Ding Yi Chinese Chamber Music Festival 2022

Ding Yi Chinese Chamber Music Festival is organised by Ding Yi Music Company in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay from 15 to 17 December 2022 at the Esplanade Recital Studio. In its 5th edition, the festival will present the best of Chinese chamber music through a series of concerts, workshop and for the first time, a symposium will be livestreamed to reach out to an international audience.

Ding Yi Music Company and various ensembles including the well-established TroVessional from Hong Kong will come together in a combined finale concert to offer an inspiring weekend of Chinese chamber music for everyone.

Led by festival director and Principal Guest Conductor Quek Ling Kiong, this hybrid festival features a dazzling line-up of renowned speakers, experts and musicians, from Singapore and overseas. They include Cantonese music master Yu Qi Wei (Hong Kong), Composer Gu Guan Ren (China), Professor Tan Long Jian (China) and Erhu Virtuoso Dr Ling Hock Siang (Singapore).

The festival is a platform for Chinese chamber music practitioners to exchange their knowledge, network and together advocate for Chinese chamber music and its role in Chinese arts and culture scene. We hope the festival will provide a special musical encounter for our audience, and through this foster a greater appreciation of this genre of music.