The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music celebrates the Conservatory building’s 10th anniversary with a weeklong music festival (25 October - 1 November) presenting an eclectic mix of performances by global artists and partners who, through the past decade, have become the Conservatory’s and Singapore’s friends.

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At the heart of the Performers(‘) Present festival is a four-day symposium (27 - 30 October) exploring, and reflecting upon, ways in which the moment of performance engages with the multifaceted concepts of “present”:

    Now (adj.), “the present time and place”:

In our increasingly interconnected yet isolating times, being truly present – in a particular moment and place - often seems like a rare commodity, and thus ever more essential for an authentic ‘live’ artistic presence. On the other hand, in our digital world, when and where is “here and now”?
 

     A Gift (noun), “offering a present”:

Every performance is a present: the potentiality for an exchange of musical gifts in the reciprocated relationship between performer and audience.
 

    To produce or organise (verb), ”to present an event”:

There is arguably a formal dimension to the verb ‘present’ which suggests particular effort or profile. How does one present in a rapidly evolving cultural landscape?


 

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