Singapore, 13 May 2019 (Monday) – Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO)’s chamber concert series Music Tuesdays will feature a unique collaboration between art and music, where a series of painting projections and live Chinese ink painting will be paired with music performed by SCO. This Music Tuesdays concert, titled Art in Music, will be conducted by SCO music director Tsung Yeh. The featured paintings and live ink painting are by Singapore painter, Lin Lu Zai.
Music Tuesdays: Art in Music concert will present a repertoire of poetic Chinese music by renowned composers such as Guo Wenjing’s Petals to Heaven, Jia Guoping’s A Returning Boat in the Snow River, Liu Changyuan’s Dance to the Music and Chinese Ink Painting, Ai Li Qun’s Carefree and Liu Qing’s Sha Wei.
Elaborating on the concert theme, Tsung Yeh explains that “we all know how art and music are inextricably linked. These subjects are also associated with the scholars’ way of life, where they would either work on their art or music in their small study rooms, which inspired me to pair art and music with a chamber concert setting as compared to a full-scale orchestra. In that sense, this is a very unique concert, where music and art have dialogues with one another.”
Painter Lin Lu Zai will present the live Chinese ink painting with Liu Changyuan’s Dance to the Music. It will be a creation of a new painting live on stage based on the inspiration behind the music that will only be revealed at the concert for the first time. Lin Lu Zai was born in China, a well-known artist in Singapore. He graduated from the Arts and Technical College in Fujian, China. He’s currently the president of Aspiration Fine Arts and Senior Art Advisor of the Singapore Buddha Light Association. Lin Lu Zai was invited to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Fine Arts Conference and was awarded a Gold Medal and the Olympic Torch. He was also invited to 2012 London Olympic Fine Arts Conference and was awarded Gold certificate, and also the Silver award winner in the National Art and Calligraphy Competition (China National Level). He has also held many solo and joint exhibitions in China and Singapore.
This is SCO’s first live ink painting-in-concert, and a maiden collaboration with painter Lin Lu Zai. Lin Lu Zai shared that “it will be a concert that stimulates the visual and aural senses. By including both Chinese ink paintings as part of the concert, it aims to bring out the beauty of art and painting in general, creating a different experience for our audience.”
Lin Lu Zai will showcase his artworks at a painting exhibition on the concert day, 28 May from 9am to 10pm at the Singapore Conference Hall, Zhong Foyer. There will also be a Chinese tea appreciation and tea served at the exhibition from 5pm to 7.30pm. Admission to the exhibition is free.
There will be a post-concert dialogue where audience may interact with Tsung Yeh and Lin Lu Zai.
Please view a short sharing between Tsung Yeh and Lin Lu Zai (in Mandarin): https://www.facebook.com/singapore.chinese.orchestra/videos/349664959240151/ .
Conductor: Tsung Yeh
Painter: Lin Lu Zai
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Concert Details:
Music Tuesdays: Art in Music
Date: 28 May 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: SCO Concert Hall (Singapore Conference Hall)
Ticket prices (before SISTIC fees): $27 / $14* Extra seats added due to overwhelming demand!
*Concession price
Painting Exhibition:
Date: 28 May 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 9am to 10pm
Venue: Singapore Conference Hall, Zhong Foyer
Admission to the exhibition is free.
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