On 7th and 8th August 2018 at the Esplanade Recital Studio, Kris Foundation presented Allure: A Piano Recital, a mini piano festival showcasing evocative masterpieces and featuring two of Southeast Asia’s top young pianists - Singaporean Ning Hui See and Malaysian Elaine Yap Sin Yee.
Allure: A Piano Recital was a celebration of the femininity, presence and power of women in our lives. As a female philanthropist in Asia, Kris is grateful to her husband and children for their continuous support in her pursuit of her love for classical music. As her only daughter, Kang Ning, matures, Kris wished to present a recital of young female musicians and featuring female composers.”
Ning Hui See is a pianist recognised for her "refined touch, voluminous sound and an all-rounded musical personality" (The Straits Times). Born in 1996 in Singapore, she has been based in London since 2012, giving recitals at the Steinway Hall, Regent Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St James' Piccadilly, the Old Royal Naval College, the Austrian Cultural Forum, Victoria & Albert Museum and Leighton House Museum. Elsewhere in the UK, she has appeared at the Pallant House Gallery, The Venue at the Leeds College of Music, the Wells Cathedral School and the Yehudi Menuhin School. Additional concerts have brought her to Padua and Venice in Italy, the Steinway Gallery in Manila and the Harris Hall at Aspen, Colorado. She performed the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto in Padua and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Danube Orchestra in Budapest. Over the years, her homecoming concerts at the Esplanade Recital Studio in Singapore have been lauded for her passion, her sound and her mastery of various styles. Ning Hui's performances have been featured on BBC Four, BBC Radio 3 and Symphony 92.4FM.
Sin Yee Yap is making headlines as a sensational young pianist in her home, Malaysia. She is the top prize winner at the 5th Thailand International Piano Competition 2018, Singapore National Piano and Violin Competition (Artist Category) in 2013, and the 1st Thailand International Mozart Piano Competition in 2011. Sin Yee graduated from New England Conservatory for Master of Music degree, studied with Mr. Meng-Chieh Liu. She also completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore with full scholarship, under tutelage of Mr. Albert Tiu. She also graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
See Ning Hui, piano
Elaine Yap Sin Yee, piano
7th August 2018 (See Ning Hui) | Programme:
F. Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
D. Scarlatti: Sonata in E-flat major, K. 474
D. Scarlatti: Sonata in B-flat major, K. 551
C. Wieck-Schumann: Sonata in G minor
Unsuk Chin [b. 1961]: Piano Etude No. 6 ‘Grains’ (2000)
Thomas Adès [b. 1971]: Darknesse Visible (1992)
Robert Schumann: Sonata No. 2 in G minor
8th August 2018 (Elaine Yap Sin Yee) | Programme:
C. Debussy: Etude No. 11, “Pour les arpèges composés”
L. Beethoven: Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
R. Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
A. Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 5, Op. 53
Highlights from Allure: A Piano Recital:
See Ning Hui, piano [ www.ninghuisee.com ]
Elaine Yap Sin Yee, piano
