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MESSAGE FROM RAFFLES HOTEL SINGAPORE
Dear guests,

It is with great pleasure and excitement that

I extend my warmest greetings to each and
every one of you on behalf of Raffles Hotel
Singapore. As the Official Partner Hotel of
the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for the
2023/2024 season, it is an honour for me
to commemorate our esteemed partnership
within these pages.
Both Raffles Hotel Singapore and the
Orchestra share a common commitment
to excellence, elegance, and the pursuit of
perfection in our respective fields of art,
culture and hospitality. It is this shared vision
that has allowed our partnership to flourish
and bring joy to our audiences.
From the captivating melodies of the
orchestra echoing through the hallowed halls
of the Esplanade and Victoria Concert Halls,
to the enchanting performances that have
taken place within our historic walls, our
partnership has created some truly emotional
and extraordinary moments. The symphony’s
resounding melodies have complemented the On behalf of Raffles Hotel Singapore,
timeless beauty of Raffles Hotel, elevating I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all members
the experience for our esteemed guests and of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
creating a harmonious union of art, culture Your dedication, talent, and unwavering
and emotional luxury. commitment to the arts have enriched
our hotel and the wider community in
We are truly honoured to have had the
immeasurable ways. May our partnership
opportunity to present the Singapore
continue to flourish and inspire future
Symphony Orchestra’s season opener,
generations.
dedicated to our Grande Dame and witness
firsthand the immense talent, dedication,
and passion exhibited by each member. Your
commitment to nurturing the musical heritage Yours sincerely,
of Singapore and captivating audiences with Christian Westbeld
unforgettable performances has been nothing Managing Director
short of remarkable. Raffles Hotel Singapore
SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Since its founding in 1979, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has been Singapore’s
flagship orchestra, touching lives through classical music and providing the heartbeat of the
cultural scene with its 44-week calendar of events. The SSO is led by Music Director Hans Graf,
the third in the orchestra’s history after Lan Shui (1997–2019) and Choo Hoey (1979 –1996).
In addition to its subscription series concerts, the orchestra is well-loved for its outdoor and
community appearances, and its significant role educating the young people of Singapore. The
SSO has also earned an international reputation for its orchestral virtuosity, having garnered
sterling reviews for its overseas tours and over 50 recordings, culminating in its 3rd place win in
the prestigious Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award 2021. In 2022, BBC Music Magazine
named the SSO as one of the 21 best orchestras in the world.
The SSO performs over 60 concerts a year at such venues as the Esplanade Concert Hall
and Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore. Bridging the musical traditions of East and West,
Singaporean and Asian musicians and composers are regularly showcased in its concert
seasons. Its versatile repertoire spans all-time favourites and orchestral masterpieces to
exciting cutting-edge premieres.
The SSO is part of the Singapore Symphony Group, which also manages the Singapore
Symphony Choruses, the Singapore National Youth Orchestra, and the VCHpresents chamber
music series, the Singapore International Piano Festival and the biennial National Piano & Violin
Competition.
HANS ZIMMER composer
German composer and music producer Hans Forian Zimmer
(b. 1957) is recognised worldwide as one of Hollywood’s most
innovative musical personalities. His music is notable for
integrating electronic and ethnic elements with the traditional
symphony orchestra. Since the 1980s, the multi-award-winning
Zimmer has composed for over 150 films, and he was named
in the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses by The Daily Telegraph.
Above all, his music is beloved by millions around the world
for empowering and enriching the cinematic experience of
numerous blockbusters in every genre, films which continue to
be celebrated many years after their premieres on the basis of
Zimmer’s musical touch.

GERARD SALONGA conductor

Gerard Salonga is currently Resident Conductor of the Malaysian
Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) in Kuala Lumpur, a position he has
held since January 2019. For two seasons he served as Assistant
Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra from 2016
to 2018 where he was appointed by Maestro Jaap van Zweden.
He also served as Music Director of the ABS-CBN Philharmonic
Orchestra in Manila from 2012 to 2020. In January of 2021,
Gerard began his term as the Music Director of the Orchestra of
the Filipino Youth (OFY).
He has conducted symphonic, pops, family, and film concerts
including the Harry Potter, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Ratatouille
films in concert, and his orchestral arrangements have been
performed by orchestras around the world.
For 2023, aside from concerts with the MPO in KL and OFY
in Manila, engagements include a return to the Singapore
Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Hong Kong Philharmonic,
where he will conduct the world premiere of The Metaverse
Symphony by composer Elliot Leung.

TAN YI KAI lighting designer

As a multidisciplinary arts practitioner specialising in Lighting
Design, Yi Kai finds joy in lighting the stage for all performance
genres. Other works include SSO’s Concerts for Children, TENG’s
More Than Music and Flamenco Sin Fronteras’ Flamenco Recital.
 Xu Jueyi*
THE Helena Dawn Yah3
ORCHESTRA Yeo Teow Meng
Yew Shan3
Yin Shu Zhan*
HANS GRAF Zhao Tian
Music Director
VIOLA
RODOLFO BARRÁEZ Manchin Zhang Principal
Associate Conductor Guan Qi Associate Principal
CHOO HOEY Gu Bing Jie* Fixed Chair
Conductor Emeritus Joyce Huang
Erlene Koh3
LAN SHUI Marietta Ku
Conductor Laureate Luo Biao
EUDENICE PALARUAN Julia Park
Choral Director Shui Bing
Janice Tsai
WONG LAI FOON Dandan Wang
Choirmaster Yang Shi Li
Yeo Jan Wea3
FIRST VIOLIN CELLO
(Position vacant) Concertmaster, GK Goh Chair Ng Pei-Sian Principal, The HEAD Foundation Chair
Ma Jun Yi3 Guest Concertmaster Yu Jing Associate Principal
Kong Zhao Hui1 Associate Concertmaster Guo Hao Fixed Chair
Chan Yoong-Han2 Fixed Chair Chan Wei Shing
Cao Can* James Ng3
Chen Da Wei Jamshid Saydikarimov
Duan Yu Ling Song Woon Teng
Foo Say Ming Wang Yan
Jin Li Wu Dai Dai
Kong Xianlong Zhao Yu Er
Cindy Lee
Lim Shue Churn3 DOUBLE BASS
Karen Tan Yang Zheng Yi Associate Principal
William Tan Karen Yeo Fixed Chair
Wei Zhe Olga Alexandrova
Ye Lin* Foo Yin Hong3
Zhang Si Jing* Julian Li3
Ma Li Ming3
SECOND VIOLIN Jacek Mirucki
Tseng Chieh-An Principal Guennadi Mouzyka
Michael Loh Associate Principal Wang Xu
Nikolai Koval*
Sayuri Kuru FLUTE
Hai-Won Kwok Jin Ta Principal, Stephen Riady Chair
Chikako Sasaki* Evgueni Brokmiller Associate Principal
Margit Saur Roberto Alvarez
Shao Tao Tao Miao Shanshan
Wu Man Yun*
 PICCOLO TROMBONE
Roberto Alvarez Assistant Principal Allen Meek Principal
Damian Patti Associate Principal
OBOE
Samuel Armstrong
Rachel Walker Principal
Pan Yun Associate Principal BASS TROMBONE
Carolyn Hollier Wang Wei Assistant Principal
Simon Lee3
TUBA
Elaine Yeo
Tomoki Natsume Principal
COR ANGLAIS
TIMPANI
Elaine Yeo Associate Principal
Christian Schiøler Principal
Simon Lee3
Mario Choo
CLARINET
PERCUSSION
Ma Yue Principal
Jonathan Fox Principal
Li Xin Associate Principal
Mark Suter Associate Principal
Liu Yoko
Mario Choo
Tang Xiao Ping
Thaddeus Chung3
BASS CLARINET Lee Yu Ru3
Tang Xiao Ping Assistant Principal Lim Meng Keh
Julia Tan3
BASSOON
Yuan Tianwei3 Guest Principal HARP
Liu Chang Associate Principal Gulnara Mashurova Principal
Christoph Wichert
PIANO
Zhao Ying Xue
Beatrice Lin3
CONTRABASSOON
SYNTHESISER
Zhao Ying Xue Assistant Principal
Gabriel Hoe3
HORN
ORGAN
Austin Larson Principal
Joanna Rajammal Paul3
Gao Jian Associate Principal
Jamie Hersch Associate Principal ELECTRIC GUITAR
Marc-Antoine Robillard Associate Principal Daniel Chai3
Bryan Chong^
Hoang Van Hoc BASS GUITAR
Brandon Wong3
TRUMPET
Jon Paul Dante Principal
David Smith Associate Principal
Lau Wen Rong
Nuttakamon Supattranont

*With deep appreciation to the Rin Collection for their generous loan of string instruments.
^ Musician on temporary contract
1
Kong Zhao Hui performs on a J.B. Guadagnini of Milan, c. 1750, donated by the National Arts Council, Singapore,
with the support of Far East Organization and Lee Foundation.
2
Chan Yoong-Han performs on a David Tecchler, Fecit Roma An. D. 1700, courtesy of Mr G K Goh.
Musicians listed alphabetically by family name rotate their seats on a per programme basis.
3
Guest musician
 “There’s a point
let the music take
t where we just
e over everything.”
Christopher Nolan,
Inception: The Shooting Script
PROGRAMME Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Music by Hans Zimmer (orch. Nic Raine)

Hoke, you’re my best friend.

– Miss Daisy

Journey To The Line

From The Thin Red Line (1998)
Music by Hans Zimmer

This great evil, where’s it come from?

How’d it steal into the world? What seed,
what root did it grow from? Who’s doing
this? Who’s killing us, robbing us of life and
light, mocking us with the sight of what we
might’ve known? Does our ruin benefit the
earth, does it help the grass to grow, the
sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too?
Have you passed through this night?
– Private Edward P. Train

Suite from The Last Samurai (2013)

Music by Hans Zimmer (arr. Christopher Tin)
Emperor Meiji:
Tell me how [Katsumoto] died.”
Nathan Algren:
I will tell you how he lived.”
 No Time for Caution
From Interstellar (2014)
Music by Hans Zimmer
(orch. Kevin Kaska, ed. Gerard Salonga)

We’ve always defined ourselves by the ability

to overcome the impossible. And we count
these moments. These moments when we
dare to aim higher, to break barriers, to reach
for the stars, to make the unknown known.
We count these moments as our proudest
achievements. But we lost all that. Or perhaps
we’ve just forgotten that we are still pioneers.
And we’ve barely begun. And that our greatest
accomplishments cannot be behind us, that
our destiny lies above us.
– Joseph Cooper

Inception Suite
From Inception (2010)
Music by Hans Zimmer
(arr. Bruce Fowler, ed. Gerard Salonga)

A single idea from the human mind can build

cities. An idea can transform the world and
rewrite all the rules.”
– Dom Cobb

Chevaliers de Sangreal
From The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Music by Hans Zimmer, adapted by
Alex Johansson

The Holy Grail ’neath ancient Roslin waits.

The blade and chalice guarding o’er Her gates.
Adorned in masters’ loving art, She lies.
She rests at last beneath the starry skies.
– The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)

INTERMISSION (20 MINS*)

* 20,453.57 hours, or 2 years, 121 days, 17 hours and 34 minutes on Miller’s Planet. Selected movie images
Please return in time for second half of concert. © Warner Bros. / Paramount
Zoosters Breakout
From Madagascar (2005)
Music by Hans Zimmer (arr. Paul Lavender)

Just smile and wave, boys; smile

and wave.
– Skipper the Penguin

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Music by Hans Zimmer (arr. Ralph Ford)

A hero can be anyone, even a man doing

something as simple and reassuring as
putting a coat on a young boy’s shoulders
to let him know that the world hadn’t
ended.
– Bruce Wayne / The Batman

Is She With You?

(Wonder Woman’s Theme)
From Batman v Superman (2016)
Music by Hans Zimmer & Junkie XL
(orch. Bruce Fowler, ed. Gerard Salonga)

Bruce Wayne:
You don’t know me, but I’ve known a few
women like you.”
Diana Prince:
Oh, I don’t think you’ve ever known a
woman like me.”
Man of Steel (2013)
Music by Hans Zimmer (arr. Ralph Ford)

You will give the people of Earth an ideal to

strive towards. They will race behind you,
they will stumble, they will fall. But in time,
they will join you in the sun, Kal. In time, you
will help them accomplish wonders.
– Jor-El

The Lion King – Orchestral Suite

From Disney’s The Lion King (1994)
Music by Hans Zimmer & Elton John (arr. Brad Kelley)

While others search for what they can take,

a true king searches for what he can give.
– Mufasa

Gladiator (2000)
Music by Hans Zimmer
(arr. Wasson, adapted by Gerard Salonga)
Marcus Aurelius:
You have proven your valor once again,
Maximus. Let us hope for the last time.”
Maximus:
There is no one left to fight, sire.”
Marcus Aurelius:
There is always someone left to fight. How
can I reward Rome’s greatest general?”
Maximus:
Let me go home.”
Marcus Aurelius:
Ah, home.”

Duration: approximately 2 hrs (including 20 mins intermission)

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