| Thursday, July 14, 2005
Serenading the top economists
Last night's performance was memorable in more ways than one:
We played at the swanky Raffles City Convention Centre, in the very room where some of the action (during the recent 117th International Olympic Committee meeting to choose the venue for the 2016 Olympics) took place. Not surprisingly, the sound system was stellar and our piano trio, with our pianist on a grand piano, sounded orchestral.
Enjoying our music were over 500 top economists, policy makers, bankers and academics who were attending the Economic Society of Singapore's annual dinner. As the guests-of-honour in the past have included the likes of former President Ong Teng Cheong, former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the guest-of-honour last night was no less prominent: Ms Ho Ching, the CEO and executive director of Singapore's investment company, Temasek Holdings, and one of the country's most prominent and powerful women.
To announce her entrance, we played the suitably dramatic tango "Por Una Cabeza".
For the rest of the night, we kept to a selection of rousing favourites like David Foster's "Winter Games" and soothing perennial favourites like "Can You Read My Mind" from the Superman soundtrack. We even injected a little local flavour with ethnic pieces like "Bengawan Solo".
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posted by Sher @ 11:17 PM
 
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