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Finalists perform Mozart at the Singapore International Violin Competition

2015-01-19T00:00:00Z

The three Grand Finalists of the Singapore International Violin Competition have now been announced: Sirena Huang, USA; Richad Lin, Taiwan; and Yu-Chien Tseng, Taiwan. The three will perform Romantic concertos with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Verbitsky on 21 January and compete for a top ...

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Alexandra Conunova performs at Singapore International Violin Competition

2015-01-15T00:00:00Z

Alexandra Conunova performs Beethoven's Violin Sonata no.8, Poulenc's Violin Sonata, Koh's kilo bite and Wieniawski's Faust Fantasy at the Singapore International Violin Competition 2015 Semi-Finals. For further videos of the contestants visit the competition's YouTube page. For full details of all the Semi-Finalists visit the Singapore ...

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Erhu player receives Royal College of Music degree

2013-08-11T00:00:00Z

London’s Royal College of Music (RCM) has awarded its first degree in a traditional Chinese instrument. Singaporean musician Chew Jun Ru, 24, has graduated with a BMus in performance on the erhu, a two-stringed bowed instrument sometimes known as a ‘Chinese violin’. Chew, 24, has principally studied at Singapore’s Nanyang ...