A glimpse behind the scenes during a rehearsal 

I was invited to visit one of their rehearsals, I caught a glimpse of this cross-cultural musical journey performance. The fusion of Nanyin and Korean traditional music, combined with Chinese and Western instruments, the first of its kind. Therefore, there is no precedent for them to base on or even learn from.

Personally for me, it was a captivating, invoking and immersive musical journey, and I believe for those attending/planning to attend this concert at Esplanade on Friday 3rd November 2023 at 8pm, they can and they will experience all these emotions, thoughts and feelings for themselves. I do believe both groups of performers from Singapore and Korea would have already experience them too, and we can watch it from their grand finale performance. 

Although I was only there for one rehearsal session, I can see and feel the amount of passion, hard work, time and commitment put in by all the performing artists. Beyond the rehearsal, lies a cross-cultural exchange of music, arts, history, heritage, culture and long lasting friendship and bonds.  

Come onboard this traditional Nanyin and Korean cross-cultural musical journey!

You would be brought into an amazing world of traditional music from Nanyin and Korea, a journey to understand and experience traditional history, heritage, cultures and beauty, hidden somewhere along your exploration, waiting for you to unlock and discover in this captivating cross-cultural musical journey. 

On Friday 3rd November 2023 at the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, I eagerly look forward to go on my cross-cultural musical journey at The Origins Cipher – The Unbreakable Lock of Harmonious Fundamentals.

The Origins Cipher – The Unbreakable Lock of Harmonious Fundamentals

Presented by Siong Leng Musical Association

In Collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

(Singapore, Korea)

Supported by The National Arts Council and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Republic of Korea.

Date: Friday 3rd November 2023 

Time: 8pm

Performance duration: 1hr 15mins (Intermission: None)

Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall

Tickets: Purchase it here: https://securetix.esplanade.com/esp/booking/cipher1123 

For more information, you can find out more here on: https://www.esplanade.com/whats-on/2023/the-origins-cipher-the-unbreakable-lock-of-harmonious-fundamentals#synopsis 

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As you watched and immersed yourself into the heart, mind and soul of this immigrant in Singapore (going back in time to a much earlier generation) who came to Nanyang for a better life and married a local Malay woman. As his business flourished, he also had a good loving and happy family, a comfortable life. However, he still think about his family in his hometown.

In order to cheer him up, his grandchildren, came up with something special for their grandfather, a harmonious and special fusion of two polar genres, Nanyin and music of today’s era.

This family and love story, Memoirs of Nanyang, presented to you through this remarkable perfomance, a combination of 2,000 year old Nanyin music, meeting Malay music and Mandarin pop music, that would impress and amaze you on how different cultures and music are able to combine together, producing such an amazing musical performance, celebrating the spirit and essence of family, love, bonding and multiculturalism.

Be touched, be mesmerised, be awed, by Memoirs of Nanyang.

Memoirs of Nanyang (情锁南洋)

Date: Saturday 25^th May 2019

Time: 2.30pm – 3.30pm

Venue: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Auditorium

Ticket Pricing: S$38 , S$28 (excludes booking fee)

Tickets: https://www.sistic.com.sg/events/csccce2019

Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

Website: https://www.singaporeccc.org.sg

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/singaporechineseculturalcentre

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singaporechineseculturalcentre/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAyGrbeMegLonj-e3dI_Rtg

Siong Leng Musical Association

Website: http://www.siongleng.com

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SiongLengMusicalAssociation/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siongleng.sg/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeB6bb5Z6WV-rf4szH4PYdw

I would like to thank Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre and Siong Leng Musical Association for the invitation to a preview of Memoirs of Nanyang – A Nanyin Musical.

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