Arts
Yip Yew Chong’s “I Paint my Singapore”
Yip Yew Chong’s masterpiece “I Paint my Singapore” captures scenes of everyday life in Singapore in the 1970s and 80s. Find out how the visual artist ensured historical accuracy in this 60-metre-long work.
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86-year-old Professor Yu Chun Yee Plays Chopin’s Nocturne on NLB’s Heritage Piano
Professor Yu Chun Yee previously taught at the Royal College of Music in London. At age 18, he won the prestigious Singapore Musical Society’s pianoforte competition in 1955 judged by Julius Katchen. Here, Yu plays on the recently refurbished Chappell grand once used by international pianists at the Victoria Memorial Hall. A cheaper replacement for the Memorial Hall’s old Steinway grand, the piano has a chequered history and was widely criticised for its tone. It is now a public piano at the National Library Building.
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How did a concert grand piano of the Victoria Memorial Hall end up as a public piano in the National Library?
The concert grand piano at the National Library Building once graced the stage of the Victoria Memorial Hall, though it was once criticised by many international pianists for its abysmal tone. Find out how it came to replace the original Steinway at the Memorial Hall, and how it ended up with such a reputation.
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An Interview with Rachel Heng, Author of The Great Reclamation
The Great Reclamation is a work of historical fiction set in Singapore that has received rave reviews from the New Yorker and the New York Times. A coming-of-age love story, the novel took Singaporean author Rachel Heng five years of research into topics such as land reclamation, the Japanese occupation, and postwar politics in Singapore. We speak to her about her book, her research process, and the challenges of writing historical fiction.
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