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ReSounding offers two themes: voices lost to history and now revived, and the scenic and spiritual transcending musical cultures.
Debussy’s chanson populaire ushers in the languor of a Mediterranean summer. Weaving Lieder lyricism with virtuosic impulse, Mendelssohn-Hensel’s Easter Sonata pays homage to Bach. Composed in 1828, the sonata was long buried in the archives, misattributed to her brother Felix, and only received its first performance under her name in 2010. Its dramatic finale evokes the earthquake in Bach’s St Matthew Passion—an uncanny resonance with Buencamino’s Mayon, a fantasia on the Philippines’ most active volcano. The dialogue between tradition and innovation continues with Robert Schumann’s bold reimagining of Beethoven’s iconic symphonic theme, while Ng’s musical mansion contemplates time and half-forgotten memories. |
ProgrammeClaude Debussy
Preludes Les collines d'Anacapri Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Easter Sonata - interval - Robert Schumann Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31 (selection) Ng Yu Hng The Memory Mansion at the End of Time Francisco Buencamino Mayon Fantasy Programme subject to change at the artist's discretion. |
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Ning Hui See |
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Ning Hui See is a pianist from Singapore recognised for her “refined touch” and “a keen insight and intellectual nous that is all too rare among artists” (The Straits Times). She is committed to the meaningful integration of music by underrepresented composers in her performances, research, and teaching. Ning Hui has performed across the UK in venues such as the Steinway Hall, St James’s Piccadilly, Austrian Cultural Forum, and Victoria & Albert Museum in London, as well as the Leeds International Concert Series, Yehudi Menuhin School, and Pallant House Gallery. Her international engagements include recitals in France, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Aspen Harris Hall in Colorado, and Singapore’s Esplanade. She has also featured as a concerto soloist with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto and the Danube Symphony Orchestra.
Early in her career, Ning Hui was a laureate of the ‘Città di Padova’ and Cesar Franck International Piano Competitions in Italy and Belgium and a 2014 BBC Young Musician keyboard finalist. She studied with John Byrne and Dmitri Alexeev at the Royal College of Music London, where she received the Esther Fisher Prize. Currently teaching at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (University of the Arts Singapore), Ning Hui previously worked as a teaching assistant for historical studies at the RCM. Her PhD thesis (2024) examines issues of canon, value, and performer identity. She has presented her research at international conferences in the UK, US, and Europe and delivered guest seminars at the University of Freiburg and Duke University. |