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Xinyao
''Xinyao'' ( zh, s=wikt:新謠, 新謠, p=Xīnyáo) is a genre of songs originating from Singapore. It is a contemporary Mandarin vocal genre that emerged between the late 1970s to 1980s. ''Xinyao'' songs are typically composed and sung by Singaporeans, although there are exceptions: one of the most notable being Eric Moo, who is not Singaporean but Malaysian, yet is considered one of the pioneers of the movement. Recurring themes of songs include friendships or teenage love. ''Xinyao'' is a Chinese language, Chinese noun comprising two Chinese characters: ''xīn'' (新) which is an abbreviation for Singapore, and ''yáo'' (謠) for song. The term xinyao is an abbreviation of a longer name, 新加坡年轻人自创歌謠. Early pioneers of the genre include Wong Hong Mok, Liang Wern Fook, Dawn Gan, Eric Moo and Billy Koh. They were responsible for the discovery of many successful Singapore artistes in the Asia Chinese-Pop music scene, including Kit Chan, A-Do and JJ Lin. Lee broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Songs We Sang
''The Songs We Sang'' is a 2015 Singaporean documentary directed by Eva Tang. It is about ''xinyao'', Singaporean folk music that was popular in the 1980s. Plot The documentary covered the last years of Nanyang University and how it affected the Chinese educated students who graduated from there. It also documented how the poetry club in Nanyang University, before the closure of the institution, branched out to song writing, influenced by Taiwan ''minyao'' (民谣), a Taiwanese folk songs movement in the 1970s and their school campus songs (校园民歌). The history of was then chronicled from its birth in educational institutes to local success and then to commercial success. Interviews were conducted on three different groups of people: local ''xinyao'' singers such as Eric Moo, Billy Koh, Koh Nam Seng, Liang Wern Fook, Wong Hong Mok; singers inspired by ''xinyao'' such as Stefanie Sun and JJ Lin; and local DJs who helped popularised ''xinyao.'' The film ended with clips of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liang Wern Fook
Dr Liang Wern Fook (; born 1964 in Singapore) is a Cantonese Singaporean writer, musician, singer and researcher in Chinese literature and pedagogy. He was one of the pioneer figures in '' xinyao'' (Singaporean Chinese folk songs) movement in the 1980s and 1990s. Early life and education Liang grew up in a music-loving household, along with his two younger siblings. His father, a journalist, and his mother, an acupuncturist, were always playing the records of singers like Bai Guang and Zhou Xuan. Liang received his primary and secondary school education at Catholic High School. He started taking piano lessons at the age of 10, and went on to attain a Grade 8 certificate. Liang wrote his first song, "Write A Song For You", at the age of 16, and he became more prolific once he started attending Hwa Chong Junior College (now Hwa Chong Institution), often performing with schoolmates in addition to heading the student council and Chinese society drama club. Many of the songs h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Gan
Yan Liming (; 15 April 1963 – 22 September 2018), also known as Dawn Gan, was a Singaporean ''xinyao'' singer. She was one of the pioneer ''xinyao'' singers in Singapore. Early life and education Gan was born on 15 April 1963 and studied at River Valley High School and National Junior College. Career In 1984, Gan signed a five-year contract with the Tony Wong Company as a singer, one of the first two solo ''xinyao'' recording singers. Gan sang the theme song, ''Youth 1 2 3'', for the 1986 Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) Channel 8 drama ''The Happy Trio''. In September 1986, the Tony Wong Company ceased operations, and agreed to release Gan from her contract ahead of a clause which abrogated the contract if the company did not release a new album for her within a year from her last release. In March 1987, Gan signed with Ocean Butterflies Music. In 1988, Gan made her acting debut in the Channel 8 drama, ''Song of Youth'', about aspiring singers. She received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Moo
Eric Moo Chii Yuan (, born 9 February 1963), better known as Eric Moo or Wu Qixian, is a Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter and record producer. Personal life Moo was born in Mambang Diawan, Kampar, Perak, Kampar, Perak on 9 February 1963. He moved to Singapore with his family when he was 8 years old. Moo is married to Taiwanese people, Taiwanese model Pang Meijun and they have two daughters. Moo's eldest daughter Yonghuan is attending Berklee College of Music. Career Moo studied in Shuqun Primary School, The Chinese High School (Singapore), The Chinese High School and Jurong Junior College in Singapore. He started his first band, "Subway Band" (地下铁), in high school and began performing on stage in 1983. A year later, he released his first album, which topped Singapore's record charts for Mandopop. Subsequently, he launched his singing career in the Taiwan. Since then, Moo has released more than 40 albums in Mandarin and Cantonese, and performed in over 40 concerts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SPOP Sing!
''SPOP Sing!'' () is a Chinese singing reality competition broadcast by Mediacorp Channel 8. Season 1 premiered on 9 August after the broadcast of National Day Parade and ended on the live finale on 4 November at Padang. During the live finals, 18-year-old Singapore Polytechnic student Jarrell Huang (17 at the time of his audition) was announced the winner of ''SPOP Sing!'', and 21-year-old LASALLE College of the Arts student Marcus Tay was declared as a runner-up. Development The show was first revealed to the public on 22 April 2018 during the broadcast of ''Star Awards 2018'' with a teaser clip uploaded to Toggle, aimed to promote the Chinese culture, the music genre of mandopop and xinyao, and paying tribute to local singing talents of Singapore. This is also the first S-Pop themed competition in more than a decade, since ''SPOP Hurray!'' in 2008. The grand prize for winning ''SPOP Sing!'' is a cash prize of S$30,000, and the winner's own debut single, titled "逆风飞� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Hong Mok
Wong Hong Mok (better known as Huang Hongmo 黄宏墨) is a Singaporean xinyao singer-songwriter, music producer and professional photographer. He, along with Liang Wern Fook Dr Liang Wern Fook (; born 1964 in Singapore) is a Cantonese Singaporean writer, musician, singer and researcher in Chinese literature and pedagogy. He was one of the pioneer figures in '' xinyao'' (Singaporean Chinese folk songs) movement in t ... and others are seen as pioneers of the genre. Career Musical career His singing style has been described as bold and unrestrained but, unlike other xinyao singer-songwriters, writes about nature, and self. He has said that this comes from the time in his life when he spent a lot of time near the sea. Crediting his father for his love of music, Wong is a self-taught musician; his family was too poor for him to be able to take music lessons. As well as playing the guitar, he taught himself how to play the harmonica and the piano. As he grew up, he found mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallang Theatre
Kallang Theatre is a 1,744-seat theatre in Kallang, Singapore. Located at 1A Stadium Walk, Singapore 397689 within the Singapore Sports Hub, beside Leisure Park Kallang and Stadium MRT station, Kallang Theatre is managed by Sport Singapore. History Kallang Theatre was opened on 7 April 1978. Owned by Chong Gay Theatres, the theatre was a cinema with 2,400 seats but opened with 2,000 seats with 400 seats to be built later. It was the largest cinema of Southeast Asia at that time. The theatre was five storeys high and cost to build. In 1981, the theatre was bought over by the Government of Singapore for due to the need of a medium size theatre in Singapore. As the acoustics of the National Theatre was deemed to be poor and the venue was subjected to the weather, it was faster to convert the Kallang Theatre for immediate use. The theatre, once converted, was to be managed by the National Theatre Trust. The renovation was expected to cost the government . In March 1986, the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project SuperStar
''Project SuperStar'' () is a singing talent search competition organised by MediaCorp and broadcast on Channel U in Singapore. Project SuperStar was organised to uncover and develop young talent in Mandarin pop in Singapore. Closely modelled after the Pop Idol, 24 contestants were selected to enter the Quarter Finals of the competition. For both seasons, it was hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. Episodes were pre-recorded, and broadcast on Wednesday for male contestants, while episodes on Thursday feature female contestants. Season 3's Live-telecast will begin on 18 August 2014 and the finale is set to be on 26 October 2014. It is announced that Dasmond Koh, Jeremy Chan and Shane Pow will be the hosts for the third season. Format For the first two seasons, competition begins with an audition in front of an audience and judges, and through a series of rounds, judges picked 24 contestants, 12 male and 12 female, to compete in the live shows. With the exception of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campus SuperStar
''Campus SuperStar'' is a Singaporean reality television singing competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The show began on 2 January 2006 and is broadcast on MediaCorp Channel U. It is a spin-off of ''Project SuperStar'', and contestants comprise students from secondary schools, junior colleges and institutes of technical education. The concept of the series is to find aspiring singers studying in secondary schools, junior colleges and institutes of technical education and put them together to compete for the ''Campus SuperStar'' title where the winner is determined by the judges and viewers. Winners chosen by judges through judges' score and viewers through telephone, Internet (gift-to-vote), and SMS text voting were Ng Chee Yang, Shawn Tok, Jarod Lee and Bonnie Loo. Winners receive a two-year management contract with MediaCorp and a cash prize ( $2,000 for season 1–3, and $5000 for season 4). Season 4 winner als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Village
Golden Village is a cinema operator in Singapore. It also is a partner of Orange Sky Golden Harvest, a Hong Kong-based film production company. Established in 1992 as a joint venture between Golden Harvest and Village Roadshow, the company operates 15 multiplexes and cineplexes across Singapore. It introduced Asia’s first multiplex at Yishun in the same year the company was established. Golden Village Pictures, the film distribution division of Golden Village, has distributed titles from Village Roadshow Pictures, including ''The Matrix'' trilogy, '' Charlie and The Chocolate Factory'', '' Happy Feet'', and '' The Lego Movie'' in Singapore. Additionally, the company distributes acquired films in regional and global markets. History Golden Village opened its first cinema in Singapore on May 28, 1992 with the Yishun 10 complex, marking the introduction of Asia’s first multiplex. In 1998, the company expanded with the launch of GV Grand at Great World City, featuring six s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. It is headquartered at the Mediapolis development in Queenstown's One-north precinct, which succeeded Caldecott Hill, the long-time home of its predecessors, in 2015. As of 2022, Mediacorp employs over 3,000 employees; a large number of them are in both public and private sector broadcasting. The company forms half of the Mass media in Singapore, mass media duopoly in the country alongside SPH Media Trust; the company was established in its current form in 1999, following the 1994 privatization of one of its predecessors—the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC)—as a group of state-owned enterprises known as Singapore International Media. Mediacorp holds a monopoly on terrestrial television in Singapore, operating six channels broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
