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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