SINGAPOREAN MUSICIANS IN THE NEWS

Singaporean musicians have gotten in the news again. And it's all good news. In the June 2024 edition of BBC Music Magazine, there have been two marvelous reviews of Singaporean musicians at work. 

First off, violinist Alan Choo, founder-leader of Red Dot Baroque, has received the maximum 5 stars (Performance and Sound) for his wonderful recording of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's Mystery Sonatas with the Cleveland early music group Apollo's Fire on the Avie label. You can find the review reproduced here:

You can buy it / download here:

Biber: The Rosary Sonatas - Avie: AV2656 - 2 CDs or download | Presto Music

Next, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and four soloists led by Hans Graf was praised for its premiere recording of Josef Kozlowski's long lost Requiem on the Pentatone label. Here, they received 4 stars for performance and 3 stars for sound.

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Józef Kozłowski: Requiem - Pentatone: PTC5187125 - CD or download | Presto Music

This is yet another encouraging sign that music-making by professional Singapore musicians and those in Singapore are heading in the right direction. Musical excellence is universal and it is no surprise that the best Singapore offers can take its rightful place in the world's classical musical market.