32ND SINGAPORE
INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL
2-5 July 2026
Under the visionary curation of new Artistic Director Albert Tiu, the Singapore International Piano Festival receives a new lease of life. The overriding theme of this year’s festival is the pianist as composer, transcriber and improviser. These disparate qualities of a piano virtuoso have long been forgotten, as one needs to go far back into history to encounter personalities like Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Ferruccio Busoni, Sergei Rachmaninov and Percy Grainger to realise what modern day performers have lost.
Yes, we do have pianists like Marc-Andre Hamelin, Stephen Hough and Gabriela Montero with us, but Albert Tiu has unearthed six pianists (including two Singaporeans) who live with this ethos, a throwback to the “Golden Age of piano playing”. Four full-length recitals at Victoria Concert Hall and two late night recitals at the Play Den of The Arts House beckon, a chance to listen to repertoire spanning the baroque to modern day, and illuminating piano-playing with new ears.
Here are the recitals and some highlights
Thursday 2 June 2026, 7.30 pm
Emigres and Friends
CONRAD TAO
includes original compositions, Ravel Sonatine, Schoenberg Klavierstucke Op.33, Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Thursday 2 June 2026, 10 pm
Echoes and Refractions
CHUREN LI
includes original compositions, Ravel Ondine & Mendelssohn-Liszt On Wings of Song
Friday 3 June 2026, 7.30 pm
Dreams and Nightmares
HYUNG-KI JOO
includes original compositions, Ravel Gaspard de la nuit & La Valse, J.S.Bach Partita No.1
Friday 3 June 2026, 10 pm
Restless Natures
JONATHAN SHIN
includes original compositions, Mozart Fantasy in D minor, Lili Boulanger Deux Morceaux
Sunday 5 June 2026, 3pm
Music and Magic
SEAN CHEN
includes original compositions, Rameau Gavotte, Dukas-Chen The Sorceror’s Apprentice, Liszt Italie from Annees de pelerinage
Sunday 5 June 2026, 7.30 pm
Structure and Spontaneity
JON KIMURA PARKER
includes original compositions, Mozart Sonata K.311, Beethoven Appassionata Sonata, Ravel Jeux d’eau, John Adams China Gates
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