Start Sales Date

Public Sale:
Internet, Mobile, Hotline & Authorised Agents:
13 Jun 2022, 2pm

Duration
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes
(with 15 minutes Intermission)

Rating / Age Limit

• Rating: General
• No admission for infants in arms and children below 6 years old
• Children 6 years and above must purchase concession ticket for entry
• Admission is subject to tickets produced at the entrance

Late Seating Advisory

• You are strongly advised to be seated 15 minutes before the performance start time
• No admission will be allowed into the venue once the performance has commenced
• Exceptions may be made at Esplanade's discretion depending on the nature of the performance

Photography / Video Recording Rules

• Flash Photography, Video recording or Audio recording is not allowed for this event

From The Straits Times, April 25, 2022:
The quartet's new incarnation made its debut with contrasting string quartets by Joseph Haydn and Alexander Borodin to no less fanfare.
For Haydn's Quartet in D minor (Op.76 No.2) ... the foursome were a model of decorum and discipline. Their tightly-knit ensemble work raised genuine tension in the fast outer movements, but never at the expense of clarity or warmth.

In Borodin's familiar Second String Quartet (well-known because the Broadway musical Kismet borrowed its melodies), there was more room to luxuriate.
By playing its third movement's radiant Notturno straight and without gilding the edges, the quartet amply brought out its sheer beauty.

Judging by the cheers and long line for autographs, some things for the rebooted T'ang Quartet have not changed.

The T’ang Quartet
Formed in 1992 with the unanimity of purpose to spread the joy of classical music to a bigger audience, the T’ang Quartet, Singapore’s pre-eminent string ensemble, has won various international awards and performed to critical acclaim all over the world.

Founding Member
Ng Yu-Ying
first violin
He embarked on his professional career as a violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra after graduating from the Royal Academy of Music (UK) with first-class honours. During his undergraduate days, he studied with Clarence Myerscough and Erich Gruenberg.

Yu-Ying was awarded the Alex Templeton Prize, Roth Prize and Dominion Fellowship. Aside from chamber music performances, his collaborations with violist Jiri Heger have brought him to the Czech Republic, where he performed in concerts and live television programmes.

Founding Member
Ang Chek Meng
second violin
Chek has performed with the Quartet at major venues in Asia and beyond, including the Aspen Music Festival, Tanglewood Festival, Music Mountain Chamber Series, Melbourne Festival and New Zealand Arts Festival.

Winner of the Singapore National Music Competition (1985, 1987), he received a Singapore Symphony Orchestra Scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He trained under Jean Harvey, Erich Gruenberg and members of the Amadeus Quartet. Graduating with honours, Chek was awarded the Countess of Munster Trust Scholarship. Chek joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in 1991.

New Member
Wang Zihao
cello
Zihao started his career as a cellist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. He joined the T’ang Quartet in 2021. In 2011, he entered the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music to study with world renowned cellist Qin Li-Wei, winning the first prize of the concerto competition. With many concerts and solo performances in Europe, Singapore and China, Zihao has performed in concert halls such as Philharmonie Berlin, Frauenkirche Dresden and Esplanade.

Zihao learned to play the cello at four with Professor Liu Zhengtan, and later with Professor Chen Yuan and Professor Na Mula at the middle school of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing. During his time at the Central Conservatory, Zihao was the Principal Cellist of the China’s Youth Symphony Orchestra.

New Member
Han Oh
viola
A highly sought-after musician in the local and international theater music arena, Han has performed musical theatre productions such as “December Rains”, “Into the Woods”, “Spring Awakening” and “La Cage aux Folles”.

An accomplished concert artiste, chamber musician and conductor, he also established himself as one of the leading pedagogues for violin and viola performance in Singapore. He has groomed students who have been accepted into top music schools around the world such as Indiana University, Boston University and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.