The Singapore Sun Festival is an annual music and life-style festival that runs over ten days and takes place in multiple venues across Singapore. [1] The festival encompasses music, visual art, wine, cuisine, film, literature and wellness
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state in Southeast Asia. It lies one degree north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets. Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23%. The country is known for its transition from a developing to a developed one in a single generation under the leadership of its founder Lee Kuan Yew.
Founded in 2007, it follows in the footsteps of the Tuscan Sun Festival, founded in 2003 by Barrett Wissman, cellist Nina Kotova and writer Frances Mayes. In the years since its foundation, it has featured performers from around the world, including Joan Chen, Geoffrey Rush, Elvis Costello, Al Jarreau, Deepak Chopra and more.
The Tuscan Sun Festival is an annual music and lifestyle festival in Florence, the capital of Tuscany in Italy. The Independent called the festival “One of the Ten Best Summer Arts Festivals in Europe”.
Nina Kotova is a Russian American cellist. As well as being a versatile artist she performs both as a soloist with major orchestras and as a chamber musician around the world.
Frances Mayes is an American university professor, poet, memoirist, essayist, and novelist.
onedotzero is a contemporary digital arts organisation based in London, that aims to promote new work in moving image and motion arts, through public events, artist and content development, publishing projects, education, production, creative direction, and related consultancy services. It holds international events, including the onedotzero festival first held in 1997. onedotzero is supported by the Arts Council of England. It runs a free open submission scheme and receive around 2,000 entries from all over the world each year. The group curates, commissions, produces, and presents new moving image works that also include music, architecture, design, film, interaction design, computer gaming and live audio visual explorations.
Craig James Melville is an Australian television comedy director. He is best known for his collaborations with comedians John Safran, Lawrence Leung and The Chaser.
Amanda Palmer is an Australian-English global media and film executive and international journalist, whose 18-year-career in film and media entertainment, content creation and entertainment platforms has spanned Australia, Britain, United States and the Middle East.
Kadhalil Vizhunthen is a 2008 Indian Tamil romantic thriller film written and directed by P. V. Prasath starring Nakul and Sunaina. The film has music by Vijay Antony, cinematography by S.D. Vijay Milton and editing by V. T. Vijayan. The shooting for the film started in August 2007 and the film was released in September 2008.
Dong-Ill Shin won first prize in the national competition for piano sponsored by the Korean Times at the age of ten. When he was eleven he made his debut with the Pusan Philharmonic Orchestra playing Mozart's Concerto in d minor No. 20. Attracted by J.S. Bach's Music and the orchestra-like colors produced by the organ, he began his studies with Dr. Sun-woo Cho at the age of 14. Later at Yonsei University in Seoul he studied with Dr. Tong-soon Kwak and completed his Bachelor of Music degree in 1997. He then studied in France with Jean Boyer and received the Diplome Nationale Superieur de Musique from the Conservatoire Nationale Superieur de Musique de Lyon in Organ, Harmony, Fugue, Analysis, Improvisation & Basso-Continuo. His dissertation at the Conservatoire was on the study of Tabulatura Nava by Samuel Scheidt which focused on J.P. Sweelinck's influences. His studies continued with Olivier Latry and Michel Bouvard at the Conservatoire Nationale Superieur de Musique de Paris in the prestigious Cycle de Perfectionnement program, which is the highest program in the French National Conservatory system. He also undertook private studies with Mme. Marie-Claire Alain for Organ and Mme. Françoise Marmim for Harpsichord. During his years of study in France he won several scholarships including awards from the Darazzi Foundation, the Meyer Foundation and Mécèn de Société Générale. In 2004 he completed his Artist Diploma at The Boston Conservatory on a full scholarship studying with James David Christie.
Siva Chandran is a Singaporean Film Editor who edited the Singapore feature Film Titled "My Magic" (Tamil). It was the 1st Singapore film to be nominated for the prestigious Palme D'Or, the top award for film in Cannes. The movie has been also selected as the Singapore's official entry for the Oscars 2009.
Harish Saluja is a filmmaker and artist residing in Pittsburgh, United States. He was the founder and executive director of the Silk Screen Asian Arts and Cultural Organization and the host of the Music from India radio program. He is working on his next feature film and creating art for upcoming gallery shows.
Paul Yates A.K.A. Paul Francis Sanchez Yates is a Hispanic-American filmmaker, artist, and musician.
Doble Filo is a Cuban hip-hop band formed in 1995 and composed of Yrak Saenz and Edgaro Gonzalez. The band, which is often compared to Dilated Peoples and The Amorphous, won the Alamar rap Festival's Grand Prize in 1996.
Samantha Stollenwerck is an American singer-songwriter. She has recorded 4 full-length albums, “Square One,” “Carefree,” "Lights Down & Unreleased" and "Traveler's Songbook" and also released a 4-song EP entitled, “Summerlove”. "Carefree" was released on November 10, 2009 on indie label Dusty Peach Records. "Traveler's Songbook" was released on November 25, 2014.
Matthew Lessner is an award-winning artist and independent filmmaker.
Ben Lovett is a current American recording artist, film composer, songwriter and producer from Georgia. Lovett is the founder of record label, Lovers Label. His non-film compositions are released under the names LOVETT and Lovers & Friends.
GlassDuo was founded by Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec. They are the only glass harp music group in Poland, one of few professional ensembles worldwide.
Luke Seomore is an award-winning English film director, and musician, part of a critically acclaimed filmmaking duo working alongside English director Joseph Bull. Their work includes music videos, Feature films, television and art installations. They write and direct their films together, while Seomore composes original soundtracks. Their debut feature Blood Cells premiered at 71st Venice International Film Festival in 2014
Royal Flush is an American humor magazine founded by editor Josh Bernstein of The #Number Foundation in 1997. The magazine started out as an outlet for pop artists and creative directors of other magazines. The New York City art scene has been publishing their collected works in Royal Flush for years. The magazine offers satire on many aspects of life and popular culture, rock music, and public figures.
Objectifs is an independent non-profit gallery and educational space in Singapore that is committed to advancing the practice and appreciation of film and photography. Its mission is to build a community of image-makers and visual storytellers, creating and sharing artistic works that foster dialogue around local and international issues.
Ethan Hart Minsker is an American writer, filmmaker, artist, fanzine publisher and founding member of the Antagonist Movement. His work has received a feature in the French-edition of Vice magazine.
R. Malcolm Jones is an American music video and motion picture director. Jones is a graduate of the University of Miami. While a student at the University, Jones was granted the Eastman Kodak Scholarship. He is its youngest recipient. Jones also received a Merit Scholarship.
Hicham Bensassi, better known by his stage name Ben River, is a British singer, songwriter, poet, composer and music producer whose work includes music on the satirical BBC animated series Monkey Dust in 2003, remixes including Howard Marks and The Mystery School Ensemble in 2005, also most recently a collaboration with playwright, publisher and spoken word artist Lee Harris released on Genepool/Universal Music Group in 2009 the album Angel Headed Hip Hop.
Antarctica: A Year on Ice is the first feature film by New Zealand filmmaker Anthony B. Powell. This documentary is set in Antarctica, specifically in the Ross Island region, which is home to two research bases: United States' McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base.