A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first and second violin players, the viola, the cello, and usually, but not always, the double bass.
Jing'an Temple is a Buddhist temple on the West Nanjing Road in Shanghai. Jing'an District, where it is located, is named after the temple.
Seah Eu Chin was an immigrant from South China to Singapore, later becoming a successful merchant and leader in the Overseas Chinese community.
The T'ang String Quartet (唐四重奏) is a Singapore-based classical string quartet that has played to critical acclaim.
Chen Yi is a Chinese violinist and composer of contemporary classical music. She was the first Chinese woman to receive a Master of Arts (M.A.) in music composition from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Chen was a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her composition Si Ji, and has received awards from the Koussevistky Music Foundation and American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2010, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The New School and in 2012, she was awarded the Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association.
Lan Shui is a Chinese-American conductor. He is currently retired as the Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. He retired on January 26 2019 and was given the title of Conductor Laureate by chairman of the SSO Mr Goh Yew Lin.
Symphonisches Orchester Zürich (S-O-Z) is a symphony orchestra made of up 72 professional freelance musicians, based in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded in 1981 by its current music director, Daniel Schweizer. S-O-Z performs approximately thirty-five concerts per year, with the Tonhalle as its resident concert hall. Among the soloist the orchestra has performed with are Brigitte Farner, Michiko Tsuda, Nina Karmon, Lynnette Seah, Ulrich Meldau, Raffael Gintoli, Oswaldo Souza and Michael Erni. The orchestra has toured Singapore, Germany, Italy, China and Spain.
Örebro Chamber Orchestra is the string section of the Scandinavia's only full-time professional chamber orchestra, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. The Swedish Chamber Orchestra, which was formed in 1995, is a result of merging the Örebro Chamber Orchestra and the Örebro Wind Ensemble. The home of the orchestra is the Örebro Konserthus. The Örebro Chamber Orchestra has played with soloists around the world, which include Kerstin Svensson, Mats Widlund, Lynnette Seah, Mårten Larsson, and Marie Eriksson, just to name a few.
Bernard Tan Tiong Gie was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, the University of Singapore and Oxford University. He is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK), Fellow of the Institute of Physics (U.K), Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Singapore, and Fellow of Trinity College of Music, London.
Goh Soon Tioe is known in Singapore musical history as a key player in the development of classical music for the post-war Singapore. He is also the father of Singaporean violinist-conductor Vivien Goh.
The Violin Concerto is a composition for violin and orchestra by the composer Bernard Tan. It was commissioned by the Singaporean violinist Lynnette Seah and was premiered on 7 January 2006 by Seah and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lan Shui. The soloist received the score only two months before the premiere.
David Blake is an English composer and founder member of the Department of Music at the University of York.
Jade Seah is a Singaporean model, host and actress.
Lim Soon Lee is a Singaporean conductor and violist.
Tan Keong Saik was a Singaporean businessman who contributed much to the social and intellectual life of the Chinese community at the turn of the 19th century. He was one of the men who contributed to the setting up of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in 1906. An advocate of education and equality of rights for women, he was also one of the first members of the Po Leung Kuk, an association looking after the interest of teenage girls and women, in Singapore.
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme was launched in 1999 by Adam Gatehouse as part of the BBC's commitment to young musical talent. Each autumn six or seven young artists at the beginning of careers on the national and international music scenes join the scheme for a two-year period. Since 2006 a jazz artist has also been invited every other year. The artists are given performance opportunities, including Radio 3 studio recordings, appearances and recordings with the BBC Orchestras and appearances at several music festivals, including the Cheltenham International Festival and the BBC Proms. They also regularly appear at the Edinburgh Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, East Neuk Festival, Gregynog Festival, Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music and the York Early Music Festival. Artists also appear at London's Wigmore Hall in the Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert series, as well as at The Sage Gateshead and other UK concert venues UK.
The Fred Sherry String Quartet is an American classical string quartet.
Yang Jing is a composer and Pipa soloist. She works in Switzerland since 2000.
Jing Yang is a Chinese violist, violinist, and five-string violinist.
