One of the prestige high society events of the year, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Ball, was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Ritz Carlton on Saturday evening 16 May 2026. I was a guest of musical philanthropist and music lover Kris Tan, and was seated among the most musically gifted of the land. To enjoy an evening of Viennese gemutlichkeit, with an Austrian menu and Johann Strauss music performed by the SSO and its Austrian music director Hans Graf. It is not often the MD of SSO gets to conduct at the fundraising gala dinner, and all who attended had that privilege.
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| Look, Two-Set Violin were invited too! |
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| Who just escaped from the set of Amadeus? |
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Mugging with the rich, famous and gifted.
With Choo Chiau Beng, Prof & Mrs Bernard Tan
and YST Head of Winds Eric Lamb |
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Former SSO Co-Leader Lynnette Seah
and her elder son Maurice. |
Enough of babble, here are the photos of food, music, dance and hobnobbing with the celebrities.
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Two Zhangs,
SSO Principal violist Zhang Manchin
and Zaobao journo Zhang Heyang |
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I was fortunate to be seated with
concert pianist and musical scholar See Ning Hui |
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SSO Chairman Goh Yew Lin
gives the State of the Orchestra address |
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Host with the most, Kris Tan and her
daughter Lim Kang Ning get acknowledged |
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| That tasted better than it looked |
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| SSO musicians preparing to go on stage |
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| The musical menu |
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And the waltzing begins, with SSO CEO
Kenneth Kwok and Anna Graf leading the way |
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| Kris Tan takes on Brett of Two-Set Violin |
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To close, the encore of Perpetuum Mobile,
und so weiter... |
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More hobnobbing, with DBS CEO Tan Su Shan
and her mother Mrs Rosie Tan (Auntie Rosie) |
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Violinist David Loke, Heyang
and Ding Yi conductor Dedric Wong |
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SSO Artistic Planning chief Christopher Cheong,
SAF Central Band Director Ignatius Wang
and SSO Dy. CEO Kok Tse Wei |
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Three-Set Zhang
(Zhang, Cheong & Chang) |
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