The critically acclaimed Singapore Symphony Orchestra will make their Australian debut in February 2025.
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director and renowned Austrian conductor, Hans Graf, will visit three cities along the east coast next year. Tickets will go on sale to the public June 28, 10am.
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
- Feb 12 – Sydney Opera House, Sydney
- Feb 14 – Hamer Hall, Arts Centre, Melbourne
- Feb 16 – Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane
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The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) have earned an international reputation for their virtuosity, having garnered sterling reviews for its overseas tours and more than 50 recordings. The SSO was awarded third place in the prestigious Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award 2021 and named one of the 23 best orchestras in the world by BBC Music Magazine in 2022.
Mr Kenneth Kwok, Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Symphony Group, says the concerts will be a highlight of the 2024/2025 season, marking the Orchestra’s first international multi-city tour since 2016.
“We are thrilled to be making our Australia debut in 2025 and showcasing the incredible virtuosity of the SSO alongside award-winning 17-year-old Singaporean violin virtuoso Chloe Chua and Sydney-born Principal Cellist, Ng Pei-Sian,” says Kwok.
Music director Hans Graf says “The orchestra and I are looking forward with great excitement to our debut tour in Australia.”
“The program epitomises our commitment to bridging the musical traditions of East and West and we are proud to present a beautiful piece from Singaporean composer Koh Cheng Jin along with works from European masters Brahms and Tchaikovsky.”
Along with Brahms’ final orchestral work, the 1887 Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (in A minor, Op. 102), the concerts will feature the award-winning Luciola Singapura by Singaporean composer Koh Cheng Jin, a shimmering evocation of the Singapore firefly; and Tchaikovsky’s tremendous Fifth Symphony (E minor, Op. 64), a towering masterpiece with its heart fully on its sleeve.
Tickets to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra go on sale June 28 at 10am. Sign up to the presale waiting list here.
