Held as part of Chamber Music Week 2025, Sounding Now is a festival of contemporary music that brings together divergent contemporary practices – composition, electronic music, installation, and improvisation – with the goal of connecting listeners and practitioners alike to explore the ways their shared interests intersect.

Experience an afternoon of exciting premieres written by YST Composition majors and performed by local expert new music performers. The concert will feature YST Artist Faculty Jonathan Shin (piano) and Martin Jaggi (cello), Julien Beneteau (clarinet) and the b-l duo. 


PROGRAMME

ONG PING DIN
Gamut for bass clarinet, cello, and electronics

MARTIN JAGGI, cello
JULIEN BENETEAU, clarinet

XIAO WEN
Dream.U for solo cello

LEE YI XUAN
Cello-gen for solo cello

MARTIN JAGGI, cello

ESTENE
Precipitation for solo piano with mechanical keyboard, vibrating device, and electronics

LEE YI XUAN
……..AHHHHhhhh!!! for keyboard and string piano

XIAO WEN
mind(ful) for keyboard and string piano

ONG PING DIN
kd for MIDI keyboard duo

B-L DUO
BERTRAM WEE, keyboard
LYNETTE YEO, keyboard

– Intermission – 

YST COMPOSITION STUDIO
Compositions by Year 1 Composition majors

JONATHAN SHIN, piano

ABOUT CHAMBER MUSIC WEEK

Chamber Music Week 2025 brings together top local and international artists and ensembles for a week-long celebration of chamber music.

Look forward to chamber masterclasses and performances by acclaimed violist Su Zhen, Spectra Ensemble, tenor Mark Tucker, violinist Zhang Jia, pianist Daniel de Borah, YST contemporary music ensemble OpusNovus, YST Ensemble-in-Residence Red Dot Baroque, and the YST Voice and Composition Departments. The festival will also feature YST’s annual contemporary music festival Sounding Now and Song Festival: The Voices of England & France — expanding the chamber music experience beyond classical and instrumental traditions.

Don’t miss this invaluable opportunity to learn from acclaimed chamber musicians, while fully immersing in the world of chamber music!

TICKETING INFORMATION

Admission is free with registration via yst.eventbrite.com.

Out of respect for the participants and other spectators, no children under 6 years of age will be allowed admission.

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