On 2nd August 2014 at the Esplanade Recital Studio, Kris Foundation presented Trails of Creativity, featuring Singaporean pianist Thomas Ang. Our founder Kris met Thomas while he was an accompanist at a voice recital in Singapore. Immediately attracted to his sense of musicianship as well as the ease in which he worked with people, she immediately invited him to perform with Kris Foundation. We continue to be impressed by his depth of expression and breadth of musical knowledge.
Thomas Ang graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, London and has won prizes for his performances of Beethoven, Frederick Delius, Arthur Bliss and the contemporary piano repertoire. He is a specialist in the music of Nikolai Kapustin and performs as part of several contemporary-music ensembles, including playing John Cage at the Purcell Room in 2013 and two programmes of Boulez’s music at the 2015 Aldeburgh Music Festival. Thomas also advocates for the performance and proliferation of music by female composers and maintains a strong interest in unusual repertoire of the late Romantic, as well as mid-20th-century British music.
Thomas Ang, piano
Programme:
J. Brahms: Variations on a theme of Schumann Op. 9
Leopold Godowsky: Pasacaglia on a theme from Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
Karg-Elert: Hexameron, Op. 97
Hans Gal: 3 Little Pieces, Op. 65
N. Kapustin: Andante Op. 58
Richard Strauss: Allerseelen
