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1 The Ancient Glory SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL 2010 - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Joshua Bell (UK)
12- 13 June 2010
Get ready for a gripping performance at the Esplanade as Joshua Bell and the celebrated musicians of the Academy of St. Martin present a unique artistic relationship that will enthrall and surprise you.

2 separate performances:

12 June: 90mins (with intermission)
Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op 62 (8’),
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 (26’) and
Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92 (36’).

13 June: 100mins (with intermission)
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op 61 (42’) and
Beethoven Symphony No 4 in B fl at, Op 60 (34’).

Where to go: Esplanade
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2 The Best of Chinese Melodies

Ming Wong: Life of Imitation
22 April – 22 August 2010
In Life of Imitation, Ming Wong re-visits the context of the Golden Age of Singapore cinema in the 1950s and 60s; an era of nation-building, economic struggle and rapid modernisation.

Inspired by the rich legacy, Wong re-reads “national cinema” constructed through language, role-playing and identity, by re-interpreting films that are familiar to audiences spanning two generations, and which engage with performative notions of mis-casting and parroting. The first is a compendium of works by P. Ramlee, the wunderkind of Malay cinema. The second is the Hollywood melodrama Imitation of Life (1959) by Douglas Sirk about a black mother and her “white” daughter. The third is Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love (2000) with actress Maggie Cheung rehearsing a scene where she confronts her spouse‘s infidelity.

Through these video interventions, the viewer is presented with questions relating to roots, hybrid and the politics of becoming. The exhibition also unveils cinema posters by Singapore’s last surviving billboard painter.

This exhibition was first presented at the Singapore Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale 2009 and it won the Biennale’s Special Jury Mention award. Tang Fu Kuen is the guest curator of this exhibition.

Where to go: Singapore Arts Museum
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