Sounds & Colours: Chopin in Singapore Photography Competition 2010

[sgsoonhoe]

Welcome to the Sounds & Colours: Chopin in Singapore Photography Competition 2010

Still 200 years after his birth, the music of Chopin, leaves its traces through the musicians performing it, the places where it is performed and in the emotions of the listeners may this be in Poland or Singapore.

In 2010, the Chopin year is celebrated worldwide with events ranging from exhibitions, film performances or concerts. The Polish Embassy in Singapore and Halina & Miroslaw Pienkowski are proud to organize as one of the many events held in Singapore, a Photography competition with the aim to further introduce to Singaporeans the music of Chopin and the colourful emotions it sparks in its listeners and admirers.

Theme: Capture, in a photograph, a scene that encapsulates the colourful emotions Chopin’s music sparks in our city, Singapore.

1st Prize - SGD 3000

2nd Prize - SGD 2000

3rd Prize - SGD 1000

The Photographic Society of Singapore, as one of the organizers of the competition, lends its long-standing expertise in the photography field to ensure all photographs are judged by experts in their field and the best photographs to be chosen as winners.

Singapore Botanical Gardens, where the Chopin Monument in Singapore has been unveiled in 2008, is the venue sponsor of the “Sounds & Colours: Chopin in Singapore” Photography competition. The final ceremony will be held in the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage in conjunction with a concert of Chopin’s music by talented young musicians. Furthermore the best photographs will be displayed in an exhibition at the visitor centre of the Singapore Botanical Gardens.

Submission deadline: 19th July 2010

Join our Facebook group to be kept up to date about the competition

Rules and regulation can be found here (http://www.singapore.polemb.net/gallery/Chopin_in_Singapore_Photography_Competition_2010/chopin_rnr_final.pdf) (PDF)

[yingbin1005]

WAH!!! ALL BROTHERS!!! CHONG AR!!!! GO FOR IT!!!! :cheer:

[bluffname]

Welcome to the Sounds & Colours: Chopin in Singapore Photography Competition 2010


WAH!!!! Shopping in Singapore arh? Easy arh! Go Orchard Road and sHOOT ARH!!!!!

Eh? I lead the long leh.... Choaping in Singapore arh? Go hawker centre in Shenton Way shoot tissue arh?

Huh? Long again ah? Ohhhhhhh! Showpan, that guy play piano one arh? I did not even know he is kiwi (ie polish)? Long again? OIC!!!! Polish spell with BIG Pee - wah, tua pang jio arh :rofl: Alamak, this how to shoot? Wait kana like Mr Suzuki cannot shoot nakeds in Malaysia kana go back Japan and sifu ask him change camera from Medium format to PnS?

Wah, this one very hard leh... $3000 can buy poison lens liao, die die must try! Wait arh, let me find the inspilation leh. Maybe must go skiing first. Eh? I tot Polish people all name got ski one, maybe this one short-form, his full name Chopin Romanski.

Ah, OK Lah I know liao. After sHOOT must use SK-II software then can look same same got polish!

Wah piang! How arh?

[yingbin1005]

WAH!!!! Shopping in Singapore arh? Easy arh! Go Orchard Road and sHOOT ARH!!!!!

Eh? I lead the long leh.... Choaping in Singapore arh? Go hawker centre in Shenton Way shoot tissue arh?

Huh? Long again ah? Ohhhhhhh! Showpan, that guy play piano one arh? I did not even know he is kiwi (ie polish)? Long again? OIC!!!! Polish spell with BIG Pee - wah, tua pang jio arh :rofl: Alamak, this how to shoot? Wait kana like Mr Suzuki cannot shoot nakeds in Malaysia kana go back Japan and sifu ask him change camera from Medium format to PnS?

Wah, this one very hard leh... $3000 can buy poison lens liao, die die must try! Wait arh, let me find the inspilation leh. Maybe must go skiing first. Eh? I tot Polish people all name got ski one, maybe this one short-form, his full name Chopin Romanski.

Ah, OK Lah I know liao. After sHOOT must use SK-II software then can look same same got polish!

Wah piang! How arh?

wah bro u very chiam leh ... ahhahaa... :sweat:

[bluffname]

wah bro u very chiam leh ... ahhahaa... :sweat:

Chiam arh? That one old horse opposition Yam Pee leh. I still lemember last time in Parliament I leporter kena leport about him argue with Lee Kuan Yew and Teh Cheang Wan about whether HDB prices are subsidised. After argue Chiam dunno what to say liao so he say: "If the Prime Minister says so, then it must be so".

Wahhhh. That really cheem. Till today I dunno whether he dunno how to argue liao or he was being sacarstic :confused1: I only know today, after 30 years, still argue same subject about whether HDB kena subsidised?

Solly ah, OT, but this Choap choap competition make me OT mood leh...

[yingbin1005]

Chiam arh? That one old horse opposition Yam Pee leh. I still lemember last time in Parliament I leporter kena leport about him argue with Lee Kuan Yew and Teh Cheang Wan about whether HDB prices are subsidised. After argue Chiam dunno what to say liao so he say: "If the Prime Minister says so, then it must be so".

Wahhhh. That really cheem. Till today I dunno whether he dunno how to argue liao or he was being sacarstic :confused1: I only know today, after 30 years, still argue same subject about whether HDB kena subsidised?

Solly ah, OT, but this Choap choap competition make me OT mood leh...

wahhahaha~:rofl:

[sgsoonhoe]

Since it had been raining in Singapore recently..

Frederic Chopin : Prelude No. 15 in Db - the Raindrop

One of the popular one from Chopin is The Funeral March

[KopiOkaya]

What is this "choaping" arh? Now, take pictures also must "choap" arh? Next time bring extra packets/boxes of tissue paper lor.

[TheChef]

We need to brainstorm the next time when we meet. Maybe have a small group discussion followed by shoot.

[KopiOkaya]

The Funeral March

This one arh... My downstairs have.

[bluffname]

This is fine example of Chopin:

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But I think this is the greater sifu of piano and Chopin music, although the young Asian guy quite good too. (WAH!!! He is Chinese and the first person to be awarded the first prize in International Chopin competition in 15 years, and also youngest to win the award at age 18):

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What sort of photos would you shoot to represent this? And what difference do you hear in the two styles of playing?

[bluffname]

WAH no wonder this guy won the Chopin competition. Truly maestro!

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But how to take pixs to represent this sort of music! Wah! Big challenge! Must sleep on it.

[KopiOkaya]

This Yundi Li is not bad lah - for shooting I meant. Lots of actions. Compared to the true maestros, his playing is still "immature" - too rush. Thus, lacks refinement. This guy is like a Ferrari compared, to say Arthur Rubinstien, who is like an old Rolls Royce.

[bluffname]

Ah! Got some ideas liao. A pix like this:


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1214/4602512924_1c7484b996_o.jpg


Or this:

Night lotus
http://www.photographs-of-hands.com/lotus/lotus-dark.jpg

could represent music like this:

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Actually, Chopin's Nocturne theme quite easy. Any Orlulu pix also can.

[bluffname]

Or how about this"


http://www.photographs-of-hands.com/1000/dead-bird.jpg

for Chopin's Funeral March:

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[yingbin1005]

http://www.sso.org.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=247:last-pianofest-at-the-vic-chopin-at-200&catid=8:media-releases&Itemid=41

Got this Chopin thingy... maybe can go there to grab ideas? very chiam leh~

[bluffname]

http://www.sso.org.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=247:last-pianofest-at-the-vic-chopin-at-200&catid=8:media-releases&Itemid=41

Got this Chopin thingy... maybe can go there to grab ideas? very chiam leh~

WAH! Another "rising sensation" from China playing Chopin and she will be coming to Singapore. This one looks quite SWEE ~ leh! But I prefer the performance of Yindi Li.

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[yingbin1005]

We need to brainstorm the next time when we meet. Maybe have a small group discussion followed by shoot.

Yeah!! U bros go for it!! If one of F.U.N members win, we will be so proud.. And I will be super excited!!! :thumbsup:

[KopiOkaya]

If one of F.U.N members win, we will be so proud.. And I will be super excited!!! :thumbsup:

Because of your hope and wish, I may decide to join this one. :victory:

[andikong]

The Soul of Chopin, beautiful soft piano music, see if you can find some inspirations here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPPDV8wBOQ&feature=player_embedded

[yingbin1005]

Because of your hope and wish, I may decide to join this one. :victory:

:cheer: ganbatte kudasai!!!

[sgsoonhoe]

Étude Op. 10, No. 5 (Chopin)

Étude Op. 10, No. 5, in G-flat major, also known as the Black Key (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tude_Op._10,_No._5_%28Chopin%29) Étude, is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. This work is characteristic for the arpeggios played with the right hand, almost exclusively on black keys except in measure 66, where Chopin wrote an F-natural, the only white key for the right hand throughout the entire piece. The left hand plays the melody, with mostly chords and octaves, while the right hand accompanies with quick triplets on black keys.


Étude Op. 25, No. 5 (Chopin)

Étude Op. 25, No. 5, in E minor, is an étude composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1837. Marking a serious departure in the expected technique developed by études, Chopin wrote this étude with a series of quick minor seconds that produce slightly dissonant sounds. The effect has earned the étude the nickname "Wrong Note (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tude_Op._25,_No._5_%28Chopin%29)".


Étude Op. 25, No. 11 (Chopin)

Étude Op. 25, No. 11, also known as the 'Winter Wind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tude_Op._25,_No._11_%28Chopin%29)', is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836. It was first published along with the other études in opus 25 in 1837, in France, Germany, and England. The first French edition indicates a common time time signature, but the manuscript and the first German edition both feature cut time.[1] The first four bars that characterize the melody were added just before publication at the advice of Charles A. Hoffmann, a friend.

[bluffname]

The Soul of Chopin, beautiful soft piano music, see if you can find some inspirations here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPPDV8wBOQ&feature=player_embedded

Thanks for a nice find, Andi. It's not one of Chopin's more famous pieces, but beautiful music!

[KopiOkaya]

Thanks for a nice find, Andi. It's not one of Chopin's more famous pieces, but beautiful music!

I was at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library (National Library) yesterday researching on Frédéric Chopin and his music. Read through several books, biographies and periodicals. I even bought a CD with a small collection of Chopin's more popular music. I have decided to focus on the theme "Fantaisie".

After watch through several versions of Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 66 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantaisie-Impromptu), Ernest (Not Yingbin1005's son. This Ernest is Bluffname's hi-fi friend and record shop owner) is right. Yundi Li's playing is, by far, the most mechanical and "most hurried" of all. Not much feeling to this masterpiece. Although masterpiece it may be, Chopin actually hated it so much that he was going to have the manuscript destroyed until George Sand (Chopin's mistress) took it from him and hid it.

The best playing of all comes from Horowitz.

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Now, compared it to Yundi Li's play.

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No denial, the "Ang Moh" is better.

[yingbin1005]

I was at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library (National Library) yesterday researching on Frédéric Chopin and his music. Read through several books, biographies and periodicals. I even bought a CD with a small collection of Chopin's more popular music. I have decided to focus on the theme "Fantaisie".



:thumbsup:

actually i really find it v chiam... cos how i interprete it initially was... (or thinking it should be shoot this way).....

:"someone playing with piano and the background has color, water with merlion as background etc"

ahahahahaha..... :knock1:

"Capture, in a photograph, a scene that encapsulates the colourful emotions Chopin’s music sparks in our city, Singapore"

because as the theme says.... a scene, colourful, music and Singapore...

hahahaa.... apparently i am wrong.... after i saw so many bros interpretation .... i realised i am soooooooooooooooo shallow~ sigh......

didn't know photos of no relation to music also can...........

in total loss now~~ :rofl:

[KopiOkaya]

how i interprete it initially was... (or thinking it should be shoot this way).....

:"someone playing with piano and the background has color, water with merlion as background etc"

That is how most beginners will interpret it anyway. Don't feel despair and think harder. :coolnod: You must understand that Chopin's music is very, very broad (but all classified under Romantism). Narrow it down to a single theme. It is easier to brainstorm this way.

But first of all, I strongly suggest that you listen to some of Frédéric Chopin's music before you start (no need to buy a CD, just listen from Youtube can liao). Get a feel of his music and what kind of musician he is.

[yingbin1005]

That is how most beginners will interpret it anyway. Don't feel despair and think harder. :coolnod: You must understand that Chopin's music is very, very broad (but all classified under Romantism). First of all, narrow it down to a single theme. It is easier to brainstorm this way.

orh ok ... but how i know which one is the theme or something?? errr... u know what i mean?? like where you get the theme "Fantaisie"?

"instrumental ballade, piano sonata, mazurka, waltz, nocturne, polonaise, étude, impromptu and prélude."
What are all these call??? you know what i mean??? :knock1:

[yingbin1005]

"instrumental ballade, piano sonata, mazurka, waltz, nocturne, polonaise, étude, impromptu and prélude."

all these are his WORK LIST???

[KopiOkaya]

"instrumental ballade, piano sonata, mazurka, waltz, nocturne, polonaise, étude, impromptu and prélude."
What are all these call???

These are different genres of classical music. Just like in photography, there are landscape, portraiture, macro, architecture, etc...

"Fantaisie" is just a name given by Chopin for his piano composition. There is no specific genre. Impromptu in music simply means a short composition performed in an offhand or extemporized style.

[yingbin1005]

These are different genres of classic music. Just like in photography, there are landscape, portraiture, macro, architecture, etc...

OHHHHHHHHHHH~~~~!!!

so i just got to choose one of it as my theme???

[KopiOkaya]

so i just got to choose one of it as my theme???

Nope... I suggest that you start by choosing a music from Chopin which you are attached to. A music piece that you are very fond of and have very good impression of it. Choose carefully as this will be YOUR targeted theme.

For example, if you are going to photograph something about Michael Jackson's song, say "Black and White", so you will probably emphasize on images that depict the colors or tones of black and white.

[salnts]

everyone pictures here v zen..... time for me to shoot more :D

[yingbin1005]

I have listen to some of the recommended music pieces for pple who are new to Chopin ... and i begin to have some insights... hee~~

so example like this music....

Prelude Op.28 no.4

what i can see is black and white funeral shot... to portray the sadness n grieve...

ya? :clap2:

but i think since it's hard to invade into a funeral.....

maybe shoots like a dead bird (with a weeping bird beside it) would be good?? but the odds of finding them are almost 0% =(

how abt dead leaves? or the one bluffname posted..(POST #15 B/W).?

[KopiOkaya]

maybe shoots like a dead bird (with a weeping bird beside it) would be good?? but the odds of finding them are almost 0% =(

I ever saw a dog got knocked down by a car and another dog trying to yank the injured dog to the side of the road to prevent it from running over by a car. Very touching scene.

[bluffname]

"instrumental ballade, piano sonata, mazurka, waltz, nocturne, polonaise, étude, impromptu and prélude."

all these are his WORK LIST???

Ballade = song / music with story, or so I thought but I the long, the one is ballad! It is actually a form of poetry with three verses, each verse has eight stanzas or lines.

Mazuka = Polish folk dance with three beats but lively feel, same same like waltz which need not be lively

Waltz = pom chet chet, pom chet chet ie dance music with three beats, like Englebert Humperdink's The Last Waltz

Nocturne = music with night time mood

Polonaise = is slow Polish dance with three beats, like slow waltz: poooom.... chet.... chet....

Etude = study - the sort of difficult music that makes music students practise until seow

Impromptu = unplanned lor, like spontaneous, like Bro-Ex's pix of the boy at fountain with bs exposed :rofl:

Prelude = what you do before the real act, ahem, ahem!

And yes, Chopin wrote many different types of music, including, not mentioned above..

Concerto = a "show off" piece of music, usually for a soloist and with orchestra accompaniment and usually with three movements (not = motions :rofl:) but in layperson's language, three parts, and usually fast, slow, fast. Here is the second movement / part of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 - which he actually wrote after Piano Concerto No. 2, but this one kena published first so kena called No. 1. Complicated arh!

I studied a bit of music, but apart from Waltz, most other terms I had to check Wikipedia! :sweat:

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[yingbin1005]

so means i am thinking in the right line?? :clap2:

[TheChef]

With GGM's detailed explanation, I think we can start shooting.

sHOOT AH!!!!

[sgsoonhoe]

Get a feel of Chopin @ SBG for inspiration this Sunday..

Chopin By The Lake

Date : 30/05/2010 (Sun)
Time : 6pm
Venue : Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage (Singapore Botanic Gardens)
Admission : Free
Contact : Visitor Services (6471 7361)
Content : The Embassy of Poland & the Embassy of Japan are proud to present the concert “Chopin by the Lake”, dedicated to the 200th Birth Anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin.

World-renowned Polish pianist Daniel Wnukowski and Japanese pianist Izumi Tateno perform for the audience in Singapore to give tribute to the most famous and legendary Romantic composer Fryderyk Chopin.

With a programme that ranges from ballades and waltzes by Chopin and other artiste this concert promises an evening of romance and pianist fire works inspired by Chopin music that are not to be missed.

Join us and don’t miss this one-night only performance by outstanding international pianists known for their passion, precision and personality.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj311/desertroos/A1ChopinConcertByTheLakePoster6-5-1.jpg

[bluffname]

Get a feel of Chopin @ SBG for inspiration this Sunday..

Chopin By The Lake

Date : 30/05/2010 (Sun)
Time : 6pm
Venue : Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage (Singapore Botanic Garden)


WAH, another great job by Programme Director. Thanks Bro :cheers:

[sgsoonhoe]

WAH, another great job by Programme Director. Thanks Bro :cheers:

Just share whatever I had come across to all who are interested in Chopin's music and also Chopin's photography contest. Get inspired. :clap2:

[KopiOkaya]

Get a feel of Chopin @ SBG for inspiration this Sunday..

Chopin By The Lake

Date : 30/05/2010 (Sun)
Time : 6pm
Venue : Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage (Singapore Botanic Gardens)
Admission : Free
Contact : Visitor Services (6471 7361)
Content : The Embassy of Poland & the Embassy of Japan are proud to present the concert “Chopin by the Lake”, dedicated to the 200th Birth Anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin.

GOOD JOB!!! :thumbsup:

Our F.U.N. Programme Director never fails us.

[sgsoonhoe]

Etude = study - the sort of difficult music that makes music students practise until seow

Chopin's Butterfly Etude op.25 no.9

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[bluffname]

Welcome to the Sounds & Colours: Chopin in Singapore Photography Competition 2010


Theme: Capture, in a photograph, a scene that encapsulates the colourful emotions Chopin’s music sparks in our city, Singapore.




REMEMBER: Submission deadline: 19th July 2010

I was just reminded because my sister is watching the Chinese show on TV and suddenly, Chopin's Nocturne came on...

[sgsoonhoe]

Winners of Sounds & Colours: Chopin in Singapore Photography Competition can be found at the Polish Embassy website (Images posted a bit small :knock1:)

http://singapore.polemb.net/?document=402

I was wondering how picture #1 can associate Chopin with Singapore, can be anywhere ?

[bluffname]

Winners of Sounds & Colours: Chopin in Singapore Photography Competition can be found at the Polish Embassy website (Images posted a bit small :knock1:)

http://singapore.polemb.net/?document=402

I was wondering how picture #1 can associate Chopin with Singapore, can be anywhere ?


Alamak! Soul of Music used to be the name of my hifi shop :knock1:

[sgsoonhoe]

Alamak! Soul of Music used to be the name of my hifi shop :knock1:

What a coincidence :eek:

[bluffname]

What a coincidence :eek:

Maybe the winner was my ex-customer :cheers: After all, many hifi enthusiasts also photo enthusiasts.

Or he just a copy cat :knock1:

[TheChef]

Maybe the winner was my ex-customer :cheers: After all, many hifi enthusiasts also photo enthusiasts.

Or he just a copy cat :knock1:

I am also a hifi enthusiast. However, I never bought any hifi equipment, as I cannot afford them. I am now using my Etymorhic earphones plugged into my trusty HTC Diamond 2 handphone to satisfy my craving for music. The music is surprisingly good - better than my iPod.