People Watching at the LEEDS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 2018 in SINGAPORE

Official programme for the
First Round of The Leeds

The roster of 11 pianists
performing in Singapore.

A segment of the audience attending the piano competition.
The indefatigable Mr Chua (who attends every concert
there is to attend in Singapore) sits near the front.

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory's
ever-busy piano technician Eddie Ho at work.
The Steinway grand piano sounded
wonderful throughout. 

Kseniia Vokhmianina with her
long-time teacher at NAFA, Boris Kraljevic 

Yoh Hao Zi plays big sister to
the 5-year-old daughter of
Nicholas Ong & Kim Bo Kyung.

Clarence Lee with his last teacher
at YST Conservatory, Albert Tiu.

Clarence Lee with his teacher from childhood,
Winnie Tay (right) with Angelena Aw.

Clarence Lee meets with his young fans.

Without them, there would be no functional pianos:
Eddie Ho with Thomas Hubsch, who is on
the Leeds competition piano jury.

Meeting two giants of the piano,
jury members Noriko Ogawa and Ilana Vered.
In 1981, Vered played Brahms' Piano Concerto No.2
with the SSO, my first ever "live" experience of the work.
Noriko Ogawa as also one of the first pianists I
interviewed as Editor of the SSO newsletter,
and performed at the Singapore International
Piano Festival when I was Artistic Director.