~ Programme ~

Foreword

would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone to our Singapore Clarinet Festival 2017. For those who have joined us at the inaugural clarinet festival in 2015, welcome back and thank you for supporting us again. I am very sure you will be treated to 2 days of enriching clarinet activities and performances.

We are absolutely delighted to have Buffet Crampon Ambassador Mr Pierre Génisson, Ms Lin Pei-Yun, Principal Clarinettist of Philharmonia Moments Musicaux and Mr Joost Flach, Head of Wind Studies at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts join us at Singapore Clarinet Festival 2017. Beside adjudicating for the Clarinet Ensemble Competition, Mr Pierre Génisson will be performing solo recital at the Gala concert as well as solo with the Clarinet Choir. Ms Lin will be leading the Clarinet Choir and Mr Joost Flach will be conducting the Clarinet Choir. With their intense involvement in the 2 days, our local clarinet community will be in for a treat.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our faculty members, Mr Desmond Chow, Mr Pip Tang and Ms Satsuki Goh who have relentlessly helped us in many areas to make this Clarinet Festival a success, from choosing repertoire, to encouraging students’ participation, listening to auditions and most importantly participating in the Clarinet Choir. They are definitely an important pillar for Singapore Clarinet Festival 2017. Not forgetting my good friend, Mr Ma Yue, Principal Clarinettist of Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) for always providing me sound advices on clarinet matters in Singapore and Asia. Unfortunately SSO clarinet players could not join us due to their work committments and obligations, we look forward to having them in the next clarinet festival.

This event will not be possible without the kind sponsorship and support from Buffet Crampon, National Arts Council, Vandoren, Mercure Bugis and Band Fusion. Lastly, I will like to thank my dedicated team at The Band World, Windworks and MusicGear led by Ms Wee Liyan who have put in countless hours in making this event a success.

Bringing our local clarinet community closer together was a mission, and I believe we have done it!

Brando Tan Festival Director

Festival Schedule

DAY ONE 7 December 2017 Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

12:30 - 20:00 Product Exhibition Resource Centre, Level 6

14:00 - 17:45 Competition Recital Studio, Level 6

19:00 - 19:30 Prize Presentation

DAY TWO 8 December 2017 Esplanade Recital Studio

09:00 - 12:00 Masterclass

19:30 Gala Concert

~ Clarinet Ensemble 1st Prize Winners of Prodige, Prestige & Légende

~ Intermission

~ Solo Recital by Pierre Génisson Pianist: Beatrice Lin

Robert Schumann - FANTASIESTÜCKE OP.73 FOR CLARINET AND PIANO

Witold Lutosławski - DANCE PRELUDES FOR CLARINET AND PIANO

Francis Poulenc - SONATA FOR CLARINET & PIANO

~ SGCF Combine Clarinet Choir Conducted by Joost Flach

Competiton

CATEGORY: LÉGENDE

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of MusicChiang Yung-Yuan, Li Ru-Wei, Deng Yung-Ping, Stephanie,

Tan Hi Min, Lim Wei Cheah

KALEIDOSKOP (4 Bb & 1 Bass Clar) - Lorenz, Rolf Thomas

CNQRalph Emmanuel Lim Hong Chun, Lee Wai Teng, Lisa Maria Wegmann,

Benjamin Wong Kheng Mun, Daniel Ong Beng Kiat

KALEIDOSKOP (4 Bb & 1 Bass Clar) - Lorenz, Rolf Thomas

CLARIHOLICS 4Hus Kuei, Wu Ting-Yu, Chien Yu-Cheng, Hsu Jo-Ning

TRIO DIVERTISSEMENTS (4 Bb Clar.) - Henri, Tomasi

3PLUS1Siti Zubaidah Bte Said, Shahrizan Isnain, Azman Shah,

Macaraan Ronaldo Pascual

TRIO DIVERTISSEMENTS (4 Bb Clar) - Henri, Tomasi

CATEGORY: PRESTIGE

Clarinet ArmyKwan Hao Wei, Ng Bi Qi, Wong Shu Xian Kasey, Jasmine Teo,

Tng Hong Xiang Nigel, Chee Zhen Lin

SPIRIT ROAD II - (4 Bb & 1 Bass Clar) - Eiji Suzuki

BIRY QuartetHo Wee Yang, Tan Wei Hao Bandy, Ryu Naufal Rafif, Insyira Binte Hasri

A PLAYFUL QUARTET (3 Bb Clar & 1 Bass Clar) - Raymond Decancq

Anglo-Chinese Junior CollegeFaith Shalom Anasarias Chew, Zhuo Jia Yi, Loo Wan Hong, Tan Jia Yi

VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF PAGANINI (4 Bb Clar) - Wilson, Kenneth A

Order of Appearance:

CATEGORY: PRODIGE

Dunman High SchoolPhoon Yan Xin, Lee Jie Jun Shireen, Ong Zi Rui, Kendrea Lam Wan Wen,

Chang Yu Qing, Yap Tze Hiang Ryan, Chloe Tan Li Yu

CAPRICE FOR CLARINETS (3 Bb Clar & 1 Bass Clar) - Grundman, Clare

St Patrick’s Secondary SchoolJerel Tee Xu Yang, Dylan Kho Heng Kai, Matthew Peter Dyason,Andrew Gan Cheong Kiat, Ammar Muhammad Bin Ahmad Faisal

CAPRICE FOR CLARINETS (3 Bb Clar & 1 Bass Clar) - Grundman, Clare

Ang Mo Kio Secondary SchoolSean Poon, Shie Rui Qi, Wang Kai Jie, Eng Kang Qi

CAPRICE FOR CLARINETS (3 Bb Clar & 1 Bass Clar) - Grundman, Clare

St. Andrews Secondary SchoolQuek Zhi En Theodore, Alden Tan Fu-Kang, Chong Hong Guan Adam,

Akhan Nawfal Bin Keyjohan, Sean Lee Jia Yi

CAPRICE FOR CLARINETS (3 Bb Clar & 1 Bass Clar) - Grundman, Clare

Kent Ridge & Westwood Secondary SchoolMarvin Tan Yong An, Jade Foo Man Ling, Chan Ping Xuan,

Wong Yuxuan, Zulfina Andrianingsih

CAPRICE FOR CLARINETS (3 Bb Clar & 1 Bass Clar) - Grundman, Clare

CT-SMSS ClarinetsJustin Huang Yiwei, Ericia Chay Yen Yee, Ong Rouyi, Tan Hong Shern,Lim Xin Ying, Zhang Yunqi, Ng Nicole, Umairah Bte Muhammad Rasul

CAPRICE FOR CLARINETS (3 Bb Clar & 1 Bass Clar) - Grundman, Clare

Nan Chiau High SchoolBryan Tay Hao Cong, Eint Yadanar, Foo Zi You, Adele Wee Ying Lin

CAPRICE FOR CLARINETS (3 Bb Clar & 1 Bass Clar) - Grundman, Clare

Many ClarinetsJin Mei Xuan, Callista Neo, Tian Mengxi, Kim Minseo

SCHERZETTO, PAVANE AND GOPAK (4 Bb Clar) - Gordon Jacob

Competiton

Festival Schedule

SGCF Combine Clarinet Choir Conducted by Joost Flach

Repertoire: 1. Carl Maria von Weber, Transcription by Anthony Brackett, INVITATION TO THE DANCE, Op. 65

2. Antonin Dvořák, 1ST MOVEMENT FROM SERENADE, Op. 22

Eb Soprano - Liang Jiayi

1st Bb - Lin Peiyun*, Satsuki Goh #, Wu Ting Yu +, Chua Jay Roon +

2nd Bb - Ralph Lim, Ang Weixiang, Jerry Tan, Hsu Jo-Ning +, Kwan Hao Wei +, Phoon Yan Xin +

3rd Bb - Pip Tang #, Elvin Koh, Yap Fangyu, Chien Yu Cheng +

Hsu Kuei +, Chloe Tan +

Eb Alto - Gena Ng

Bb Bass - Desmond Chow #, Daniel Ong

BBbContraBass - Sean Tan

Repertoire 1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Terry Kenny, RONDO FROM SERENADE No.10 FOR CLARINET QUARTET

2. Johann Strauss, TRANSCRIPTION FLORENT HEAU; PERPETUUM MOBILE

1st Bb - Lin Peiyun*, Satsuki Goh #, Wu Ting Yu +, Chua Jay Roon +

2nd Bb - Pip Tang #, Ralph Lim, Ang Weixiang, Hsu Jo-Ning +

Kwan Hao Wei +

3rd Bb - Elvin Koh, Yap Fangyu, Liang Jiayi, Jerry Tan, Chien Yu Cheng +, Hsu Kuei +

4th Bb/Bass/Contra - Desmond Chow #, Daniel Ong, Sean Tan, Gena Ng, Phoon Yan Xin +, Chloe Tan +

+ Auditionees * Leader # Committee

Artistes Panel

Born in 1986, Pierre Génisson is one of the leading French wind instrumentalists of his generation. Winner of the prestigious Carl Nielsen International Competition, in 2014 he also won the first prize and the Audience Award at the Jacques Lancelot International Competition in Tokyo. He went on to record his first CD, Made in France, with the pianist David Bismuth on the Aparté label. Lauded by the press, he has notably been awarded a Diapason d’Or and the ‘FFFF’ from the magazine Télérama. In 2015, he recorded Schumann’s trio for clarinet, viola and piano ‘Märchenerzählungen’ with Adrien Boisseau and Gaspard

Dehaene for the Oehms label.

Pierre Génisson began his musical education in Marseille, his hometown, before joining the Rueil-Malmaison Conservatoire under the tuition of Florent Héau. He then studied under Michel Arrignon at the Conservatoire de Paris, also taking chamber music classes with Claire Désert, Amy Flammer and Jean Sulem. He was awarded first prize diplomas in clarinet and chamber music. At the age of 21, Pierre Génisson was appointed principal clarinet of the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne conducted by Olari Elts and Lionel Bringuier. With the OSB, he took part in numerous festivals and recordings. He left the ensemble in 2012 and moved to Los Angeles to further his studies. Under renowned tutor Yehuda Gilad at the University of Southern California he obtained an Artist Diploma.

At the same time, Pierre Génisson made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic performing Debussy’s Rhapsodie and Bruch’s Double Concerto. Since then he has regularly performed as a guest soloist with major European and international orchestras (including Deutsches Symphonie Orchester-Berlin, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège) directed by Emmanuel Krivine, Olga Elts, Krystof Urbansky, Darell Ang, Sacha Goetzel, Krysztof Penderecki, Charles Dutoit, Lionel Bringuier, Yannick Nézet-Seguin and Alexandre Bloch.

Pierre Génisson has also performed as a soloist in prestigious venues such as the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Radio France Auditorium, Odense Konzerthus, the Philharmonie, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Salle Gaveau, and the Yokosuka Art Center. In January 2018, he will make his debut at Tonhalle Düsseldorf with the Dusseldörfer Symphoniker.

Pierre Génisson has a passion for chamber music and plays regularly in European and international festivals with individuals and ensembles such as Marielle Nordmann, Ophélie Gaillard, Camille Thomas, Geneviève Laurenceau, David Guerrier, Claire Désert, Juliette Hurel, Florine Boffard, David Bismuth, François Chaplin, Nicolas Dautricourt, François Dumont, Karine Deshayes, Delphine Haidan, the quartets Ebène, Modigliani, 212, Hermes, Van Kuijk, Voce and the Elegy Trio.

For several years, Génisson has split his time between France and the United States. He regularly performs as a soloist in New York, Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Seattle. He is often invited to give masterclasses in Asia.

In May 2017, his new album ‘How I Met Mozart’, recorded with the Quartet 212, will be released on the Aparté label. Following the release, he will give a concert at Salle Gaveau in June and begin a tour of Europe and the United States. In the 2017/2018 season, he will perform the world premiere of Eric Tanguy’s concerto, which is dedicated to Génisson, accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège and the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne. He will also make his debut with the Düsseldorf Orchestra and tour Japan and China. He will be appearing at numerous European festivals in France, Germany, Hungary, Austria and will give concerts in the United States. Pierre Génisson has been awarded prizes by the Banque Populaire and Safran musical foundations and won the Young Talent Award for Music and Wine at Clos Vougeot. He is an active representative of the Buffet Crampon brand and plays “Tradition” clarinets.

SoloistPierre Génisson

Beatrice was a graduate of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore, the Royal Academy of Music, as well as the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève. Her studies were generously supported by the National Arts Council and the Lee Foun-dation. She was also awarded the Adolphe Neuman prize from the canton of Geneva in 2010. Performances in Switzerland include collaborations with instrumentalists, singers, choirs as well as contemporary music ensembles in Geneva, Lausanne, Sion and Biel. She was also invited to perform in two live radio broadcasts on the Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2, as keyboardist with L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

and Ensemble Contrechamps, and as repetiteur for the Concours de Genève. She also performs chamber music regularly, and with the Incursion Trio which she co-founded in 2008. Highlights for 2018 include the trio’s 10th anniversary concert tour to Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan.

Ma Yue has been the Principal Clarinettist of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra since 1993. He began learning the clarinet at the age of 10 with his father Ma Hong Ye (principal clarinettist of China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra) and later under Zhang Ren Fu (principal clarinettist of Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China). In 1980, he auditioned into the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and studied with Professor Tao Chun Xiao. After graduating in 1984, he joined the school’s teaching faculty and was the principal clarinettist of China Youth Symphony Orchestra.

In 1989, he went to the United States to further his education at the University of Alabama, studying with Scott Bridge. He later became the Principal Clarinettist and Assistant Conductor at the University of Alabama Symphony Orchestra and was also a member of the Alarida Octet and Tuscaloosa Symphony. In 1990, he went on to pursue an Artist Diploma at the Konservatorium und Musikhochschule in Zurich, Switzerland, and became a freelance for the Zurich Symphony Orchestra and Zurich Opera House. He then taught at Musikschule Chur.

Awards won by Ma Yue include the First Prize in 1990 Kiwanis Clarinet Competition, and Second Prize in the People’s Republic of China National Clarinet Competition in 1982 and 1983. Recently in 2013, he has been ranked as one of China’s top ten musicians by CCTV and has been invited to become a jury member of the Sixth Beijing International Music Competition – Clarinet. He has also been invited to become the art adviser and judge of the Singapore International Orchestra Arts Festival 2013 and to serve as a jury member for the 1st Unisa International Flute and Clarinet Competition 2014 organised by the University of South Africa (UNISA) Music Foundation.

He is also currently an artist faculty member at the National University of Singapore – Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.

PianistBeatrice Lin

Principal Clarinettist, SSOMa Yue

Artistes Panel

Artistes Panel

Joost graduated in 1983 from the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. His teachers were Carlo Ravelli and Han De Vries, who trained him in the Dutch style of oboe playing. During his studies, he was an oboe / cor anglais player in the Dutch National Youth Orchestra, and he freelanced occasionally in the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Pepijn Wind Ensemble.

Having lived and worked in South East Asia since 1984, Joost has been an oboist in the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and Kuala Lumpur Symphony Orchestra before he took on the Sub-Principal Oboe position in the Malaysian Philharmonic

Orchestra. Over the years, he has made himself known to the music circle regionally, and numerous contemporary Asian composers have composed music especially for him. In addition, he has also given recitals and workshops together with an accompanying pianist in Singapore and Shanghai.

Joost is also an enthusiast in music education. He has lectured at the Institut Seni Indonesia in Jogjakarta as part of a Dutch governmental education programme and was also a music inspector and educational project officer with the Ministry of Education in Singapore.

He has conducted several community and school bands, and many of his students are now professional players or conductors. He practically founded a wind ensemble everywhere he worked – Ansamble Tiup Jogjakarta and Singapore Sling Ensemble. He has been an artistic leader of the High Winds Wind Ensemble in Kuala Lumpur for the past 9 years and during these years, he has collected an impressive and tasteful library of music for wind instruments. Experience has convinced him that performing chamber music contributes the most to the development and growth in the quality of wind players.

Joost Flach

Pei-Yun Lin

Pei-Yun Lin holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Soochow University and a Master’s degree in Clarinet Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where she studied with Professor Wei-leng Chen and Michael Webster. Pei-Yun appears actively as a recitalist, chamber musician and orchestra player now in Taiwan. She has been invited as a soloist to play with various orchestras after returning to Taiwan in 1992. She had also been on concert tours with Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra to Europe, the United States, China, and Hong-Kong.

In 1993, Pei-Yun and her friends founded Magic Clarinet Quartet. Since then, she has performed periodically in concerts with the quartet and on tour around Taiwan, and was also invited to perform in China, France and the United States. In addition, the quartet has hosted many music events including “International Clarinet Festival in Taipei, Taiwan” for seven times from 2003-2017 which received great success and high opinions.

As to the achievement of education, Pei-Yun has been invited to give master classes at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 2011, the IASAS Culture Convention held by Taipei American School in 2012, the 3rd International music festival in Xi-An in 2016 and many schools in Taiwan. She has also been invited to serve as a jury member for the 3rd Mozart Clarinet Competition held by Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and also received the prize of Excellent Instructor in the meantime. The books she authored, Q&A for Clarinet Learning, has been published by the Mercury Publishing in 2006, and the other one, The Altissimo Register Fingering Chart for Boehm System Clarinet, just has been published lately by tu & du International Co., LTD in 2017.

Pei-Yun currently plays as the principal clarinet in Philharmonia Moments Musicaux, and is the member of Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra. She also serves as Associate Professor in the Taipei National University of Arts, Soochow University and Fu-Jen Catholic University.

Artist Panel

Pip Tang

Pip achieved his Fellowship Diploma in Piano Performance (FTCL) under the tutelage of the late renowned pianist Mr. Ong Lip Tat. He then pursued his music studies at the University of Texas at Austin learning piano with Professor Gregory Allen. In 2003, he graduated with the Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance.

Having played the clarinet since his secondary school days at Saint Patrick’s School Military Band, Pip continued his interest in University and took clarinet lessons as a minor study. He performed with the University of Texas Orchestra from 2001-2002. Currently, Pip plays clarinet with West Winds, Band of the Bukit

Batok Community Club. Pip is the current band director at Nan Chiau High School and Bedok North Secondary School. He also maintains a studio of private piano students.

Sasuki Goh

Satsuki is a native of Wakayama, Japan. She is an alumnus of the Osaka College of Music where she was the scholar majoring in Clarinet Performance.

She is currently a senior Clarinet teacher at Flute and Music Academy and also a Clarinet sectional instructor at many local school bands. As a clarinetist, she is a member of Clarinet Concord and The Philharmonic Winds.

Desmond Chow

Desmond started playing the clarinet at the age of 13 when he joined the St Patrick’s School Military Band.

He went on to further his studies at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts to pursue his Diploma in Music, and was subsequently awarded a full scholarship for the BA in Music Course, which he graduated with Honors. His teachers include Ma Yue and Tang Xiao Ping from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

Desmond is currently a member of The Philharmonic Winds, Metropolitan Festival Orchestra and Clarinet Concord. He has freelanced with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia and does regular concerts with the Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra since 2009.

He is a highly sought after performer in musicals and has been involved in the productions of Cabaret (2006), The Phantom of the Opera (2007, 2013), My Fair Lady (2014), The Sound of Music (2015) and The LKY Musical (2016) to name a few. He has also performed with international singers Aska (2008), Andrea Bocelli (2010), Russell Watson (2010), Katherine Jenkins (2011) and Sarah Brightman (2012).

Desmond is an active chamber musician, performing on Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Baritone Saxophone. He is also an experienced music educator.

Acknowledgement

The Band World would like to express thier deepest gratitude to the following, without whom this festival would not have been possible:

MAIN SPONSORBuffet Crampon

CO-SPONSORVandoren | National Arts Council

CO-PARTNERSThe Philharmonic Winds | West Winds

ADJUDICATORSPierre Génission | Lin Pei-Yun | Joost Flach

ARTIST PANELMa Yue | Desmond Chow | Pip Tang | Satsuki Goh

PIANIST ACCOMPANISTBeatrice Lin

OFFICIAL DIGITAL MEDIAThe Band Post

DESIGN & LAYOUTOlive Grin

VIDEOGRAPHYPandawithcamera