Singapore Composers Festival 2024
The 2024 Singapore Composers Festival was a one-day music experiential event, like the idea of a Gesamtkunstwerk – the whole experience is like a non-stop musical-artistic flow, where music serves as a platform for cultural exchange, understanding, and also critical examination of contemporary issues. The festival featured two talks on topics relating to composition and two concerts showcasing works by our own local talents. The opening concert premiered works by participants of the 2023 edition of the CSS Young Composers forum, while the closing concert featured a cross-country collaboration between composers of the Composers Society of Singapore and the Malaysia Composers Collective.
Recordings of the talks and concerts are being archived on our YouTube Channel. Check out the playlist here!
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We are pleased to share of the success of our Singapore Composers Festival, which had been reviewed by Dr Chang Tou Liang from the Straits Times. The review can be read HERE.
CSS is proud to share about its recently organized Singapore Composers Festival that took place on the 23rd of March. The Festival featured talks by two of our very own CSS members, two concerts showcasing works by our very own local talents, and a cross-country...
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"Both concerts at the Singapore Composers Festival were a veritable showcase of local creative talent, and long may that continue." Thank you to...
Contributed by Tan Zheng Rui “Singapore has many prominent arts festivals, but none dedicated specifically to the work of Singaporean or...
“The great classical works were once contemporary works of the respective eras. It is through the performance of new works that allow classical...
“By performing new music, we archive the present: the present day world, the Singapore of now, with all its multi-layered noise.” This year, the...
“One of the most exciting things about being a Singapore composer is that there is no history for us to rely on. We have to create our own paths...
“Every country possesses its own unique traditions and cultural heritage, the depth and value of which cannot be expressed in a single word. For...
"Building the future starts from the present," says Alicia De Silva, on her reasons for joining the CSS Young Composers Forum as a mentor. This...
"When I think about a 'Gen Z sound', I think about fluidity. This generation moves easily between genres, mediums, and aesthetics." Is there a Gen Z...
"Singapore has many prominent arts festivals, but none dedicated specifically to the work of Singaporean or Singapore-based composers." When the...
This year's Festival will feature an international collaboration between the composers from the Composers Society of Singapore and South Korean...
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