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YOUNG MUSIC PRODIGIES

Since Chloe Chua’s win at the prestigious
Menuhin Competition in April 2018, the music
prodigy has received numerous invitations to play
with other esteemed musicians. She performed
alongside the Youth Symphony Orchestra of
Russia and the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra;
at the President*s Design Award Ceremony;
Community Chest Awards; and the Cultural
Medallion and Young Artist Award Ceremony.
Chua also appeared on a television programme
in China featuring amazingly talented kids.
Our School of Young Talents’ piano
students won a total of seven prizes at
the 22 Japan Hamamatsu PIARA Piano
nd
Competition in July 2018. These included
1 Prize in the Senior A category, the
st
PIARA Grand Prix, Shizuoka Prefectural
Governor’s Award, as well as 2 Prize in
nd
the Senior B category and the Steinway
Award.
For the sixth time, our students won the
top awards at the Young Talents Project.
In August 2018, pianists Lim Shi Han
and Ng Ee Oon won the Senior category
and Junior category respectively. Lim was
also the competition’s overall winner.

At the 2018 National Chinese Music Competition
in December, our students won a total of eight
prizes, bagging every award in the Dizi and Pipa
Junior categories.

OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS

In August 2018, the Gold award for Secondary Level in the Draw My Stamp
Story Art Competition, organised by the Singapore Philatelic Museum, was
won by 13-year-old Goh Kang Kiat.

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The Junior Art department submitted 22 artworks for the 20 Kanagawa
Biennial World Children’s Art Exhibition. Of these submissions, four were
awarded the Kanagawa Prize, including one published work. This inspiring
event exhibits art by children from all over the world and seeks to further
the understanding of diverse global cultures and lifestyles. The competition
attracted more than 27,000 entries.

The Junior Art teaching staff also participated in several exhibitions in 2018.
Printmaking artist April Ng showcased her work at Motionless Boundary 静界,
Tainan, Taiwan and Singapore; 9 International Printmaking Biennial of Douro
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2018, Portugal; Painters, Onomichi, Japan; International Biennial Print Exhibit:
2018 ROC, Taichung, Taiwan; and 16 times ART, Weißenthurm, Germany.

Ceramic artist Teo Huey Ling presented at New Orientalia — IAC Members’
Exhibition, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Zagreb Ex Tempore 2018, Zagreb, Croatia;
and On An Ending Note, Singapore.

Artworks by Oh Mei Lee also appeared at Dark Moments, Naked Dog,
Singapore.

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