Singapore Chamber Music Festival returns after nearly 20 years

By Charmaine Lim | 22 January 2024

SINGAPORE – After almost two decades, the Singapore Chamber Music Festival (SCMF) is back.

Presented by Resound Collective in partnership with the Yong Siew Toh (YST) Conservatory of Music, the festival brings together local and international musicians to perform and share their experience through workshops, masterclasses and public performances.

Chairman of musician group Resound Collective and festival director Mervin Beng says: “I was at a chamber concert, and one of my friends said, ‘It’s high time Singapore had a chamber music festival.’ And I said, ‘Don’t you remember we had one almost 20 years ago?’”
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“Our concert series has been designed so you can enjoy something, whether you’re a first-time attendee or a veteran chamber music lover. We tried to make it broad to show people that chamber music is not always performed in static groups where members play exclusively with one another.”  - Festival Director, Mervin Beng