Whether it is playing a four-note warm-up exercise, demonstrating a phrase, or playing a concerto, cellist Natalie Clein plays every note with an infectious passion. She cares so much about her music that she would rather use her free time to warm up and practise than have dinner(!!!). Squeezing in…
Young cellist Lau Yun Xi is one to look out for. At 15, she is one of the best cellists in the SNYO, and she was one of three cellists selected to fly to London for a week to be mentored under British award-winning cellist Natalie Clein. In the…
Apologies for the long hiatus, there have been a few log-in and password issues, but everything’s back and running – and just in time too, for the upcoming LANXESS-SNYO concert happening at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Thursday evening. As a lead-up to the concert, Plink, Plonk, Plunk gets in…
With the sponsorship of LANXESS, young musicians from the Singapore National Youth Orchestra have benefitted from the wealth of experience and mentorship of world-famous musicians. Some of them have even taken masterclasses and gone on overseas study trips. As the orchestra took the audience on a musical journey from the…