EVERYBODY LOVES A SOIREE!
PART 2
Now that the Covid pandemic is in its endemic phase, socialised folk used to partying are back to gathering and enjoying each others’ company. Musical performance had been a victim of social distancing laws, but that’s history now since concert activity has resumed normality and business as usual. The same could be said of soirees, when not too long ago, people could be prosecuted for just meeting for a makan.
The latest soiree was hosted by a welcoming and generous family in the central district to celebrate the young piano talent that is 18-year-old Pung Rae-Yue, now pursuing undergraduate musical studies at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio. In August, she will be taking part at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition, and this evening, she had a ready audience to cheer her on.
In the programme that included the music of Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, Medtner and Kapustin, she wowed her listeners with her musicianship and virtuosity. But she wasn’t the only piano player in this crowd...
Below are some candid (and not so candid) photos from the memorable soiree, where everyone present was treated to great food, great music, and great company!
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| The Changs, Wangs, Lims & Tans meet to makan. |
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| The makan before the music (apologies to Beverly Hiong) |
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| The younger but not lesser table: Estelle Goh, Karen Wong (her mentor), Rae Pung, Christine Gan (her mom) & Julia Wang. |
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| The music begins when Rae performs Haydn's Sonata No.52 in E flat major, followed by Ravel's Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit). |
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| Look who's listening? Singapore International Piano Festival director Lim Yan and his wife Jia Huei enjoying the music. This time its Beethoven's Sonata Op.31 No.1. |
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| Now's the turn of Estelle Goh, recent 1st prizewinner at the Steinway Youth Piano Competition, performing Henselt & Granados. |
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| Applause all round for the piano starlets. |
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| Not so piano starlets: Lim Yan & PianoManiac try out Grieg's Morning Mood (Peer Gynt) |
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| It's now Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt) with Rae & PianoManiac. |
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| Piano 6 hands as Rae, Estelle & Lim Yan play Rachmaninov's Romance, and Yan gets the big tune! |
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| And there's also a Waltz for 6 hands too! |
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| Its back to Rae with her Ettlingen programme: Chopin's Ballade No.4 & Etude Op.10 No.4 |
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| Its Bach's Prelude & Fugue in F sharp major (WTC Book 1), before closing with Kapustin's rip-roaring Etude Op.40 No.1. |
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| Rae and Estelle get an autographed CD recording of Leon McCawley performing Haydn and Schubert (on Somm Records). |
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| One final group photo till we meet again! |
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