danish Academy of Music Organ Scholar at Roskiilde Cathedral PANG SIU YUIN Deputy Director, Singapore National Youth Orchestra National Music Competition (Piano Open Section) First Prize Winner SHANE THIO Pianist Young Artist Award Recipient (1992)
GUAN QI SSO Associate Principal Viola JOSHUA TAN SSO Associate Conductor SNYO Principal Conductor SSO Violinist (2001 – 2007) Young Artist Award Recipient (2011) NG PEI-SIAN SSO Principal Cello
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2019/20 Season
CHAMBER
BAROQUE FESTIVAL 11 & 12 APR 2020
THE STRADIVARI QUARTET PLAYS MAHLER & BEETHOVEN 17* & 19 APR 2020
Bojan Cicic, violin/conductor Musicians of the SSO
CHAMBER
*with Musicians of the SSO
THE PAVEL HAAS QUARTET THE GREAT FUGUE 29 MAY 2020
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