Friday 11 July 2008

Behind the scenes at the Singapore International Piano Festival 2008

A friendly pre-Festival dinner at Esplanade's No Signboard Restaurant.


Pre-Concert talk: Dr Robert Casteels ponders,
"Why was Johann Sebastian Bach great?"



PianoFest's resident piano technician Walter Haass is a wizard at the keyboard.



Jenö Jandó and his "twin", piano technician Walter Haass.


Dr Lee Pei Ming from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory
demonstrating the music of Bach on a harpsichord.


The Micallef-Inanga duo receiving applause
after an incredible 2-piano recital.


Kim Sunghoon and his legion of young Korean fans.



Dr John Sharpley speaks about Frederic Rzewski's iconic masterpiece
The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Christopher Taylor meets with local composers
John Sharpley and Tan Chan Boon

Young Virtuoso Sandi Koh and her family. Her hubby Kengcher is on the extreme left.

Konstantin Scherbakov after performing Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

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