Touch 2022
NUS Piano Ensemble
Thu 24 March / 7:30pm / Esplanade Recital Studio
General: $25 / Students: $15 / Friends of CFA: $25 for two
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Touch, NUS Piano Ensemble’s annual flagship concert, showcases the pinnacle of the ensemble’s musicianship and ensembleship through a colourful and challenging programme of 14 classical piano duo works. Be treated to a range of moods and styles, featuring works from across many periods of piano literature. Move along to the sassy groove of Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, and picture the looming machinery and hardships of American factory workers in Rzewski’s Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues. Revel in the dreamy romanticism of Carmen's Fantasy, and experience the exhilarating energy in Stravinsky’s Firebird, amongst other equally exciting ensemble works.
Special Note:
Vaccine-Differentiated Safe Management Measures (VDS) will be implemented for this event, and as such there be no safe distancing for audiences.
About NUS Piano Ensemble
Founded in 1987, NUS Piano Ensemble (NUSPE) began as a group that concentrated on solo works. Gradually, NUSPE started to explore works for duets and duos, which form the current core of the repertoire. Today, NUSPE has grown into a dynamic and professional classical music group.
NUSPE is a place where NUS students get the opportunity to grow as piano ensemble players. Our repertoire consists of works from a wide range of composers - from Haydn to Britten. And although classical music forms the main bulk of our music, NUSPE has experimented with a variety of performance musical styles. This includes collaborations with other instruments and the visual arts as well as delving into jazz and contemporary music.
After winning a prize in the 1989 National Music Competition, Timothy Ku left to study music in New York. Timothy has worked with a number of prominent pianists and pedagogues, and studied the harpsichord under the renowned Louis Bagger, and conducted with Glen Cortese and Bruce McIntire. He was the resident pianist for the Singapore Symphony Chorus under Bart Folse and the Principal Study Teacher and Piano Repertoire Lecturer at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Timothy’s current duties include music directorship of NUS Piano Ensemble and Victoria Junior College Piano Ensemble, and Principal-Study Teacher-Lecturer at School of the Arts.
