Battle Scores

In a realm where music meets martial arts, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre and Ding Yi Music Company co-present Battle Scores—a bold fusion of Chinese chamber music and theatrical storytelling. This immersive concert invites audiences into a fantastical world where five iconic Chinese instruments—the huqin (Chin Yen Choong), dizi (Khor Yee Sing), guzheng (Yvonne Tay), percussion (Low Yik Hang) and suona (Jacky Ng)— embody the five great martial arts sects: Huashan, Wudang, Emei, Shaolin and Kunlun. Through the clash of timbres and the dramatic confrontations among the sects, these musical avatars weave a stirring saga of ambition, conflict, and reflection.

Featuring original compositions by promising Taiwanese composer Hannah Hsieh and direction by acclaimed theatremaker Chong Tze Chien, Battle Scores is a genre-defying performance where sound becomes sword, silence holds weight, and harmony is the ultimate triumph.

Interactive, immersive, and steeped in the spirit of martial arts, Battle Scores invites audiences on a sweeping musical journey where the rhythm of combat gives way to the resonance of unity and peace.