Heh. Using my blog here to announce that I have an upcoming recital.
The last time I had a recital in Singapore was about 6 years ago! By the way, I am already back about 8 years from the US. That is more than the years I am away thus I can say I have already adjusted back to the Singapore way of living!
Anyway, imagine not being very involved in the performing arts scene, not attending concerts regularly then now I am going to perform in front of a public at the Esplanade again. Hmm. Yah. Eh. Kind of weird right. Well, it is a given opportunity and not everyone has such opportunity. I always thought that involving in recital was something my pastor dislike me doing until recently where I found out that maybe I have misunderstood him. So all these years I was not active at all in the performing arts scene. Hai. Actually, you have to meet the right people and right contacts and have right opportunities to have all these exposure to perform, etc.
Anyway, time is running out and I only have about 2 months to go!!! I am quite anxious about it. In fact, talking about the recital to anyone now just makes me nervous. Somehow, this is quite a different recital! It is a chamber recital. I am not playing solo. I will be playing with 3 other people in a group together. I don’t know if you know the history of piano is closely knitted with the development of the arts, architecture and culture. Anyone who wants to learn the piano has to learn classical music as that is how the instrument developed till today. In simple words, the technique of playing the piano can only be learnt from learning classical music as the masters of classical music are all classical musicians. If you are wondering why I say all these… my point to make here is I am going to perform some classical music by the famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, well, to be exact, one of his piano quartet – an instrumental work that involves 4 instruments – the piano, violin, viola and the cello. And this is the first time I play with such a group, in such a group.
Imagine a singer singing with the piano accompanying. Now, you have 3 instruments going along with the piano. Oh no! First of all, I have no experience in this. Second of all, I have only 2 more months. Well, the good thing is I don’t have to play from memory (for your information, there is this famous pianist/composer called Liszt who started playing from memory and people followed him thereafter). I wonder if I can get someone to help me turn pages (a page turner – someone who turns the pages for the player… my hands will be busy playing the piano). Eeeks. Maybe there is… I need an advanced piano player who can follow scores well and not just any person who can read music roughly.
Well, have this flyer here just for publicity.
Supporters are welcome. Ha!
All the best!! I also have some things in mind for your great path ahead. Will tell you one of these days.
Thanks! Oooh what’s in store for me? Curious…