5 Things To Do This Week in Singapore: 2nd to 8th January 2017
PUBLISHED January 2nd, 2017 06:00 am | UPDATED May 14th, 2018 01:02 pm
How’s everyone adjusting to the new year? It might be full steam ahead at work, but make time for the debut of a Venezuelan conducting superstar in Singapore, the ninth edition of a boutique art show, an up and coming techno export from Brazil, a Bowie birthday celebration, and more this week.
SSO Gala: Gustavo Dudamel & Renaud Capuçon
The phenomenal Gustavo Dudamel – poster boy of Venezuela’s El Sistema music – is a formidable force not to be missed. He’ll be marking his Singapore debut conducting the famous New World Symphony by Dvořák, Brahm’s Academic Festival Overture and Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto, featuring an old friend of the SSO, Capuçon Renaud. Known for his untiring advocacy of access to music for all, this concert is for the masses and classical music lovers alike.
SSO Gala: Gustavo Dudamel & Renaud Capuçon is happening on 5 & 6 January 2017, 7.30pm at Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets are priced from $58, available via SISTIC. For more details, check out the event page here.
Art Apart Fair 9th Edition
The art and hospitality industries are often intertwined, a fact attested to by the annual Art Apart Fair, an exhibition that embraces the diversity of cultural content around the world. Each year, the boutique art fair takes up residency at a different hotel in Singapore, and Pan Pacific Orchard will see the 9th edition, ‘The Art Matrix’. Bringing together Contemporary Art and Architectural Installation of found objects, artists who will be exhibiting their work include Erica Hestu Wahyuni and Dedy Sufriadi from Indonesia, GalerÃa Gaudi Isabelle de Joantho from Spain, and closer to home, Hoo Cheong Fong and Ben Puah.
Art Apart Fair 9th Edition is happening from 7 to 11 January 2017 at Pan Pacific Orchard, 11.30am – 9pm daily. Admission is free. For more details, check out the event page here.
Syndicate Presents: Intriguant – Recluse Album Launch
After teasing audiences with snippets of his debut album at Laneway Festival and Singapore International Jazz Festival, local electronic producer Intriguant is finally ready to present Recluse. Backed by a three-piece band along with some of the best vocalists around – Charlie Lim, Timothy De Cotta, and Ginny Bloop (The Steve McQueens), get ready for a new brand of sonic sounds and moody soundscapes that sway between ambient techno and glitchy instrumental hip hop.
Intriguant – Recluse Album Launch is happening on Saturday, 7 January 2017, 8pm at Esplanade Annexe Studio. Tickets are priced at $25 (incl. one drink), available at the door. For more details, check out the event page here.
Plastik Dreams presents ANNA
Plastik Dreams is the newest chapter for The Council – a pop-up series that will debut with Brazil-born and Barcelona-based ANNA and her heavy-hitting yet seductive brand of techno and tech-house. Her original products and remixes have cemented her place at the forefront of dance music, and she’s already released on the likes of Diynamic Music, Terminal M Records, RUKUS, Octopus Records. Now, she’s in Singapore and it looks like she’s here to stay.
Plastik Dreams presents ANNA is happening on Saturday, 7 January 2017, 11pm at 178 Clemenceau Avenue. Cover is priced from $35, available here. For more details, check out the event page here.Â
Happy Birthday, Bowie
A Stardust was born on this day (8 January) 70 years ago. His name was Ziggy and he taught us all how to jiggy. He had a lightning across his face and he put us all in place. In celebration of the great man Bowie himself, head down to The Projector for a one-time screening of Labyrinth, shop his limited vinyl specials (courtesy of The Analog Vault), Bowie-inspired artworks by Kristal Melson, and awesome protein pills and helmets by Knuckles and Notch. There’s only one requirement: go dressed in your Bowie best.
Happy Birthday, Bowie is happening on Sunday, 8 January 2017, 2pm to 8pm at The Projector. Screening tickets are priced at $13.50, available here. For more details, check out the event page here.
Top Image: Artwork by Erica Hestu Wahyuni
